File this under: Trying to hit an invisible target. The reporter is Colin Donald, the article is on scotsman.com, Friday, March 11, 2005.
TWO weeks before it becomes UK law, lack of detail about a European directive, intended to improve conditions for haulage workers and increase road safety, is causing confusion and anger within Scotland’s beleaguered road transport industry, according to industry experts and operators...
Key points. The new EU rules are set to go into effect March 23, but key details haven't been issued to the people who are expected to abide by them. The industry is already on the ropes. Drivers are in short supply. The UK has its own rules, parallel to the EU's: these are also being revised. It's sure to cost money.
...Against this gloomy background, hauliers, drivers’ unions and even the body charged with enforcing the new regime, the Vehicle Operators Standards Association (VOSA), have been angrily protesting at the confusion and delay about their operating rules...
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