25-mile Limit Too Small—Mr. Quin
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POINTED references to the necessity of extending the 25-mile radius imposed on hauliers under the Transport Act, were made last Saturday by Mr. William F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority. He said that some alleviation of the difficulties caused by it might be achieved if, as he honestly hoped, the Scottish Division of the Road .Haulage Executive were given a
maximum of autonomy. '
It might be that 25 miles was too limited a distance to ensure effective co-ordination or co-operation. The problem might be overcome by issuing long-term permits to enable hauliers to carry on their businesses efficiently.
Mr. Quin was speaking at the Glasgow and West of Scotland dinnerdance of the Road Haulage Association, in Glasgow.
The national chairman of the R.H.A., Mr. B. G. Turner, said that the Transport Act created two highly objectionable principles. One was that the British Transport Commission could object to applications by free hauliers for renewals of their licences. The other was that whenever free hauliers required to go beyond 25 miles from their operating centres (except when carrying excluded traffics), they must ask the B.T.C., their competitor, for permission.
Mr. Turner hoped that areas and subareas would send resolutions to their national officials, so that they might take steps at the highest level to have the Transport Act amended to allow more flexibility for the free haulier.