I S an increase from 20 m.p.h. to 30 m.p.h. in the speed limit of heavy goods vehicles worth buying? If so, what is a fair...

OMPETITION between the manufacturers of ' tyres, particularly those in the commercialvehicle field, is fairly acute, although...

Glass Fibre 3,500 Years Ago A N interesting feature concerned with the produc tion of fibreglass reinforced plastics is that...

That the price of dery may soon be increased. That the reasons are higher prices elsewhere in the world and raised freight...

THE pay rise of 10s. a week, which was accepted last Friday by the I unions representing some 100,000 company bus workers, will...

T HE claim of the unions for a : substantial increase in pay and an advance in the rate for ni g ht work is to be considered a...

B Y Tuesday, 74 per cent. of the B Y Tuesday, 74 per cent. of the vehicles offered without premises I in list 8 of transport...

5,830 Vehicles With Premises for Sale in March : Can Now be Inspected E ARLY in March the British Transport Commission will...

A DEPUTATION from the National Pl. Road Transport Federation met the Financial Secretary to the Treasgry, Mr. H. Brooke, on...

MR. DUDLEY THOMAS has joined the sales staff of C.A.V., Ltd. He was formerly with Hubert H. P. Trist, Ltd. MR. JACK CASSON, a...

WI4EN M. Hawkins, Ltd., Felton, " Northumberland, applied to the Northern Licensing Authority on Monday for an A licence for...

T HE North British Rubber Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, have turned over their great tyre-productive resources to the manufacture of...

N EXT Wednesday a special committee of the Road Haulage Association will consider a number of pension schemes submitted by...

A SUGGESTION that Chesterfield 1---1 Corporation should participate with East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., Midland General...

The Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd., have opened a garage at St. David's, Pembrokeshire. A start is soon to be made on...

Q PERATORS who face charges relating to the use of defective vehicles sometimes consider it cheaper to plead guilty and pay a...

THE Ministry of Transport would I like to , see an advanced-level drivin g test introduced, Mr. Dennis O'Nei ll ,...

A LTHOUGH the town clerk had ris advised members that concession fares for old-a g e pensioners on the corporation's bus...

N i TAIN reasons for the decline in Oa takin g s on the bus route between Pateley Brid g e and Colley were that more farmers...

A DEFICIT of £70,000 at the end of the current financial year is forecast by Edinburgh Transport Department, despite an...

T HE tonnage of goods sent by road is three times as great as by rail, says Mr. Gilbert J. Ponsonby in the January issue of...

H 0WDEN magistrates last week fined the Lincoln City group of British Road Services £10 for permitting the use of a lorry with...

" H ULL'S wholesale fruit trade could absorb another 20 vehicles for long-distarice road work," stated Mr. Kenneth Dawson,...

W HAT was stated to be the most difficult transport operation ever undertaken in Australia was recently carried out by L....

D ESPITE an estimated net surplus of £164,402 at the end of the current financial year (The Commercial Motor, last week),...

is Exceptional in Hilly. Country by John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. T HE average haulier in the west of England is faced with far...

A.E.C. Tanker Fitted with Power Steering and Exhaust Brake Spells Safety for Liquid Loads A N A.E.C. Mammoth Major Mk. Ill...

Sixteen Makes of British Vehicle are Expected at the Brussels Salon : Light Vans, Heavy Goods and Pdssenger Vehicles Well...

QI-TORTLY after the National Joint Industrial Council considered the question of increasing the speed limit on heavy goods...

I N their plans for disposal, the hauliers no doubt cast themselves as Shylock and British Road Services as the merchant whom...

By W. H. Godwin T HE Federal Post Office (Deutsche Bundespost) is playing an important part in the bitter struggle betiveen...

A Reply to the Lords THE article headed "Lords Attack Traffic Bill" in your issue dated December 31, was read by me with great...

in Tipper Operation T HE importance of small details in the design of tipping vehicles is a ' subject upon which Mr. S. T....

Loudon Conference Reveals the Many Problems for Solution in Providing Increased Safety on the Roads p ROBLEMS awaiting solution...

Need for Speeding Up Turnround of Railway Wagons CAR more stringent demurrage I. charges would need to be applied to speed up...

'TECHNICAL aspegts of the construe tion and use of refrigerated vehicles were discussed by Mr. N. Jewson, of T. Coleborn and...

Various Methods of Working Out Charges for the Carriage of Materials Over Distances Up to 60 Miles : Average Speed of Shorter...

A POWER-OPERATED gear change /A is shown in patent No. 719,559 (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nurnberg A.G., Niirnberg, Germany)....