Brake Standards Must be Flexible
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WHILST accepting the need for specific braking efficiencies (as proposed in conjunction with the new weights and dimensions regulations) the T.R.T.A. vehicles committee stressed this week that there must be some form of tolerance to allow for unavoidable deterioration in vehicles in use. It pointed out that an E.C.E. working party had recommended a minimum tolerance of 10 per cent.
New standards, said the committee, made it essential for purchasers to ensure that new vehicles complied with the braking standards laid down and that, with proper maintenance, they would continue to do so in use.
The vehicles committee foresaw an important role for the T.R.T.A. in relation to small firms with no fleet engineers, who would need advice and possibly assistance.