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There is a frightening number of major issues to claim the attention of the Transport Minister during the recess. All are vital to the future of all sectors of the industry.
The Foster Report, implementation of tachograph regulations, psv licensing, weights, dimensions, noise, fuel for passenger operators, vehicle excise licence or increased fuel duty, international permits. The list is long but early and decisive action on these issues is both possible and desirable.
Operators should be told now how they stand on tachographs and on Foster. There need be no long delay on weights and dimensions. This is the most enquired-into subject in transport. There are already thousands of words and plenty of opinions and recommendations on file.
Professor Armitage should be respectfully asked to treat noise with urgency. He will find lots of reference material ready to hand.
The Minister cannot relish a recess with seven or eight major issues lying in his pending tray. The industry certainly does not relish a future with so much lying unresolved.
The matters should all be out of the way before the onset of winter with its operational difficulties and possible industrial relations problems. Any obstacles, real or manufactured by bureaucracy, should be tackled or brushed aside quickly in the interest of progress and efficiency.