Any red flag?
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The mind boggles at the decision of one Mr D. M. Burleigh, Lewes divisional inspector of something, to direct a vehicle, in writing no less, to proceed for a few miles at a speed not exceeding 20mph (was there a man with a red flag in front?) because the gross weight was 34.42 tons (CM December 13 1974). No doubt it had left a trail of utter havoc and devasta tion all the way from Rotherham until stopped in its tracks by the ever watchful inspector. We are all in his debt. That scrap of paper (of course the cargo was export), transforms the vehicle from an immediate danger into whiter than white. Their antics make me throw up.
Can the Commercial Motor not try to instil some savvy into bureaucracy instead of belittling the haulier? You should know better.
• JAMES M.. EVANS Largs, Ayrshire.
[The law is not always attractive but it is there nevertheless. It is by CM revealing how it is being applied that operators can be made aware of the pitfalls, and any necessary changes. initiated. There is no question of "belittling" hauliers. — Ed]