Joke Survey' OULD like to record a loud "hear, hear"
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to Mr. Brian White's T last week, which was prompted by Mr. Tyc's plea for hairing anecdotes to support his "survey" on jack-knifing.
f the British Safety Council has decided to promote the sale of x anti-jack-knife devices, that's their business. But please will Tye stop trying to frighten everybody with the findings of a .! survey.
'he first requirement for a useful survey is an open-minded :archer, and we don't seem to have that here—far from it.
4r. Tye alleges that there arc 80 accidents a week involving z;ulated vehicles. If this were true it would mean that artics are Aved in more than 20 per cent of all the accidents involving ds vehicles in general-regardless of weight or capacity. This ither hard to believe when, taking the same generic term "goods idesof all types, artics account for something like five per cent he total number. Let's be fair.
'he truth is that there are no separate statistics giving the facts he accident record of artics. And there is no evidence to support allegation that they have more than their proportionate share Lccidents as a class of vehicle.
'hrases like "killer hazard" suggest that the British Safety incil's survey will be more like a Sunday newspaper exposure. 's get things into perspective. Out of a total of 43,349 road ualties in 1965, some 1,795 involved goods vehicles over 14 tons bout 4 per cent. If artics take their representative share, the ler hazard" takes on a different slant.
k.s for the completely erroneous statement that the majority of rs of artics in the USA are fitted with the anti-jack-knife device he acceptance of this by Mr. Tye tends to shake one's confidence he value of the survey in question. Fred Hope has worked hard to mote the sale of his equipment in America and people were ghted to read recently of his success. But not even he would m to have them fitted to the majority of artics in the USA.
klo one in the artic world is more safety conscious than us at • k. We have satisfied ourselves of the value of the great progress . has been made in combatting jack-knifing by the study of .3u1ated vehicle braking made by Dr. Hales, of MIRA. The istry generally is following the lines laid down and adjusting J. C. HARRISON, Sales Promotion Manager, York Trailer Co. Ltd.