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1NDER-RUN bumpers are to be made compulsory, according ) Minister of Transport Norman Fowler.
He told more than 200 operators this at the opening of the ew ERF engineering centre at Middlewitch last Friday.
The Minister said he wanted ?hides to be much safer than at resent and said that many eaths and injuries could be voided if vehicles were degned for the safety of both assengers and goods.
Mr Fowler also said he 'anted vehicles to become less I a nuisance to people who had live and work near busy tads, While the Government could do a certain amount by building by-passes and through traffic management, the surest way was to design quieter vehicles, he continued.
The Minister went on to say that he also wanted to see a reduction in fuel consumption, and that both Government and operators would need to find ways of making existing resources go further.