R.H.A. Areas Demand Increased Radius and Greater Security

22nd September 1950, Page 60

22nd September 1950

Page 60

Page 60, 22nd September 1950 — R.H.A. Areas Demand Increased Radius and Greater Security

Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

FOUR demands for an increase in the 25-mile radius for free hauliers were included in the 32 resolutions submitted by areas to the Road Haulage Association's conference at Scarborough, this week.

The Western Area recommended that the Licensing Authorities, instead of the Road Haulage Executive, should deal with applications for permits. The West Midland Area demanded that all original and ordinary permits should be continued where this was shown to be justified by the tonnages carried. The North Western (Eastern) Area went a step farther and called for the automatic renewal of original permits at the end of the first 12-month period. The British Transport Comtnission was asked by the Yorkshire (Leeds) Area to announce at once its policy in dealing with original permits which expire shortly.

Six Resolutions on Licensing Six resolutions dealt with licensing. The Metropolitan and South Eastern Area submitted three, recommending that (a)the future of the road-rail licensing scheme should be reviewed, (b) the danger of overcrowding by free hauliers in the 25-mile radius should be discussed, and (c) additional vehicles .which the R.H.E. was allowed to put on the road without licence should be limited to operation only outside the 25-mile radius.

The Devon and Cornwall Area required that the Licensing Authorities should publish applications for contract A licences and hear them at public inquiries. If the licence holder were convicted of infringing its conditions, he should be prevented from making any further application for a contract A licence.

It was recommended by the Yorkshire (Hull) Area that the Road and Rail Traffic Act should be amended to prevent unfair competition by farmers B26 holding C licences with bona fide Aand B-licensees.

A resolution from the Northern Area maintained that nationalized industries should be directed to refrain from replacing independent hauliers' services by their own vehicles.

The Association was asked by the Eastern Area to request the insurance companies to grant Aand B-licensees the same premiums as C-licensees. The South Wales Area also asked for a revision of insurance rates for A-licence vehicles, the opera6ons of which were restricted by permits, or were confined to a 25-mile radius.

' A call for a rise-and-fall clause in all -municipal tenders was made by the South Wales Area.

The two papers read at the conference are summarized on page 151.