John Gregory jumps to defence over over daytime ban proposal
It hasn’t been more than a couple of days since a daytime ban on caravans was proposed by haulage company owner, John Gregory, but it seems like the company boss has felt the full wrath of caravanners all over the country and has been forced to defended his comments.
Gregory, chairman of Gregory Distribution, stoked the fire during a radio interview by stating that caravans caused so many accidents and held people up that his business was losing close to £60 an hour. To counter the problem that Gregory Distribution and other firms in the region reportedly face due to caravans, he suggested that caravans should only be allowed on the roads between 6pm and 6am. Naturally, caravanners throughout the country are none too pleased with this proposition, as John’s inbox has been receiving quite a lot of mail since his radio interview – not exactly in full praise of his ham-handed suggestion.
John has since defended his comments by saying that they were made in the context of a caravan crashing on the M5, causing delays for hours. He told the Western Morning News: “My comment has nothing to do with caravans but everything to do with the dualling of the A303 and A30.”
“We have a pinch point problem in summer months when our only arterial route in and out of the region gets clogged up,” Gregory went on. “I want to continue to lobby for the widening of the A303 and A30. I speak for the haulage and tourism industry when I say it is totally unsatisfactory to have only one route in and one route out of our region. We have to look at what else can be done to ease traffic flow.”
The back-tracking boss added that he had nothing against caravans or caravanners in particular, but felt that it was unacceptable for the South-west to have only one main route in and out, that is, the M5.
Hmmm. it seems to us that Gregory has bitten off more than he can chew and by continuing to address the issue is adding fuel to the fire. But what do you think?
