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"ER thirty years the time has surely come for some radical changes in the anisation and format of the Lorry Driver of the Year final. This event is sponsored ,?ornmercial Motor, it is organised by a band of hard working volunteers. ast weekend saw the culmination of another twelve months of hard work but what it achieve? Undoubtedly it again contributed to the improvement of road safety. ase competing had been accident-free for one year.
lowever, their achievements will largely go unsung. The event does not attract the ieral public in any strength. It is almost totally ignored by the press.
.) its present format LDoY could be likened to school rugby; apart from a few rtives and friends it is not a spectator event.
s location in a windswept airfield in Bedfordshire is unlikely to pull in the masses. Icks the degree of excitement that even school rugby generates. For thirty years, irt from one, it has consistently run late.
.orn in the Midlands, I_DoY has travelled slowly South. In the recent past it has led a few spectator attractions. More now needs to be done.
mother short step would locate it in London. Battersea Park and Crystal Palace ne quickly to mind. There is scope at both venues to entertain the public, which uld undoubtedly attend. However, their rtinuecl support would depend on an ment of excitement being introduced he Competition.