PIERS CARROLL Vice chairman of Saints Transport • Make sure
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we can opt out of the Working Time Directive. If people want to work harder to provide more for themselves and their families, why shouldn't they be allowed to?
• Provide a level playing field regarding safety and legality. It seems to be a choice to run legally and properly, rather than through fear of repercussions if you don't. Everyone makes the odd mistake, everyone is going to have accidents; all you can do is ensure you've tried to minimise this.
• Make foreign drivers pay their share of road tax. If they use the road system, they can help repair and maintain it.
• Don't introduce LHVs. We simply don't have the road network and structure to support them.
• We very much like the London low-emission zone and would be in favour of a system that raises road tax by 10% or 20% per year after the first five years, so as the truck gets older and more environmentally damaging, it is charged accordingly.