HEAVY TRAFFIC FEES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21148, 4 October 1930, Page 19

HEAVY TRAFFIC FEES.

TO THE CDITOB; ' Sp>, —It was eqmewhat interesting to , read, in the Times of .even date your report of the conference of local body delegates on the above subject.- As a payer heavy-traffic. *£ees,-X have become m alive to the utter injustice and unfafrnesa of j the -whole-regulation, that I do my best not to think about .it for fear my- sense of justice in other matters becomes, impaired. “Mr Preston said he was convinced that- the mileage -records k |P*>by the drivers throughout the whole . Zealand were not worth a tin of hah. Rather - a broad statement of suspicion and implication; and I chal(on behalf' of the drivers) Mr Brest on to prove it. Surely Mr Preston knows tfaat at least 75 per cent, of the lorries charge on a mileage basis',, and therefore, correct mileage is an essential item, m their business. The high proportion_of heavy, traffic fees which goes tojhe City Conneil w another:proof that lairly correct mileage returns are given, as it does not take much thinking to realise - that the mileage -in the city is very • much larger. Further, what inrest id it to drivers-to.give incorrect retunis? : .Let me thadk Mr Lewin for pay °»r fees, £lO, £29, £3O, too per annum, as the case may be; and we have no say whatever as to how the money shall be spent; the rate-' payer elects his representative to spend •f e -s a . 1 3 *.,‘ Remove the mileage system if it is thought best, but in so doing ther ®.3?^ n ' > need to cast doubts on the capability. and integrity of the lorry drivers.—l am. etc,, / James Wood. Barnego Flat, Balclutha, October 1. , .