THERE'S nowt so queer as folk — or governments, it seems. What are we to make of the Government's sanctions against companies...

NCTIONS IMPOSED by British Government on )se companies that have gotiated pay claims exding the 10 per cent pay 'defines have...

BRAIN HAULAGE, one of the five hauliers singled out by the Government to be blacklisted for negotiating a pay settlement of...

JACKSON MOORE, general secretary of the United Road Transport Union, has sent a strongly-worded open letter to William Rodgers,...

DRIVERS in the South Wales area ended their six-day strike on Monday after unions and management reached an agreement which...

IN MARKED contrast to the view taken by the Freight Transport Association that 0 licensing has been a roaring success, the...

SPECIALIST body-building is on the way out, and the num of body-builders expected to leave the industry this year is lil to...

THE reason why candidz sitting the Certificate of I fessional Competence exE are not allowed to take tl exam questions away "64...

37 to road haulage "is still titled as too easy". he Association recomids that newcomers who granted standard licences uld be...

DIDCOT Freight is to move from its present site to a much smaller position after two years of blacking by dockers has cut the...

Plaxton lobs • in jeopardy . ERIC PLAXTON, of Plaxton of Scarborough, told his staff recently that jobs could be in jeopardy...

LORRY drivers of the United Kingdom unite! You have nothing to lose but your Common Market shackles! And, as the massed ranks...

X recommendations de;ned to improve the safe hting of the rear of goods hides have been put to the .partment of Transport by e...

OWNER-DRIVERS' associations due to meet in Leicester next week seem likely to adopt the name British Association of Owner...

AN ODD circumstance whereby no overloading offence was committed while a tractive unit and trailer were coupled, but the...

MUCH more than "imaginative" help is needed in the financial reconstruction of the National Freight Corporation, as laid down...

HESTAIR Dennis Ltd, specialised vehicle manufacturer of Guildford, has announced exports for 1977 worth £12 million — 40 per...

We are looking for a young, enthusiastic, well-educated transport person to join our news team. The person appointed will...

INDON Transport chairman !nneth Robinson is to stand wn as a result of a manage?tit re-organisation ordered Greater London...

VAN HOOL McArdle could pull out of its Irish base if a planned agreement with American Motors to build buses in Dublin goes...

A SUGGESTION that transport operators rather than local authorities should operate concessionary fares schemes was rejected by...

Coaching Symposium "MODERN Coaches — Can you rely on them?", and "The EEC does affect you," are subjects of two of the papers...

THE Association of Metropolitan Authorities transport committee says four weekly returns demanded by the Department of...

STOCKHOLM now has computerized traffic cont.) system for city buses. It similar in some respects that already in use by CIE...

cI 8x2 version of the Volvo F86 has been announced by Ailsa .ucks. (CM February 3, page 27). Built at Ailsa's Irvine plant it...

WARRANTY claims are the largest single cause of disputes and ill-feeling that arise between manufacturers and operators, says...

LEYLAND is launching a nl interior styling for the existi range of cabs fitted to t Terrier, Boxer, Mastiff, a Super Mastiff...

THE FIRST product in the Kew range to be introduced by Farm Sales Company, of Penrith. is the S90 high-pressure cold water...

1111 looks at the BIM's Checklist No 8. . 1ESE past two years have obably seen a greater turnover labour than any year since...

Well, I said it, so I can hardly complain when it happens. When a group of journalists chose t MAN 280 as the "Truck of the...

It has the Rolls-Royce 21 Eagle engine, a Fuller RT 6 gearbox and operates at 32 to gvw. George says his idE vehicle "has an...

That was an interesting speech Jack Jones made in Davos last week. Not only was it interesting, but confusing — extremely so....

One of our readers recently advertised for a traffic operati The successful applicant was to be paid £5,000 a year, occu a...

Never being one to point at other people's "lits" — our word for mistakes which appear in print — I was at first reluctant to...

HE MOST RECENT service to be added to an already long list of services available to FTA nembers is transport consultancy. The...

Steve Gray tests the Ford A-Series/Dorittobile THE FORD A-Series of light commercials were introduced in 1973 to fill the gap...

ON HEAVY commercial vehicles the force that must be exerted on the brake pedal to bring a vehicle to rest quickly is greater...

NI THE previous article on this subject, it was established that nder the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee...

ORS Consultancy AN OPERATOR may start his business believing that the customer is always right, but he will soon find out that...

THIS WEEK CM's livery competition comes to the tipper operators. It is open to haulage and own-account operators, public...

BRITISH BUSES and coaches such as Guys, Leylands and Bedfords have become a familiar sight in many parts of the world. Less...

Ile wowed! I hope that CM readers saw an interesting article in the Daily Telegraph (January 27) headed - Railwaymen demand...

Permit me, a low type psv driver, to answer Messrs Larman and McKay (CM, November 25). Gentlemen, I have worked on both sides,...

te, buno With reference to the numerous letters I have been reading in CM, as an hgv driver I agree with a lot of what Tony...

educe/lea I refer to the article "Keep up to date with training" (CM, January 6) and would like to take this opportunity to...

I am in complete agreement with "a fed-up operator" (CM, December 9) that the time has come for operators and workers, who have...

To avoid any misconception among your readers over your feature showing the Primrose Hi-Lift load transfer device fitted to...

I feel I must air my views against bus/lorry drivers. I have been driving both twoand four-wheelers for some six years. I...

I think truck manufacturers get a lot of abuse thrown at them and I would like to change this by thanking these manufacturers...

I F I could write intelligibly about this aspect of consultancy without using the word terotechnology I would be tempted to...

W HEN Tate & Lyle Transport decided to build a new Elm depot at Coatbridge, Scotland (CM January 28, 1977) it soon came to the...