Your Say: Business groups’ arguments for transporting workers via lorries do not hold water

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I wonder whether anyone would seriously argue that requiring helmets or safety harnesses for construction workers would be undesirable because of “real, practical and operational complexities”.

Of course there are complexities and costs, but we as a society tackle these complexities and incur these costs becauseTherefore, the alleged “complexities” of arranging bus transport for workers, instead of having them ride in lorries, would not involve a “change in the social compact”, asOne might argue that costs may increase .

The question, then, is whether taking more steps to secure the safety of workers, to the equal extent that we secure the safety of other road users, is worth the money.And if the costs of prohibiting lorry transport are intangible, I ask: What about the intangible costs of allowing it? Perhaps this argument is speculative. But it is no less speculative than the claims by the business groups that banning lorry transport will

 

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