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IN INTRODUCING the speakers at last Friday's 38tonne workshop at the RAC, Woodcote Park, lain Sherriff, CM's editor, made it quite clear that the event, sponsored jointly by Leyland Vehicles and Commercial Motor, was neither a conference nor a seminar, but exactly what the information pack said — namely, a workshop to which the invited major fleet managers and engineers were expected to contribute with comments, questions and, where necessary, criticisms of the speakers.
This they did in no small measure. The programme was designed to allow as much time for discussion as possible so that everyone might benefit from the interchange of information.
Any representative at the workshop who was hoping to come away with cut and dried answers to questions about the benefits of operating up to the new maximum weight limit would have been disappointed.
But well-informed opinions on interpretation of the legislation were there for the taking.
If the transport men who drove away from Woodcote Park last Friday did not come away with all the answers about 38 tonnes, they certainly have discovered a lot more questions that need to be asked before making a decision.
Tim Blakemore and Graham Montgomerie report on the proceedings