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Road Rescue and Recovery sociation has been in the efront of preventing vehicle ners having recovery vices thrust upon them by ice forces and thus incurring ier charges than if their ninated operator was called he scene to effect the overy (CM 31 Oct-6 Nay). The increase in road sures and safe working as that the police have been Kosing is not due to the recovery industry going about its business when it is allowed on the scene, but rather the police's change in attitude towards safe working practices under their perceived health and safety obligations and the investigation of any fatal accidents as murder cases until proven otherwise.
Peter Cosby, chairman of the RRRA, says recovery agents can clear the scene of an incident in no time at all as they have invested in the equipment to do so. Ft is forces beyond our control that cause the delays that cost the haulage industry and motorist the lost journey times.
As for the 75% of ETA members mentioned, how many have suffered due to their choice of recovery agents being denied?
The recovery industry will work with the DoT and the Highways Agency, but they have to remember that there is a cost in the recovery of vehicles and this fact can no longer be ignored.
Bob Cooper, Road Rescue and Recovery Association, Boston.
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