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I Escort changes delayed
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• Heavy transport operators are facing a delay of up to a year before being allowed to use the private sector instead of police as escorts.
Long-awaited changes to a special authorisation order needed to move heavy loads were due to have come into force in February.
But the Heavy Transport Association's annual general meeting heard last weak (3 April) that the new version may be delayed until 2004 because it new needs approval from the European Union.
MA chairman Dave Collett says using police escorts wastes time because there are fre quently hold-ups when moving from one force area to another.
In an extreme case, you could have up to 12 police areas to go through. You could save yourself one to two days on the journey if you have your own escort!'
A spokesman for the Association of Chlef Police Officers says government research has already concluded that private escorts do not pose a safety risk.
"We're more than happy to hand over the responsibility for escorts because they take up a lot of police time," he says,