Compensation win by RHA
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THE ROAD Haulage Association claims it has won over £1,60 on behalf of members who had contacted its technical commit tee.
Its complaints sub-committee persuaded a manufacturer to pay an operator the E500 he had spent on a replacement engine for a vehicle which suffered a crankshaft failure soon after its warranty period expired.
Other cases involved excessive recovery charges, the responsibility of a tyre manufacturer, and damage caused by a recovery vehicle.
Technical committee chairman Ron Gooch said: "There can be no doubt as to the effectiveness of the RHA's representational role in defending the interests of its members.
"Many of our members are simply not geared to struggle through months of sometimes highly complex discussions or both technical and legal points and at the same time run a business.
"I hope that these recent successes will emphasise the need for all professional hauliers to unite under the banner of the RI-IA."
The percentage of lorrie: involved in injury accident: has remained constant, a two per cent, for the las three years.
Giving this information if the Commons last week, Mr John Horam, Under Secre tary for Transport, noted tha the numbers involved ha( been 44,848 last year 44,983 in 1976 and 45,346 ir 1975.