Rifkind rebound
Page 35

If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• The road haulage industry is still reeling from Rifkind's foot in the mouth pronouncements on speed limiters. According to him they will reduce the carnage on our roads reference HGV accidents and cut the large quantities of CO, which lorries produce.
We now have another contentious issue to contend with: as a result of a report of Rifkind's speech in the Daily Mail. The South-Eastern district office has been inundated with calls from hauliers wanting to know where the forms are for them to collect their £.1 per mile subsidy from the Government for taking freight off their trucks and putting it on to the railways.
In line with current RHA policy the majority of enquiries favour retrospective payment. Road Haulage Association South Eastern district.