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T WEEK we reported that the Transport and General Workers Union has praised
foyers on their sensible approach to this year's wage claim. This week we can )rt that the spirit of accord has broadened. That augurs well for the industry. le latest co-operative move is the TGWU's support for the Road Haulage )ciation argument that Post Office vans engaged on parcels delivery should no ler be exempted from tachograph Regulations. We join both the RHA and the VU in their side of the argument.
lere is no logic in exempting a public utility from the Regulations where it is )mpetition with other express carriers.
ould, and no doubt will, be argued that all drivers are bound by the Hours
J I ati on s whether or not the vehicle is fitted with a tachograph. It would be naive to
3est that operators whose vehicles are exempt will never breach the Regulations. fever, the Post Office men are exempt from EEC hours and can spend 10 hours or er cent more time behind the wheel than their counterparts.
:he Post Office wants to get in on the express parcels market, then it must do so ie same basis as all other parcel carriers.
hen the Regulations were made, it was stated that the prime purpose was to Jre that drivers were not overworked and therefore not a danger to other road s. It cannot be argued that Post Office drivers are supermen.
le Transport Secretary must
-low, if not in the interest of other
iers, certainly in the interest of public safety.