T HE speed limit on heavy goods vehicles is again to be debated by the National Joint Industrial Council for the road haulage...

"ELEET engineers often succumb to the temptation to perform only the barest minimum of maintenance on a vehicle which is ending...

Vehicle Improvements for Europe A T their third session, the Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles of the Economic...

That Paris seems to be the parker's paradise whilst London is his hell. That in the words of an old song, ". . . if there's •...

T HE British Transport Commission had a bigger influence on the 1953 Act than the Road Haulage Association would have wished,...

Attempt to Widen Contract-carriage Work of B.T.C. also Fails BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT A HOT and detailed debate on...

Ban on Coach Operators A CTION is being taken by the Pas senger Vehicle Operators' Association to prevent Nottingham Trades...

MR. I. 0. FISHER, traffic superintendent of Rotherham Transport Department, has been appointed transport manager. MR. C....

A PROPOSAL is to be made at a L – X meeting of Leyland Motors, Ltd., on March 29 that the authorized share capital be increased...

adjournment until after the Budget of the application by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., to raise .heir fares is to be sought by...

ZOME 4,000 Sheffield people flew from -) London to the Continent or the :.hannel Islands last year, the Yorkshire .icensing...

A N approach has been made to Belfast Transport Department by Coventry Transport Department for applications for jobs with the...

T o have depots in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and Salisbury (Rhodesia), Guy Motors South Africa (Pty.), Ltd., has been...

1 - 1. A NEW scale of recommended charges, to cover recent increases in wages and other costs, has been drawn up by the...

IF bus services in Cardiff were to be extended for 15 minutes in the evening, to meet requests by publicans and cinema...

O VER 72 per cent. of the vehicles offered by the British Transport Commission in lists up to R.5 have been sold, it was...

A RULING has been given by the 71 Minister of Transport on the jurisfiction of the Metropolitan Licensing kuthority over...

IF the fuel tax is reduced in the I Budget, Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co.; Ltd., hope to reduce fares when costs are...

T HE way has been made clearer for the Milk Marketing Board to build their own vehicles, machinery and other handling plant....

United Dominions Trust. Ltd., have opened a branch at 64 George Street. Croydon. Caerphilly Urban District Council have...

mORMAL duty pending negotiations for improved working conditions was resumed on Monday by the 750 busmen employed by Maidstone...

FINLESS in the near future the roads ‘s- 1 in this country are improved to sect the full needs of passenger and reight traffic,...

ridge which forms at the top end of worn cylinder bores is being marketed by the Cords Piston Ring Co., Ltd., 906 Harrow Road,...

W HEN Messrs. William Bros., Station Garage, Queensferry, and eight of their drivers appeared before Hawarden magistrates last...

A LTHOUGH four-wheel steering devices have been in existence for well over 40 years, up to now they have always suffered the...

Petrol or Oil Engine Offered in All Home and Export 3-tonners and 5-tonners : Roomier Cab Has Improved Ventilation k N...

By Our Parliamentary Correspondent THE formation of a highway 1 authority, controlling its own funds, was strongly advocated by...

says John F. Moon, Rough Roads anti Tough Conditions Soon Bring Out Design Faults : Investigation Shows British Vehicles Can...

Effects of Temperature and Other Causes on Fuel Consumption of London Buses F, this year, the mean atmospheric temperature...

service vehicles in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) went out of business. There was also a further decline in the...

DOPULAR in Germany as the Goliath, a 12-seat bus produced by the Borgward group is now, being imported into this country. It...

Ignorance on Abnormal Loads IT is satisfactory to learn that wise counsel has L prevailed and the proposal to license the...

a 30 m.p.h. speed limit for heavy goods vehicles? To discover the answer to this urgent problem, The Commercial Motor has just...

lowARDs the end of their report, the committee of inquiry under Mr. S. P. Chambers boldly declare that if vigorous action is...

Dallas (Kingston), Ltd., Take Over Old Bus!ness from B.R.S. : 16-Vehicle Unit in R.5 Goes to Thamesmouth Transport T HE...

Rail Members IANGES in the boaids of the bus merating companies in the Tilling tp arc announced by the British sport...

T HE adoption of a new system of labour allocation at the Clyde docks is expected to improve the organization of transport to...

A HEATER of the recirculatory type Fl desIgned specially for oil-engined vehicles has been produced by the KeyLeather Co.,...

I N my previous article I dealt with a complaint that the rates recommended in The Commercial Motor "Tables of Operating Costs"...

covered in patent No. 720,888 (Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 88 Regent Street, London, W.1). The most novel feature of the scheme is...