Trailers in Tandem
31st March 1961, Page 37
31st March 1961
Page 37
Page 37, 31st March 1961
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Clause 14 of the Road Traffic Bill would give power to the Minister to make regulations permitting certain classes of vehicle to be used with two trailers instead of one. The purpose here is believed to be to bring the British hauliers On a par with Continental hauliers on some types of freight traffic, though the class of roads to be used may be specified in the regulations. It will make the transfer of containers at the ports easier, and will enable British manufacturers to compete with foreign makers.
This provision is likely to be hotly contested by the Labour M.P.s, who regard it as an attempt to take more freight traffic from the railways on to the roads.