Wear of change
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tanding on the threshold of a New Year we must face a few facts, however )i nsavoury they may be. From January 1 onwards the whole operation of ad transport as we have known it from 1 pm will change. As Mr Ron twis, MP, said in a parliamentary debate on Goods Vehicle Operators aualifications) Regulations: We are in Europe."
Drivers' hours regulations will reduce the working day twice in the next 2 months. Despite union pressure we will sooner or later require to fit and se tachographs. We can no longer consider ourselves an offshore island in -ansport terms. . Those who continue to ignore European law and follow the rule of Alan aw will eventually be called to account. The impending regulations affect ot only operations but cost and, inevitably, charges. Road transport in service terms is immediate; in planning terms it's for le future. We can plan only if we know where we are going.
The politicians and trade associations say where they think we are going 1 this issue. It is now important that perators should give this matter . mreflil consideration because they are the lily people who can lose by bad planning.