NHA is wooing its rivals
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• The National Hauliers Association has appealed to the Road Haulage and Freight Transport associations to join it in a forum to find 'common ground" between the three organisations.
The Midlands-based NHA believes that there are common areas in which the three groups can help hauliers.
It is concerned about the expense of fitting speed limiters, low haulage rates and providing effective opposition against environmental pressure groups like Transport 2000, which recently proposed a 55% increase in road tax.
"You can only hit a donkey so long and it will lie down," says an NHA spokesman, adding that his association is prepared to meet the RHA and the FTA anywhere in the UK.
The RHA and the FTA both say they will respond to the approach. "We look forward to hearing from them," says the FTA,