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Road Transport Vital
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SCOTLAND'S own Motor Show, including a commercial-vehicle section, opens today in Glasgow and gives operators north of the Border a chance to examine the latest models on their home ground. Scotland is highly dependent on road transport, for large areas are remote from the railways, but even in the dense industrial zones, where rail facilities are available, road transport is contributing much to the prosperity of the country.
A population of 5m. is served by 98,375 goods vehicles, or one to approximately 50 people. This is a high ratio for a country having a great acreage of virgin land and compares favourably with the proportion of one goods vehicle for every 37 population in England and Wales. British Road Services have a large stake in Scotland's road haulage industry, for out of 11,495 vehicles operated' under A, contract-A and special-A licences, 1,779.are owned by the State undertaking.
The strong influence of the British Transport Commission is felt also in passenger transport in Scotland, where about 72 per cent. of the 9,077 buses and coaches are run by eight operators with fleets of more than 200 vehicles each. The percentage of vehicles in large fleets in Scotland is much higher than in any traffic area in England and Wales.