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`Tremcard' rule on dangerous loads

16th February 1973
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• The Government was last week urged to encourage road haulage firms to follow the example of the P and 0 Group which "has switched 500,000 gallons of dangerous liquid from road transport to rail transport".

The suggestion was put forward by Lord Champion, when the Upper House discussed the movement of dangerous liquids by road — a topic which has worried MPs for some time.

On behalf of the Government, Lady Young said she would take note of the point — and she also promised to pass on Lord Popplewell's claim that a considerable volume of opinion thought that dangerous liquids should be carried by railways, which had long experience in dealing with these substances.

It was, said Lord Popplewell, a waste of the time of firemen and policemen having to supervise road vehicles carrying these substances.

Give Police Details

Lord de Clifford, who opened the discussion, wanted the police to be given details of dangerous loads, together with the routes and timings of journeys.

But Lady Young told him that the volume of this traffic was so great that a comprehensive system of movement monitoring would not be practicable. Nevertheless, the Home Secretary's Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances was considering whether it could monitor those which were especially dangerous.

Lord Kennet asked if it was possible for a driver to be sent off on a journey, not knowing what was in his tank.

Lady Young replied that among the proposed regulations was one requiring that a "Tremcard" be carried on every vehicle.


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