EEC Commission green light to postponement for UK TEN HOURS driving a day looks like staying the legal maximum in Britain at...

SHADOW spokesman for Transport, Mr Norman Fowler MP, hit out on Tuesday at the "extraordinary silence" which has been...

BREACHES of the drivers' hours and EEC drivers' records regulations led to National Travel (North East) Ltd, being fined £250...

French driver banned after M1 death crash THE FRENCH lorry driver who was involved in an accident in which a family of five...

A MAJOR purge on forged international permits got under way this week when officers of the South Eastern traffic area swooped...

Ltd managing director has resigned over plans for the future of the Bamber Bridge spares and service plant. The man is...

.INLESS Britain signed an nternational agreement on efrigerated transport stanlards, vehicles going to Europe :ould be turned...

NEW PROPOSALS about a common driving licence Mr EEC member States are to be discussed shortly by the European Parliament...

AN OPERATOR has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Denis Healey, attacking Government policy over the distribution...

PAYLOAD increases of up to 350kg (6.9cwt) are claimed for two new lightweight versions of Ford 7.5-tonne (7.38-ton)gvw D-Series...

Pengco injunction PENGCO Transport Systems Ltd, the Peterborough-based demountable system manufacturer, was granted an...

AN EXPERIMENTAL low-cost system of broadcasting information about traffic snarl - ups is being investigated by the BBC. The...

A DOCKERS' leader denied this week that port workers would take over road transport jobs as a result of the Dock Work...

WHEN he addressed the NTDA in London last week Mr Norman Fowler, MP, came out strongly against any compulsory switch of traffic...

by CM reporter DRIVERS of heavy goods vehicles, particularly tankers carrying hazardous loads, are obliged to break the law...

French permits FRENCH permits for British hauliers have been raised from 31,400 to 35,000 on the general quota. Those hauliers...

A WOMAN HAULIER called before the Northern LA at adjourned (CM February 27) disciplinary proceedings last week was told that...

Faces on the road BRITISH VITA hit on a new idea when it came to a colour scheme for its fleet of Bedford Luton rigid vans and...

a distribution consultant. He will be responsible for the helping of clients with physical distribution problems and...

A TECHNICAL memorandum on disposal of waste oils is now in preparation, and a specific case study is soon to be completed for...

"MOST SHIRE counties lack knowledge and understanding of the overall implications of public transport operation and have made...

THE AVERAGE gross weekly earnings for London Transport drivers and conductors is £70.06; 12.5 per cent of this sum comes from...

Bus numbers NEARLY 70,000 buses and coaches are licensed in England and Wales alone according to figures released by transport...

THE FIRST five vehicles of an NBC contract for 50 Dominant Service Bus bodies based on Ford R1014 chassis have now been...

PIE Lim OVER ONE million pounds—that's the amount Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive reckons to have lost through...

THE management of Gastonia Coaches Ltd, Cranleigh, Surrey, said to be a fast-expanding coach operator and planning a cut-price...

COMPULSORY type approval for commercial vehicles in Britain will probably not see the light of day much before 1978-79. That...

A LAMINATE-WALL body, designed specially for the delivery of retail goods in roll pallets, has been added to the Strongbox...

A LO-SKIP flatbed road vehicle made by T.T.B. (Fabrications) Ltd of Dartmouth, Devon, has been designed to lift and transfer...

TO PREVENT indentation from the wheels of roll pallets or pallet-handling trucks, Crown Decorative Products have specified an...

SCOTTISH and Newcastle Breweries is now using 45 Boalloy Tautliner curtain-sided semi-trailers, in place of flat trailers, for...

FASTER THAN foam fire tenders, a newly built rapid intervention vehicle has been designed to be first at any airport blaze. The...

SMMT warns Government: bigger hgv taxi is bad politics TRUCK AND BUS manufacturers weighed in to the transport policy debate...

Patrick Prekopp joins the Met to investigate the latest speed trap BIG BROTHER—that everwatchful, sinister spectre of 1984—has...

I've heard of flaming rows, but this is ridiculous. At the FTA Solent division's first annual dinner, RHA southern area...

If the British bus transport situation in the past 10 years had been dreamt up by a fiction author he'd have been accused of...

Since my comment on that pop record Convoy I've been sent one—by Ford, who with typical initiative have got themselves a nice...

Your comments on "Tackling tatty tippers" (CM January 30) could not be more correct. All too often, lack of maintenance leads...

How I envied the people (CM February 20) who met a group of MPs at Westminster to discuss the road haulage industry. I would...

Classification of living vans : 1. I refer to the Questions and Answers feature in which a letter was printed requesting...

FIAT calls its 130 range "the truck for middle-weight transport." Plated For 23 tonnes (22 tons 13cwt), the range includes...

whhe still allowing the use of the high axle option. Accessibility Like the heavier 619 model already tested by CM, the 130...

by John Hartley SUDDENLY, anti-skid systems manufacturers try to overcome systems in the USA following No one doubts the value...

begin on January I this year, has been postponed for six months, but my British logbooks are run ning out fast. Should I...

I pointed these out to my tyre dealer, who said that these were quite safe. Is this correct? Such bulges in new tyres could...

should be fitted to a coach in order to satisfy the Conditions of Fitness regulations? A The basic requirement of the Public...

to pick up a load of 220 lambs, which I had arranged with one of my customers. The driver went to the market and loaded 260...

Patrick Prekopp joins the Met to investigate the latest speed trap BIG BROTHER—that everwatchful, sinister spectre of 1984—has...

I've heard of flaming rows, but this is ridiculous. At the FTA Solent division's first annual dinner, RHA southern area...

If the British bus transport situation in the past 10 years had been dreamt up by a fiction author he'd have been accused of...

Since my comment on that pop record Convoy I've been sent one—by Ford, who with typical initiative have got themselves a nice...

Your comments on "Tackling tatty tippers" (CM January 30) could not be more correct. All too often, lack of maintenance leads...

How I envied the people (CM February 20) who met a group of MPs at Westminster to discuss the road haulage industry. I would...

Classification of living vans : 1. I refer to the Questions and Answers feature in which a letter was printed requesting...

The Roadline symbol stands for specialised distribution services on a national scale. And it stands for change, to match the...

Like the heavier 619 model already tested by CM, the 130 does not have a tilt cab. Access for routine engine maintenance is...

by John Hartley SUDDENLY, anti-skid systems manufacturers try to overcome systems in the USA following No one doubts the value...

to begin on January I this year, has been postponed for six months, but my British logbooks are running out fast. Should I...

pointed these out to my tyre dealer, who said that these were quite safe. Is this correct? Such bulges in new tyres could lead...

(3) Non-payment of a parking meter fine. (4) Keeping a vehicle on a road without a current excise licence. (5)U-turns in...

to pick up a load of 220 lambs, which I had arranged with one of my customers. The driver went to the market and loaded 260...

" IT MUST BE a sign of th times," said Maggie's brcthe Cromwell, "that nobody in th Commons Select Committee o Nationalised...

WHAT of the advantages and disadvantages of the Employment Protection Act? Now that we have seen how a number of cases have...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE THE Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and Passengers)...

traffic lights or whenever it was stationary. In McLaughlin v Glasgow Corporation (1963) 79 Sh Ct Rep 172 it was held, in...

EVEN if the engineer and his fitters do the best they can to prolong tyre life, poor driving can cause unnecessarily rapid wear...

by John Darker, AMB1M IT will come as no surprise to the senior officials of trade associations in road transport that service...

A high-pressure washing unit— the Powerwash—has been introduced by E. Allman. With a pressure of 2760kN/sqin (400psi) and an...

An automatically operated industrial space heater using untreated waste engine oil direct from the sump has been developed by...

A range of landing gear equipment from George Blair consists of three types of landing gear: single speed, twin speed and twin...

A new electric truck has been added to the petrol and diesel range of Wantage Engineering. It is designed specifically for...

continued from page 49 feeling that the recording of a restrictive practice is a somewhat bureaucratic procedure for four...

The director-general must refer every registered agreement to the Restrictive Practices Court for a decision as to whether or...