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NEXT Wednesday is Christmas Day, so I want to take this opportunity on behalf of all of us here at The Commercial Motor to wish you happiness and good health. With this sincere greeting goes, of course, our warmest hopes that 1964 will be the sort of yeat you want it to be.
No year in road transport can be described as "quiet ", and 1963 has proved no exception. It is not likely that 1964 will be any different; in fact, it probably will be rumbustious in the extreme. For next year, at some time, there will be a General Election. With the fortunes of the two main parties are inextricably tied up the fortunes of road transport.
Next year, too, there will possibly be several legislative measures to enforce standards of braking. power and smoke emission. It is an Earls Court Show year, and early signs are that 1964 will be a vintage year for new models and other technical developments.
For our commercial vehicle manufacturers, the world's leading exporters in their field, next year is full of promise. Generally speaking. quiet confidence pervades their talk. Industry at home is likely to enter a phase of increased production; this could mean more traffic for hauliers, and more opportunity to stabilize rates. Unfortunately, for busmen it seems likely to be an " as-before " year—but perhaps, at last, the position on taxation will ease, or perhaps something positive will be done about rural services.
As I said, may 1964 be as you want it to be. THE EDITOR.