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PAUL ARTHURTON Managing director Paul Arthurton Transport Norfolk Arthurton agrees
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with the FTA —the system don't need fixing because it ain't broke.
"Thankfully, I have only limited contact with the Traffic Commissioners," he says. "I don't particularly have a problem with them and I think what we have got works relatively well.
"It's relatively easy to get an 0-licence and I think if we are going to put money into anything it would be better off going into Vosa's coffers to pay for better enforcement of the rules against foreign drivers," Arthurton fears the planned changes might lead to even more centralisation, as with the transfer of most of Vosa's administrative staff to Leeds.
"How can someone in Leeds understand the needs of a haulier in Norfolk?" he asks. "I used to be able to deal with someone in Cambridge who I could deal with quickly and efficiently.
"I think there should be more regionalisation —that way everybody knows who they are dealing with."