Abuse of Private-car Trailers Alleged
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IN the Liverpool area there was wide I abuse in connection with private-car trailers, alleged Mr. P. Stevenson at the A.R.O. North-Western Area dinner, at Liverpool, last Saturday. He did not believe there was a car manufacturer in the country who would agree to his vehicles being used with trailers carrying 2-3 tons. Users of such private-car-trailer outfits sometimes plied for hire and reward. They did not have licences for road operation and did not pay taxes appropriate to the work. On the score of safety, as well as other factors, these activities should be stopped.
" Appalling " was the opinion expressed by Mr. Eric Errington, M.P., regarding cases where costs, amounting to £200 or £300, were involved in the obtaining of licences. In Great Britain, although there was room for improvement, the road problem was different from that of Germany and the policy of the Government was to improve rather than to substitute new for the old. However, they might be justified in testing such a scheme as the suggested Lancashire motor road.
They had never advocated the discarding of existing highways, said Major H. E. Crawfurd, but they did say that the construction of a number of motor roads would be invaluable in times of peace or emergency. If the country could raise big sums for a defence programme why should it no raise a similar loan for roads?