F-licences: RHA fights on
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THE ROAD Haulage Associatii has stepped up its campail against farmers who are si abusing vehicle excise duty al fuel rebate concessions, repoi TIM COBB.
In a letter to Transport Sect tary David Howell, the RI recommends that the farme goods vehicle excise du concession should be wit drawn and that farmers open ing goods vehicles should p the same excise duty and oth operating costs as other haulie The fuel rebate concessii has been widely abused and should also be withdrawn, t RHA says. Farm vehicles tray ling on the public road outsich 15 mile radius from their oper ing centre should not be allow the concession.
The RHA has already ma unsuccessful attempts persuade the National Farm( Union, to support identificati, measures to reduce the abuse the concessions.
To back up its proposals to I Howell, the RHA lists farm( who have broken the law various occasions. The RI hopes that these, along w photographs of gross overloaded farm tractor a trailer combinations, will be s■ ficient evidence to remove t concessions.
The road damage caused "F" (farmers) licensed vehicl is considerable, the RHA poir out. "Further damage is caus by farm tractors with cut-do% vehicle bodies used as trailers point overlooked by all inquiri into the cause of such damagt the RHA stresses.
The National Farmers Uni told CM that the concessions E justified. Paul Tame of the trai port department of the N said: "We have had a lot of 1 ing and fro-ing on this subje but I do not feel that the syst( is being abused."
The Department of Transpl was not able to comment on t letter, but said that it was bei studied at the moment.