C ERTAIN unscrupulous drivers, mostly engaged in Jong-distance work, and filling-station employees have, for some time, been...

magistrates „....recently—reported in The Commercial Motor of June 18—of what they considered "quite unjustifiable"...

Production Methods Exchanged THE results of the Production Exhibition and Con ference held last week at Olympia seemed to...

That even during a Road Courtesy Week one may find road courtesy weak. That oil engine conversions are running neck and neck...

on Waiting in London A MEMORANDUM protesting against present and proposed develop ments in the London area which have the...

I EG1SLATION to amend the Trans-L - 4 port Act. 1953. to allow greater elasticity in disposal was suggested by a Conservative...

D LOCKS of traffic too large for individual members to handle by themselves were already being carried by Livestock Operators,...

THE West Midland Licensing Authority on Monday suspended the road service licence of Mr. Henry J. Partridge, trading as Bantam...

F INES totalling £120 were imposed at Bradford City Court last week upon six drivers and six mates employed at the Manningham...

MR. R. J. SHELL has joined C.A.V., Ltd., as proving engineer. He has been associated with the A.E.C. and Ford concerns. MR. M....

T HERE seemed to be no other basis for the fuel tax than sheer expediency, because it could be easily collected by the Inland...

INCREASES in London Transport I fares will come into effect in October. The estimated additional annual yield is £4.4m.,...

A LL male workers employed in the wage grades of the London Transport Executive are included in the pension scheme to be...

T " profit of the Eastern National Omnibus Co., Ltd., for 1954 would be £22,000 before adding to reserves or paying dividends....

VORTY-FIVE units with premises, I including 1,167 vehicles and 147 trailers, are contained in List SI, which was published on...

Small Units A STRONG plea that the British ri Transport, Commission should continue to offer small units after the issue of...

I N list R3 of transport units, 48 per cent. of the vehicle-only units, representing 40 per cent. of the vehicles, have been...

I T was alleged before the Northern Licensing Authority at Newcastle upon Tyne, last week, that Crook and Willington Carriers,...

A N award will be presented by the British Motor Corporation to the winner of the "Lorry Driver of the Year" competition to...

T HE Northern Li last week refus e 2i-ton vehicle by on licence of J. Tho Ltd., Ponteland, also which expired on May 31. ensing...

I F personnel are to be recruited to the bus industry and kept, wages and conditions must be as attractive as those of other...

R EPORTING to Greater Birmingham Committee that Birmingham Transport Department might face another labour crisis, Mr. A. G....

I N October, 1950, Mr. W. T. Phillips started delivering grocery parcels in and around Hereford with a Bradford van. Today he...

WEIGHING unladen 7 tons 15 cwt. IT and with an overall height of 8 ft. 6 in., an Atkinson M.1586 modified eight-wheeled...

T HE higher operating cost of the petrol-engined vehicle has justified the installing of an oil engine in 2-3-ton chassis where...

"ECON OMIST ,, is the name given ECONOMIST a 44-seat service bus designed for light . weight chassis which has been introduced...

P. A. C. Brockington, A PECULIARITY of passenger transport in Italy is that much of it is controlled by the largest vehicle...

MOBILE automobile workshop 1. based on an Austin 2 - ton forwardntrol chassis with 25-in, chassis tension has been built by...

A LL the purchases reported this week are of small transport units. An operator in the West Midlands has at last succeeded in...

is understood that practically every municipally owned market in the untry is experiencing very serious iffic problems. At...

A BLOWN four-stroke oil engine is offered by Akticbolaget Volvo, of Goteborg, Sweden, in their L395 Titan range of commercial...

W HEN the historian of the next decade comes to analyse the present inclination of trade and industry towards the C licence—if...

MBULANCE operations north of the Border, unlike those in 6- England, are organized on a 'nal basis: Throughout Scotland,. port...

T . WO Acts of Parliament which received the Royal Assent last month were unsensational in nature and to a large extent...

THE subject of petrol injection appears' to be receiving more attention on the Continent than in this country, and patent No....

(Large or Small) Can be VISUALLY CONTROLLED by this NEW Labour Saving System A Visible Check on Costs, Mileages, Repairs,...