Few . Haulage Entrants for R.S.A. Examinations THE " serious" decline in the number
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of candidates from road haulage undertakings for the 1955 Royal Society of Arts examinations in road transport subjects is deplored in the 10th annual report of the Nation'al Committee on Road Transport Education. Last year, the entries from this branch of the industry were only a tenth of the number that took the examinations in 1951 and 1952.
According to the report, more than 80 per cent, of the candidates were employed in passenger transport. The London Transport Executive, and municipal and company operators, had almost equal representation fhe remaining 2(1 per cent, was shared by private haulage concerns, British Road Services, co-operative societies and other C-licence operators.
A survey of passenger transport undertakings made during the year showed that many were already doing all that could be expected of them to support the scheme, the report went on.
Referring to goods operators, the report stated that the committee believed there was "an immense field" for development of the scheme in that section of transport. They hoped that goods operators would not only encourage their employees to enter, but would persuade senior members of their staffs to offer their services as teachers under the scheme.
DEPLORABLE ANNIVERSARY
TO mark the anniversary of the announcement by the then Minister of Transport on May 6, 1946, of a 10-year road modernization programme, the Roads Campaign Council have sent to every M.P. a pamphlet pointing out that the past 10 years have been wasted.
The Government's inaction on roads is also deplored in the current issue of the British Road Federation's monthly Bulletin.