Freightcheck's satisfied customers
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I NOTED with some surprise the implications contained in your feature on Peter Lane Transport (CM February 16) that the company has ceased to use the Freight Transport Association's Freightcheck tachograph chart checking service because of dissatisfaction with the accuracy of the information provided.
At FTA we pride ourselves on the quality of Freightcheck and understand that Peter Lane Transport has been very satisfied with the service provided. The reason for their change to another system is the need to obtain a slightly wider range of data than we can currently provide — a situation which will be rectified when our improved Freightcheck system comes into operation later this year.
We have been delighted with the success of Freightcheck as, it would seem, have our members. Such has been the growth in contracts for the
system since its inception in 1982 that 17 full-time inspectors are now handling some 1,100 contracts nationwide. At present Freightcheck is inspecting over 360,000 charts per year and this figure is growing rapidly.
MARTIN DOWNER Controller — management information services Freight Transport Association Tunbridge Wells Kent