REGARDING your story "Garage fury at 'mercy' service" (LET, May 17).

Ramzan Patel has quite a nerve criticising the garage service offered at Blackburn by Lancashire Ambulance Service at somewhat cheaper rates than his own set-up.

Competition is the name of the game. Perhaps Mr Patel and others night consider a percentage cut in the price of the service they offer.

However, I doubt they will. For they are and have been for far too long, hitched to the gravy train of greed prevalent among garage owners.

P NEWTON (Mr), Ashworth Close, Blackburn.

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