NATIONALIZATION SUCCEEDED AT A COST
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NATIONALIZATION of road transport had worked—but at a cost. Capt. G. Upston, chairman of the Western Area of the Road Haulage Association, told Bristol Rotary Club last week.
During the past three or four years, he said, rates had risen to a far greater extent than they had done under private enterprise. He looked forward to a moderation in rates, but did not wish to see a return to the foolish fatecutting of the 1930s..
He was puzzled about the issue of special A licences which would enable holders to operate any number of vehicles and to run anywhere. The obligation to serve a certain route seemed to have ceased to exist, but no doubt purchasers of vehicles would use their own judgment and, with the assistance of the Licensing Authorities, conditions would soon become ,settled.
Capt. Upston did not like the levy, and did not believe that the British Transport Commission would make a loss on selling back vehicles to private enterprise.