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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.
Yay! Given the fact that our industry โ the over 3 500 kg Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) market โ only managed 18 934 unit sales last year, representing a 45.4% plunge from 2008 sales volumes, weโre all glad 2009 is over. But what does 2010 hold for the commercial vehicle industry? In true FOCUS tradition, CHARLEEN CLARKE asked the captains of industry to do some crystal-ball gazing.
In the wake of plummeting sales, the closing months of 2008 saw manufacturers facing unexpected storage and refurbishing expenses on top of stock financing costs. During 2009, a fall in the demand for road freight and transport caused new vehicle sales to decline even further. Industry captains now face the daunting task of predicting truck and bus sales for 2010.
By now the story of Sizwe Shezi, the guy from Durban who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for skipping a red traffic light, has been well ventilated.ย The general consensus seems to be that the sentence was too harsh. I differ. Youโre more likely to be killed in a traffic crash than to be murdered in South Africa, and sentencing for traffic offences should proceed accordingly.
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