Peter Carroll voted most powerful man in road transport
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by Tricia Jamieson
Forget the transport minister or the bosses of big haulage
firms.
The most powerful man in road transport is none other than
Folkestone's Peter Carroll, according to a poll.
The founder of the national FairFuelUK campaign and
ex-district councillor has topped a survey by Commercial
Motor magazine.
Mr Carroll, who lives at Peene and used to run a lorry firm,
said: "I thought someone was winding me up when I heard.
"It is great that the campaign and the people who have worked so
hard for it have been recognised in this way.
"It just shows what people power can do. And to think, it all
started on a kitchen table in Kent.
"I don't get anything for coming top - just a lot of leg
pulling."
The magazine says Mr Carroll is "the single most powerful
individual in the transport industry".
It cites FairFuelUK's successes in getting planned fuel duty
rises put off by the government.
Last year, the campaign secured a parliamentary debate on fuel
prices after getting 110,000 names on an e-petition and was
credited with the deferment of another planned hike in fuel tax in
the autumn budget.
The magazine states: "By our reckoning, he's saved the
industry the best part of £700 million in the past 11 months -
and that is true power."
Mr Carroll said FairFuelUK was now going to put pressure on the
government to look into the difference in petrol prices at garages
in the same towns.
"We want to know who is making money and who is not making
money," he said.
"The one thing that winds motorists up is when the oil price
goes up, petrol goes up, but when oil goes down, petrol
doesn't.
"We are also going to redouble our efforts to get the government
to cut fuel duty - we need to get the economy moving."
Friday, January 06 2012
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