The things they say . . .
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FH1S WEEK'S Freight Transport Association (FTA) conference featured some significant speeches. As a taster to our full report (CM, next week) we give below some snippets: 'Subject to the appeal against the High Court judgment, only one man in this country has the power and authority to put a stop to the whole stupid and costly nonsense (the GLC lorry ban). Again I appeal to you, Secretary of State, to revoke this ill-considered, mischievous and unrealistic order.'" Dennis Hutchings, president, FTA 'Perhaps most fundamentally, the decline of own-ac• count operation reflects • the Power of information techno logy to substitute 'control by information' for 'control by doing'."
David Quarmby, distribubution director, J. Sainsbury
"Without any fanfare or 'Broadway' acclaim, the aver age fuel consumption of maximum-weight artics in Europe has improved, by a massive 31 per cent over the last 10 years."
Jim Mason, engineering director, Leyland Trucks
"If a driver is not told how his vehicle is performing it is
unreasonable to expect him to take a great interest in 'fuel economy."
David Edgar, operations. manager, Weetabix