bird's eye view by the hawk Commercial Motor takes road
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haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky corre spondent. , steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-beat yarns that illustrate the stranger, or sillier, side of the business, he'd Like to hear from you. As a softhearted old bird, he's also happy to publicise charitable works— and is always interested in events for the vintage vehicles he drove as a fledgling. Drop the Hawk a line at Commercial Motor, Bird's Lye View, km H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey 8M2511S, or fax him on 0181 652 8969. All in good time Dwily 'Timers fans will remember that Basil Fawlty's attitude Ti) guests was that they got in the way of the proper running of a hotel. A bus company in Leeds seems to have adopted a similar attitude to its passengers. Leeds City Link has been instructed by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority to drop its "Mussolini approach" to time keeping. Apparently the Italian dictator fell back on taking full credit for the trains running on time when other disasters befell him. Drivers on the 430-bus fleet have been told by the company to miss out stops and display out-ofservice signs in order to keep to schedule. The thinking behind this is that precision timekeeping attracts more passengers. Yes, I can see them all cheering at the busstops as the punctilious vehicles speed by. Imagine if hauliers employed this practice, with supermarkets denied their deliveries because the drivers insisted on returning to their depots at precisely 18:00hrs...