Road-rail "Dog Fight" Continues
14th May 1954, Page 61
14th May 1954
Page 61
Page 61, 14th May 1954
— Road-rail "Dog Fight" Continues
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EVIEWING the history of roadrail traffic legislation, Mr. J. Foley Egginton, A.M.Inst.T., F.Inst.T.A., said "that for many years the matter had been receiving the attention of successive Parliaments, but they had failed to settle the problem and the day-today "dog fight" went on. To suggest that railways had been made redundant by road transport would be quite untrue, said Mr. Foley Egginton. The problem was to enable both to operate economically without detriment to public interest. Considerable use had been made by traders during the post-war years of the provisions in the 1933 Act for C hiring and in consequence of what had happened, regulations in respect of the 25-mile radius had in some caies been evaded.