Tank hauliers continued from page 32 effect of their lower standards on the attitude of politicians and the general public.
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The industry is struglling towards greater consistency in its standards on safety equipment, driver training and vehicle routeing and parking, and this demands realistic rates. The tachographs issue is still clouded, some operators adopting a wait-and-see attitude in the light of conflicting statements from the DoE and FTA. Others are already scheduling the instalment of the instruments in their fleets to be completed before the year's end.
The backwash of uncertainty over the future is also being felt by tank builder who report a slackening of orders. The. being processed are in the main fi annual fleet replacements rather thkfor expansion programmes. Operator it seems, are finding that existing flee are more than adequate to meet ti demand. G.11,