Doubts on Fixed Rates
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IT seemed rather hard to approve the reasons for the proposal by the F.E.C. Commission to publish rates tariffs for transport, said Mr. R. H. !moll, executive secretary, Road Haulage Association, in a talk to members of the Sheffield and Rotherham sub-area of the Association in Sheffield last week.
"In many respects," said Mr. Insoll, "fixed rates would tend to limit the liberty of hauliers to make individual contracts on a long-term basis and to meet special conditions. It might also encourage 'under the counter' deals and hidden concessions to the customer." In Great Britain. and perhaps also in the Benelux countries and Italy, transport was now so competitive that the user would have no difficulty in finding another operator or using another form of transport, if he was the victim of overcharging or unfair discrimination.