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AN application by Highland Haulage, Ltd., Inverness, to add three eightwheelers (21 tons) to their A-licence was granted with a slight variation by the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. I. Townsend, at Inverness, last week.
Mr. W. D. Maclellan, Managing director, said that breakdOwns, maintenance, and delay in getting substitute• vehicles for.their fleet of 56 vehicles had cost the company more than 780 vehicledays in -1959.
Replying to Mr. D. Brown, objecting on behalf of British Railways, and Mr. A. Young, for seven private objectors, that the original licence grant included provision for maintenance, Mr. Maclellan said that the fleet was then mainly special A-licensed and applications for maintenance vehicles would not have been entertained.
Mr. Townsend granted two eightwheelers and one six-wheeler (191 tons) after an undertaking that substitution would in future be confined to replacement of vehicles involved in serious breakdowns or accidents.
ENHANCED "ARTIC" POPULARITY
ACCORD1NG to Scammell Lorries, Ltd., inquiries received at the Commercial Motor Show indicate that operators are showing an increased interest in articulated outfits. Scammell took orders worth -£1m. at Earls. Court, including 200 semi-trailers for customers in this country, Eire, Pakistan, South Africa and Borneo, Announcing this, Mr. D. G. Stokes, Scammell's managing director, also stated that their vehicles were 'becoming more popular on the Continent, particularly in Germany. and that this market would "develop into very good business in the near future."
BLACK MARKS FOR BAD DRIVERS
THE introduction of a scheme to award black marks to drivers who are convicted of driving offences is one of eight road safety proposals which will be discusked at this year's National Safety Congress organized by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The Congress will be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Central Hall, Westminster, London..
The "black marks" proposal is one which will be discussed in the road safety forum. The Congress will be opened by the Minister of Transport, Mr. ErnestMarples.
NEW MeVEIGH BASE PLANNED • •
ESTIMATED to cost 1100,000, a new road haulage depot with offices' for some 50 staff, WorkShops and transit sheds and other buildings, is to be built in Victoria Street, Grimsby, by McVeigh Transport, Ltd. Although the offices should be in use early next year, the whole scheme will take about a year to complete. Some 200 vehicles are now operated by the company and a shortwave radio control system may be set up eventually.