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YEARBOOKS from professional associations and trade bodies can be indescribably dull, full of lists of addresses of members, the make-up of interminable subcommittees and the like. The Freight l'ransport Association avoids that failing with its yearbook, the latest edition of which is now available.
Judging from the amount of information useful to the road haulier packed into its 384 pages, this yearbook indeed must be a compelling reason on its own to join the ETA. (Members get one copy free, and can buy more at 06.50 each: non-members would do well to steal or borrow a copy to see what they're missing . ..).
The rail, sea and air-using members of the FTA might not gain much from the publication but road transport users and operators will find concise And easily-understood summaries of the law governing road transport.
Road transport law, as the area most likely to cause the haulier problems, gets the Lion's share of this clothbound book, with almost 60 per cent of the editorial pages. Insurance and industrial relations, both of which are important but much less easily codified, are dismissed in a handful of pages each. while international transport law is covered in little more than useful headings. The addresses section, covering everything from goods vehicle testing stations to your local police force, will be most useful.
Later in the year the FTA will issue a free update, which will highlight changes in
legislation such as drivers' hours rules.
FTA, Hermes House, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9UZ. (0892) 26171.