The measured protest of M. Albert Coppe, the EEC's transport Commissioner, reported on page 19 will come as little surprise to...

• A new range of rigid eight-wheeled chassis, plated at 26, 28 or 30 tons gross, was announced on Tuesday by Atkinson Vehicles...

• Heavier sixand eight-wheeled rigid vehicles and more compact rigids and artics will be permitted under the long-awaited...

a. Axles are "closely spaced" if: i. In the case of two axles they are spaced at distances apart of 2.5m or less. ii. In the...

• The Government's proposals for controlling foreign goods and passenger vehicles (page 20) are to be opposed by the Freight...

• In a strongly worded article in the journal European Community Mr Albert Coppe, European Commissioner for transport, has...

from our political correspondent • New measures to ensure that visiting foreign lorry drivers obey the law are to be taken by...

• There was an attentance of over 80 — mainly prospective members — at the inaugural meeting of the Institute of Traffic...

• Two British commercial vehicles have been impounded at the southern end of the Mont Blanc tunnel, loaded with goods for...

continued from page 19 introduction of a uniform system of charges for the use of transport infrastructures — roads, bridges,...

by John Darker • A conflict between drivers and branch 535 of the TGWU which began on August 16 led to a mass lobby of...

• British Oxygen has introduced a new patented cylinder handling and transport system for trunking industrial gas cylinders...

• After the Transport Manager's Licence Committee had met on Wednesday, the chairman, Mr Derek Joyce, issued a statement saying...

• The five-year-old proposed merger between the Transport and General Workers' Union and the National Union of Vehicle Builders...

• First stage in the GLC's campaign to tackle the problem of lorries parking overnight in the street began on Monday with a...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • The standard specifications laid down by the Department of the Environment in connection...

• An inquiry has been ordered into the state of vehicles run by Midland Red following an accident in which two people died when...

• Speaking at the Public Road Transport Association's annual dinner in London on Thursday of last week, Mr John Peyton,...

• Last week municipal bus employers refused a claim for a shift allowance of £2.62+ a week for drivers and £2.55 for platform...

• A receiving order has been made against Mr Edgar Cecil Calvert, the head of Calvert Tours of South Bank, and a public...

• A 75-year-old transport consultant and a road haulage operator, aged 31, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday to...

• A company prosecuted by the police for using a vehicle with a defective lighting system, following an accident which occurred...

• Describing the recent state of his own business as "one helluva muddle" a Felixstowe haulage contractor, with six vehicles...

• Mr Alex Birnie, the Scottish LA, gave a warning last week that hauliers and contractors who failed to keep promises made to...

• Redpath Bros Ltd, Wooler, Northumberland, is to appeal against conviction by Berwick upon Tweed magistrates last week, on...

• The Road Haulage Association has lodged objections against two 0-licence applications which are to be heard in the Northern...

• Saying that it would have been proper to have checked the height of his load and that anyone carrying exceptional loads would...

• Two vehicles removed from the 0 licence of Cartwright Transport Ltd, of Wolverhampton, following disciplinary proceedings,...

• Four Continental truck manufacturers this week signed an agreement for technical co-operation on medium commercial vehicles...

• Three specially equipped ERF vehicles have gone into service with the North Eastern Electricity Board. The units are Gardner...

• A new range of counter-balanced forklift trucks was launched by Lansing Bagnall in London last week. These battery electric...

• The Kenning Motor Group has opened its new Truck Centre on a 1.57 acre site in Kay Street, Openshaw, Manchester. The total...

• All Crane Fruehauf Trailers' range of products will now be fitted with tubeless radial ply tyres as standard. with tubed...

• Light van operators can harness the power of their vehicles to drive on-site cargo pumps, vehicle washers, fire-fighting...

by Trevor Longcroft • Production has now started at a plant in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, of automotive turbochargers of...

Beginning a new series of articles on the use of lift-off body systems as an aid to "total distribution" productivity. With...

by Gibb Grace, DAuE, CEng, MIMechE Pictures by Dick Ross; sketches by John Way SINCE the last Scottish Show, we have seen a...

by Paul Brockington, MIMechE Pictures by Dick Ross, sketches by Sid Porter "SCOTTISH BODYBUILDERS are closing the gap between...

Merging two associated trade associations can be an expensive business. I gather that the legal and other formalities in...

your tax by R. H. Grimsley BCom, FIAC 15, When the business makes a loss WHEN business has been poor and the year has...

by Inspector K. W. Norman, Crime Prevention Section, New Scotland Yard. "ARE you looking for a driver, Guy?" This was the...

Archie Struthers Since March when he took over the division, Mr Struthers has completely streamlined operations. He is...

Going through the motions EARLY this month, the state opening of Parliament was illustrated by pictures of the Yeomen of the...

International permits • Whose fault is it that there is this desperate shortage of international permits? The usual Aunt Sally...

Bench wise: lathe sense 28 by Handyman IN ORDER to make the system of diagnosis procedure work, it is necessary to make a...

Overloading, traction and braking performance are three aspects which have received particularly interesting attention among...

A method of increasing the drive axle-load on twin-axle bogies and thereby increasing Vachon is shown by York. Called the...

Smiths Industries have developed and will be marketing equipment from March 1 1972 that will accurately indicate percentage of...

Higgs exhibit their automatic-lubrication system for rigid vehicles and an automatic system for semi-trailers operated by a...

A device from Tecalemit that gives a direct visual indication of both the wheel brake force and the pedal pressure for brake...

Trans Global Electronics are showing, for the first time in Scotland.their Trasonic leak detector. This device picks up...

The latest addition (TC015-411) to the Lucas Kienzle tachograph range indicates and records vehicle engine speed as well as...

From Epco comes the Adapt x 65 which when used with the company's MkIll Jack enables most single exhaust car-based vans to be...

Making its debut at the Show is the Volcabus P4200, a Pang Chemical device that enables damaged tyres as large as 12.00-22 to...

Nixon's have brought out a development of their air-brake tester (CM "Keeping them running" September 17 1971). The new device...

road vehicles? The traction resistance of a trailer supported on an air cushion would be considerably less than the resistance...

66 of The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1969, regarding painting unladen weights on vehicles over 3 tons,...

to the use of radiotelephones? I wish to use such equipment between my base and vehicles. A If you are considering controlling...

vehicle giving the highest possible payload without its driver needing an hgv licence. My first reaction was to sell him a...

transmission? Reference has been made in the technical Press to split-torque hydraulic transmissions. A If engine torque is...

(Table 2) provide for rigid vehicles up to 8 tons payload, which I assume are "dropsides", and in the 5-ton range is included a...

of fog lamps below the front bumper of commercial vehicles. I have been told it is illegal if the clearance height is less than...

THE Industrial Relations Act gives workers of all grades many new rights and burdens employers with many new, and often...

by Les Oldridge AMIRTE, MIMI Prohibition notices again LAST week I discussed the law concerning DoE vehicle examiners' power...

Some snags in the CIT final examination By George Wilmot, Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London LAST WEEK...