I Resolutions
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The year is only three days' old and I've only one unbroken resolution left. In 1975 I'm going to slam the latecomers. These latecomers are not the ones who slip in to the office long after the recognized starting time, like just before lunch. No, these are the people who publish reports long after their contents have lost their value.
The latest example landed on my desk just before the Christmas holiday. It was RH(99) issued by the Road Haulage Wages Council giving effect to a new statutory minimum remuneration for road haulage employees, and the minimum set for maximum capacity artic drivers situated outside the London area is £24.55. Two days before this document was issued, drivers outside and inside the London area were taking home their first new basic pay of £40 for 40 hours. RH(99) is £15 out of date.
Then there are these reports from the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, chockful of useful information and lots of it very relevant to the transport industry. But again much of it is drawn from out of date sources.
And what_ about the Licensing Authorities' reports? Their year ends at the end of September, their reports see the light of day during the following June or July. Once again, these reports contain information which operators would find useful but not, I suggest, 10 months later.
Report compilers might like to make a resolution for '75 to get their reports out months earlier than they do, to supply topical information which can be used to assist the industry in what we are told is to be the toughest year since the wheel was invented.