EVERY RHA National Chairman has, consciously or n a theme which he develops during his term in office. 3 Even before he moves...

Back in 1972, we looked at British parcels carriers as customer We sent six parcels to Scotland, logged their progress and...

no-go areas THREAT of a ban on all )wns operating daytime irking bans has been issued y United Road Transport nion deputy...

THE register for CM's Fleet Management Conference is almost fully subscribed. When we went to press this week, 450...

A NUMBER of readers were late in receiving their Reactolite glasses and we apologise. This offer was so popular that the...

NEW RULES allowing the use of tachographs as an alternative to drivers' records books are to become law on August 1. But...

ROLLS-ROYCE has failed in its second bid to take over Foden and "does not believe it will be in the interests of the...

REPORTS in the national Press this week that the Transport and General Workers' Union is putting pressure on firms to use road...

EXACTLY what did happen in the corridor? Labour MP David Watkins is sure: Tory skullduggery. Conservative member Roger Moate...

healthy economic future for oad transport in East ScotInd is forecast in a report rom the industry's training oard. It says: "A...

IRISH Embassy officials have denied claims that drivers from Eire are using the County Wexford port of Rosslare in a bid to...

London haulage owner-drif was ordered to pay a total £350, last week, when he is found guilty on 16 charges lating to EEC...

David goes to war... again THE FUTURE of David Bennett's Midlands haulage firm is being threatened for the second time this...

Mr Westbrook is at present assistant engineer (works) with Midland Red, a position he has held since 1974. He joined the...

)NDON Transport claims it ill cost 0,500 to keep each of ; SM-type AEC Swift singdeckers on the road when ey start coming up...

THE first articulated bus to be used in Britain was formally handed over to South Yorkshire PTE by British Leyland this week....

WORK has begun on the site for a new bus station in Livingston, West Lothian, that will cost more than El million. Details of...

MPs and councillors have just been on a drive round London's tourist attractions to see for themselves the problems that face...

CARDIFF busmen have ban] ed all services in the city afti 9p.m. because of assaults c late night service crews. The men have...

FODENS will announce a new lorry range, later this year, and will show it to the public for the first time during the Scottish...

IRST company to design and roduce a complete heavy )mmercial vehicle in Ireland that's the claim made by ennison Truck...

JENKINSONS International Ltd has had this DAV 2300 fitted with an Airshield air wind deflector and a road speed governor in a...

Roomier Hi-aces for UK market NEW versions of the Toyota Hi-ace range of light commerdals are to be introduced in the UK....

British trailer and container manufacturer Crane Fruehauf Ltd is exhibiting its containers, van semi-trailers and trailer parts...

BRAKING legislation "must be enlightened to encourage, rather than hinder, the designer". This was put forward at a recent...

ward gets lift off' DR years, transport managers have ?en exhorted to study marketing. Now, tey can observe the Road Transport...

JUST north of Manchester, in the village of Shaw, Buckstones Motor Bodies have been producing commercial vehicle bodywork for...

• HOW good is your livery? • Does it look smart? • Does it project your image? • Does it attract new business? • Does it...

When you've got a fire on your hands, it's too late to think about fitting fire protection. Your best bet is the Fire Brigade....

THE heart of a commercial vehicle is the power unit. At the heavy end of the market, the diesel engine reigns supreme because...

power at 2,100rpm whereas the ''L" version produces the same power but at 200rpm less. This brings an advantage in turbocharger...

But take care when choosing her gear options, says Graham Montgomerie Photos by Steve Back THE UK EIGHT-WHEELER market is very...

at buses... 4 WHATEVER results may emerge from • this week's test in the UK of a "Continental-style articulated bus the...

A SIMILAR regional transport integration, but on a somewhat smaller scale, is now being prepared for Aarhus, the country's...

As former adviser to the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries during their inquiry into BR, I would like to correct the...

S • PETER R WHITE, Senior Lecturer, Transport Studies Group Polytechnic of Central London. dangers of low bridges, stated:...

Having been forced to concede that 40-tonne lorries will produce less aggregate road wear than existing 32-tanners, the Civic...

VISITORS to London, last week, must have blinked and rubbed their eyes at the sight of a giant sparking plug floating over the...

IT was nostalgia time, last week, folks, when London celebrated the silver jubilee of the passing of the last tram. BBC 1 took...

WE do take our EEC partners for granted — too much so at times. You could expect the solid anti-Marketeers, the "get us out"...

it for big buses Noel Milner listens to the experts e I Mech E Conference at Cran field BUSES used for short distance travel...

THE long hot days are with us at last and Commercial Motor brings you this week a special offer for summer driving. For just...

the last Driving for Profit I entioned a growing need to 'prove the payload capably of my truck. As the years opt (or flew by...

THE Transport Development Group continued to make good progress during 1976 and encouraging results were announced for the full...

N a recent radio programme, Mrs Barbara Castle made the rprising choice of quantity licensing to illustrate what ppens when a...