Quick on the draw — and right on target
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THE FREIGHT Transport Association scored 10 out of 10 for its rapid and comprehensive assistance to the Press in understanding not only the text of the Wood epic on the use of heavy lorries in London but also its dire implications. Only 24 hours after publication of the report the Association issued a 10-page summary and assessment of what it flatteringly described as "a pathetic hotch-potch of surmise and contention that will falsely raise public hopes but do nothing for London's industry and environment."
The report was summarised on the left of each page and relevant comment appeared on the right. I would have wished that so useful a document was not presented in minute type on orange paper but one cannot have everything. It was a splendid effort.
Lacking the FTA's more generous establishment, the Road Haulage Association, although reacting equally promptly, was inevitably less comprehensive in its Press release. It could hardly be expected to produce a greatcoat from jacket-sized cloth.