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

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 claiming that banning lorry transport willThere is also an issue of consistency in policy. If riding in the back of a lorry is safe, why should workers be the only ones carried in lorries?

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