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Licences Scheme
Q(VERATOR associations and transport unions met at the Ministry of Transport on Monday to discuss with Ministry officials the scheme for heavy goods vehicle driving licences. Many details have yet to be settled, and discussion on Monday centred on the essential problem or how to get something really useful but at he same time economical and practical Li) operate.
It was seen to be possible to have fairly cla borate systems which would he highly effective hut these would also be expensive and tend to be complex.
Among the items under discussion was he question of how many classes of vehicles there should be in an h.g.v.
licence scheme. Before the war there were two classes—rigid and artic—while the Ministry's recent proposals envisaged a multiplicity of classes; there may yet be a compromise on this issue.
There will be another meeting in late November, this date having been chosen partly to allow a new Minister of Transport time to put forward his own view! on the proposed scheme.
Rootes Fleet Liaison cENIOR fleet service executives to operate throughout the home market have been appointed by the Romes Group, in a new service supplementing existing Rootes dealers' facilities. The new team will work under the direction of Mr. J. H. C. Preen, the commercial vehicle fleet side being handled by Mr, N. W. Smith and the car fleet business by Mr. C. E. H. Briggs.
They will lead a dozen more liaison executives, specially trained in the requirements of the fleet operator and having authority to deal with situations on the spot; they will cover matters as varied as vehicle specifications and sales, contract hire terms and spare parts.