...and double bottoms will be allowed HAULAGE will get a big boost when draft regulations now being circulated for comment are...

from October 31 and the option to use the British type of book will be withdrawn on that date. New Regulations to bring the...

MOST road transport firms employ 10 or fewer workers, while less than three per cent have 200 employees. These figures emerged...

['HERE were strong but unconfirmed rumours this week that ton Ellis, managing director of British Leyland Truck and Bus...

iLL CHRYSLER commercial ehicles will be marketed .nder the brand name of )odge in future. The old names of Commer nd Simca...

THE NEW Gardner engine which was due to make its appearance at Earls Court in September will not now be ready. Expected to be a...

THE Japanese Bridgestone Tyre Company, at Earls Court for the first time this year, will show five types of steel radial truck...

into the coffin being built for the Government's transport policy plans when both the Labour Party and the unions gave the...

INDEPENDENT bus operators will be entitled to receive bus grant to replace one heavyweight vehicle every 12 years if they cover...

If as seems likely British hauliers have to suffer permit frustrations in their quest to move our exports to the Middle East,...

LANS to set up a nationwide etwork of lorry routes are DW in doubt following quesons in the House of Coinions last week. For...

si STRONG protest has been nade by the Institute of Traflc Administration over trade mion representation on the roposed...

DESPITE a group profit after tax of £184,000 for the first six months of this year compared with £291,000 for the comparable...

of vehicle lights have been adopted by the Council of Ministers in Brussels. The Department of the Environment has taken part...

THE Chartered Institute of Transport has been compelled by rising costs to increase its subscription rates. The rise will come...

ALMOST inevitably, there are more advisers on road transport policies than on rail policies in the Department of the...

THE Road Transport Industry Training Board levy proposals for next year (CM April 30) have been approved by the Secretary of...

IN a restructuring of vehicle excise duty the number of axles would be taken into account as well as the weight on each axle...

THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment has published its annual report Roads in England 1975/6.

DEVELOPMENT of Carlisle's threatened white elephant, an 11-acre £1/2m lorry park, on the Kingstown trading estate on the...

A ROAD Haulage Association scheme to set up a section for executives, managers and trainees between 18 and 35 is expected to...

up again BEDFORD has announced £1.74m profit for the first ha of the current financial year compared with a £7.5m loss i the...

)n protection MMEDIATE action should be aken to protect the interests of people using overseas emovals companies. This demand...

for not bringing in the controls under the Heavy Commercial Vehicles Act, 1973, declared Mr Hugh Dykes (Tory, Harrow East) in...

'N a bid to do away with the leed to use sub-contractors Wilkinson Transport Ltd )Ians to open seven new lepots before the end...

THE international operation of Kwikasair Ltd is to be pruned of its groupage services and the company is to concentrate more of...

TRAINING courses for skilled mechanics and final year apprentices will commence at Scania (GB) Ltd, Feltham, in September....

TOUGH measures to beat drinking and driving truckers are likely following Transport Minister Dr John Gilbert's acceptance of...

HAULIERS in Austria are up in arms about an alleged abuse of permits by Bulgarian State Transport firms which send over 150...

COMPLIANCE with EEC requirements for road haulage in their present form would impose substantial costs on the industry, said...

A NEW AWARD from the National Freight Corporation, the Award for Meritorious Service, was presented for the first time this...

METROPOLITAr)k Counties should be responsible for the route licensing of the vehicles they own, says the Transport and General...

The first four 12m left-handdrive coaches for National Travel (South East) have just been delivered by Willowbrook. They are...

PURCHASERS could be found for the National Bus Company, for its 95 subsidiaries, for the 20,000 buses and the premises...

A SURVEY of rural transp needs by South Yorkshire P has given independent opera T. Severn and Son Ltd a n service. The survey...

A DEMONSTRATION run in the first underfloor-engined Ford R-series coach soon convinced me that this Tricentrol modification is...

A WARRINGTON coach and minibus operator, Barrie Hale, trading as Barrie Hale Mini Coaches, Sandringham Drive, Sankey, had...

WILLOW BROOK, which caused such a stir with its prototype Spacecar at the 1974 Commercial Motor Show has decided not to exhibit...

'ERMISSION to run tours tarting from Po1egate has )een granted to Waterhouse :oaches by the South East ['raffle Commissioners —...

THE IMPENDING closure c Kings Cross coach station ha caused Southend Corporatio Transport to apply for 12 nei licences to run...

walkers in the Snowdon and Glynders areas of North Wales has been started by Crosville Motor Services. Known as the Snowdon...

SOUTH YORKS County Council's policy of keeping fares down on public transport has increased bus ridership in the county by...

Company and its subsidiarii have risen from £83.5 milli( in 1969 to an estimated £223 million this year, according • Dr John...

A LYTAG vehicle arrester — one of the largest in Europe — has been installed by Hereford and Worcester County Council. It is on...

A NEW RANGE of trucks from Magirus-Deutz will be unveiled at Earls Court in September. Thought to be in the lighter vehicle...

IN CONJUNCTION with its Japanese associate, Toyo Koyyo Co Ltd, Perkins Engines of Peterborough has developed a six-cylinder...

TWO HEATERS from KL Automotive Products Ltd, primarily for use in buses and coaches, have been fitted to two new bread vans...

by Martin Watkins [ALL coach operators seem fly to lose out should British il do a deal with the NaaalBus Company to run rail...

last week when the Department of the Environment announced that the supply of permits for the Hungarian part of the route had...

Through the services of "Specialised Magazines from Britain," I have recently become a subscriber to Commercial Motor and I am...

CONTACT SEEBOARD I have pleasure in commenting on the article (CM July 23) concerning the night rate tariff for electricity...

DID you know that New York dressed poultry is a big favourite on the British domestic market but not acceptable in Europe. You...

IT'S not too often we tell you about the extra curriculum activities of our writers. Even less do we boast of their not...

NOW what was it that Sir Richard Marsh was saying in his plea for a biased — oh, I beg pardon, better treatment for the...

I HAD a nice little note from a reader in Botswana this week (See letters, page 27). The newspaper cutting to which he refers...

CM tries the trailer powered battery bus by Martin Watkin WHAT'S it feel like to drive an electric bus powered by batteries...

by Graham Montgomerie COMPARED with the car world, the commerical vehicle market has a wide variety of braking systems...

by Stephen Gray OUT OF SIGHT — out of mind. That, unfortunately, sums up the attitude towards brakes not only of many drivers...

FIT ANTI-LOCK BRAKING... by Stephen Gray Keep your artic on the right path BY PREVENTING the driven wheels of an articulated...

After the manufacturer has designed a vehicle so that its braking system complies with legislation, the operator must keep it...

He was approached by a man who turned out to be a police officer in plain clothes. He asked the driver to produce his licence....

courier. The top required the courier to comment along the route on places of interest. I lost the job on price and I had...

goods, mainly to docks or railway stations. To do this I have to take out special insurance cover. This takes time and can...

next few months I will need to dismiss some of my drivers. If l could think of another way out ! would take it, but redundancy...

which they say was making excessive noise. A hole was discovered in the exhaust where the pipe joined the silencer. Though my...

obligatory to use both side an headlamps during the day while poor visibility conditions prevail. This would include heavy...

4 '— by TrevorS: ongcrcy Photographs by Harry Hobson THE BEDFORD TM 1700 is premium specification option long-serving KM...

Play it cool all the year NOW that it is normal practice to leave anti-freeze in the engine all the year round, it's well...

The Inpac PSW automatic pallet wrappii machine, manufactured by lnpac Automation Li Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middx. Protecting...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE EMPLOYEES are protected against victimisation by their employers by present-day...

by Janus WHETHER or not the Department of the Environment is pro-road, as Sir Richard Marsh has claimed, former divil servants...

Girling Skid chek. The anti-skid, nti-jack-knife system from Britain's 3ading brake Systems manufacturer; ine of the most...