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BIRD'S EYE VIEW
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BY THE HAWK
• Northumberland-based operator Bryce Rennison took the top prize in the recent Volvo Trucks/Commercial Motor Parts Competition and collected his £1,500 trip for two to the USA prize ticket from Maria Whittaker on the CM Truckfest stand, while Alistair Robinson, general manager of Volvo Trucks' Parts Division Looks on.
• Rover Cars has chosen an unusual way to improve the engineering understanding of Britain's school children: it has launched a Go-Kart.
The company will supply the karts to around 360 secondary schools where they will be the basis of a two-year skills programme. Local Rover dealers will act as sponsors and consultants to the schools, and pupils will be encouraged to undertake work experience at the dealers.
Around 20 pupils at each school will work on the Rover Challenge Karts, and Rover plans a series of Challenge Days for pupils, parents and teachers during the programme.
It is expected that the scheme, which is tailored to meet the requirements of the Technical and Vocational Education initiative, will cost Rover and its dealers about E950,000, The Hawk applauds Rover's sterling idea — he only wishes he had been given a chance to study go-karts when he was a fledgling.
• Some Licensing Authorities like having their picture taken. Others don't. Take John Mervyn Pugh (Pugh Barny Magru) for instance. He was determined to avoid having his picture snapped during last week's TipCon conference. He even hid behind his case when he saw the CM photographer. Is this a man in a suitcase? • Here are a few choice quotes a big bird overheard at last week's TipCon conference.
Jan Clarke for the Green Party said: "I feel a bit embarrassed defending British Rail." You can't defend them," shouted an unknown haulier in the audience.
Peter Witt, director of the British Road Federation after hearing the Greens' policy over road pricing, commented: "If I had known the Green Party was against road pricing they might have got themselves another member."
"Bus operators — they are a different kettle of fish to hauliers. They are not the gentlemen of the road," said Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh.
111 At last — a roadworks firm faces prosecution for causing a traffic jam by carrying out repairs in the rush hour. The Surrey Police allege Associated Ashphalt breached the terms of its contract for resurfacing work near Woking. The crackdown could be a first if the company is prosecuted under the 1980 Highway Act. The move was welcomed by the AA which has been complaining for greater accountability of companies and contractors that dig up roads.
A CBI report estimates traffic congestion costs Britain .£20bn a year in lost business.