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k.R.O. DISCUSSES LICENSING PROBLEMS.
k conference was held by A.R.O., London, last week, and Mr. H, rma.n Letts, the Association's icitor, addressed some 250 members the subject of licensing. 'An mated discussion followed, and it s evident that a good deal of disisfaction has been aroused over the atract A licence situation.
was stated that contracts were aetimes obtained at exceptionally
r rates, and this tended to depress general level of rates in the us try.
k suggestion was made that this icession should be abolished, but fly members deprecated the sacrifice any concession obtained under the :3 Act and favoured an attempt to iten up the contract-licence clause, her than abolish it.
The conference also considered the Istion of extending the licensing iod. A lively discussion took place. Ire appeared to be no unanimity on
s point, some members calling for ye-year term and others for a three.r term with automatic renewal. 7ollowing the interest taken in this :ject, it was decided that the matter
be referred to the areas for dission and report in due course.
!kshire A.R.O. Goods and Passenger Chiefs.
Ir. J. E. Rogers now has charge passenger-transport activities at Z.O.'s Yorkshire Area headquarters ,eeds, and Mr. T. G. Hutchinson has trol of the goods side.
Ir. Rogers was assistant secretary he Yorkshire Stage Carriage Opera; Association until it was merged k.R.O. in February last year. Preisly, he was traffic manager for a -kshire concern of stage-carriage and ursion operators.
Ir. Hutchinson was on the staff of • Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners il he joined the Yorkshire Area staff k.R.O. not long ago.
Er. M. C. Vickers continues to conthe A.R.O. offices at Hull and ffield.
issatisfaction with Brake-testing Methods. •
onsiderable anxiety is being ex:sed in many letters received at !.0, headquarters, regaiding the vities of the police in the Yeovil rict, and the use which they are ing of the Tapley meter for brake
perators are not at all satisfied with police method of testing, although, zourse, the meter itself is, as a stifle instrument, beyond reproach. s urged that the need for applying brakes fiercely to obtain maximum iency leads to danger.
: is also pointed out that, if the -er makes a normal stop, the 16
efficiency reading may be on the low side, and action may be taken. In one casean official instructed the driver to' apply his brakes suddenly, and, in consequence, he (the official) was nearly thrown through the windscreen, The question has been raised as to who is responsible for any injury suffered by an official in such circumstances.
At the moment there is no indication as to the requirements of the police on this matter of braking, and in various parts of the country the method of testing and the efficiency required differ within wide limits.
A.R.O.'s Good Financial POsition.
Following the annual luncheon of A.R.O., last week, the annual general meeting was held. A detailed report of the present financial position of the Association was given by the treasurer, Mr. R. Hindley. The report was held by the members to be eminently satisfactory and was adopted unanimously. DAGENHAM VISIT HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED.
That the operator has a live interest in the production of the vehicles which he runs is evidenced by the big demand from members of the C.M.U.A. for tickets for tilre Association's trip to the Ford Works at Dagenham, on Tuesday next (July 27).
We understand that 800 applications have been received, although only 200 members can be accommodated. In view of the popularity of this trip, it has been decided to arrange a second visit to Dagenham at a later date.
Pitfalls in Portable Weighers.
The question of inaccuracy in the results obtained by portable weighing maaines is to be investigated by A.R.O. Members report that in Many cases they have been threatened with action when, if the vehieles had been weighed on a petmaiaent weighbridge, the limits would have been complied with.