In memory of Mark
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kRE LOOKING for a good aritan. The person we are ing for is one who has vn care, courtesy or courage interests of other road s.
hy should we be looking for a person? It is because this we are leading a campaign iprove the public image of transport and we know that t are many drivers who do a t deal in this direction but se efforts go unnoticed and ing.
,u may be employing the an we want to find. You may I witnessed or been on the ving end of an act of
tesy, care or courage. We Id like to hear about it. is aspect of our campaign ts roots in a tragedy that rred last year.
Irk Vane (19) was killed in a accident in a country lane Int. He was one of five tars, all of whom are lorry Hz, and it was Mark's ition to follow them. Sadly, tver could.
irk Vane was a careful and teous young man, well liked I with whom he came in ict. So well liked was he when two of his friends led a memorial fund people tiles around were quick to e Vane family and Mark's is offered CM a trophy in lemory for presentation to orry Driver of the Year. We ested that it should go to a separate aspect of the ttry.
n December we met the y, discussed the
ibilities in detail and came th this simple but, we feel, w project.
3 Mark Vane Memorial .c1 will go to the person in the opinion of the
)s, has shown the highest te of care, courtesy or ige on the road between November 1 1982 and October 311983.
What the judges require is the name of the person nominated and his company's name and address, together with a short narrative of his act.
The judging will go on throughout the year and nominations may be submitted from now. We believe the nomination should be made as soon as possible after the incident so that nothing is forgotten.
It may be necessary for the judges to interview a final short list of nominees. If so, we will make the arrangements.
Nominations may be made by employers, family, friends, colleagues, the police, the emergency services or any other witness.
The award will be a suitably engraved piece of Kent stone to be retained for one year. The holder will then receive a replica in Swedish glass.
The details of the incident will be recorded in a bound volume as a permanent record.
In addition to the trophy the winner will be taken each year during December to Gothenburg in Sweden for a five-day visit by courtesy of CMand Volvo. In Sweden there will be a visit to Volvo's accident research unit and an opportunity to see how the company regards safety in vehicle development and construction.
This is not a competition but a project which we feel sure will be supported by employers, trade associations, the media and the general public.
Nominations should be sent to The Editor, Commercial Motor, Room 304C, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS. The envelope should
be marked MVT in the top lefthand corner. The project is open now.