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Europe's Influence on Transport
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NOW that the talks on the Common Market have failed this country will no longer be bound to adopt what is done in Europe, but the structure of European transport will nevertheless exert a strong influence on what happens here, said Mr. K. C. Turner, president of the Traders Road Transport Association, last week.
Speaking at the annual dinner of T.R.T.A.'s Western Disiision at Bristol, he went on to say: 'Internationalism is growing apace in every field, and national systems and institutions, whether in transport or elsewhere, can no longer be kept in watertight compartments."
Mr. Turner said that in the past few weeks there had been two significant developments in road transport. One was the proposed increases in the size of goods vehicles—essential if British transport and hence British industry, was to he competitive abroad.
Secondly, there was the Minister of Transport's decision to set up a corn mittee to advise on the establishment of new system of plating or some other method of determining the maximum loads Which vehicles could carry.
Mr. Turner said: "The influence of Europe can be traced in both develop merits. I would suggest it is precisely this decision to permit larger and heavier vehicles which has finally decided the Minister to tackle the-thorny problem of maximum weights and loads. He can be assured of our wholehearted co-Operation in trying to devise a satisfactory System.
I do not think this will be the last time by any means when Europe's transport policy will have an effect on our own.'