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plates, said that this would eliminate those on the fringe of the law.
An AVRO council member said that introducing licensing would increase operator costs and therefore the rates charged to hauliers. lain Sherriff did not believe this would happen, but felt that legitimate registered operators would find that they would obtain a larger percentage of work.
"Many operators," said Dougie Twyford, "do not know that they are in fact in the recovery business. Franchised main dealers, for example, often come to me to rescue stranded vehicles when they in fact advertise a 24-hour recovery service."
This brought agreement from another delegate, who added that many of the warranty schemes relied on individual recovery operators rather than the recognised manufacturers' agents.