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STATUTORY FEES have been fixed for the testing of vehicles and components and the issue of documentation for type approval...
STRIKING car delivery drivers have reached deadlock in their dispute over the sacking of 17 drivers from Silcock and Collings...
THE Road Haulage Association's national executive council was due to meet to consider the setting up of a new National Tipping...
Administration for the new service would be provided by the RHA area offices and head office and the whole service' would be...
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A "FINAL" warning has been given to a transport firm in the North East. It came from Mr B. J. Foster, Newcastle upon Tyne...
of Traffic Administration are: October 6, a talk on tachographs, with a buffet; November 3, transport managers' licensing;...
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INCREASING maximum load weights without upping the physical size of trucks could cut haulage costs by up to 11 per cent per...
Take-over WADHAM STRINGER have reached agreement for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Hebden Knee Motors Ltd,...
A SIX page leaflet has been produced to help exporters through Export Year launched in June. The leaflet lists ways in which...
had taken his hgv test and passed but if he was not granted a licence it might prejudice his chances of bus driving. The LA...
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CANVEY ISLAND may get its own lorry park following the refusal of permission to park two trucks in a council car park. Castle...
ABEL's of Watton, Norfolk, have expanded into containerised furniture storage with the opening of a new warehouse and offices,...
STEP-BY-STEP moves towards common rules for the haulage industry in the Common Market countries involve major dangers. This...
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SHORTAGE of spare parts and late delivery of new buses caused problems for operators last year. However, more maintenance and...
Mr Trevette. "Conductors will insist on the passenger stating his destination when he purchases a ticket. punished by the...
"Then if he over-rides we can prove intent. Conductors will be urged to carefully check all passes and tickets shown." Abuse...
AILSA HAVE always been astute in turning bus shortages to their advantage. When Leyland chassis were in short supply the Ailsa...
THE FIRST ever Community Bus Service in Wale5 and only the second to be organised in the United Kingdo n, will start operating...
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THE PRESENT levels of bus services operated in Liverpool are too high. This is the result of moving people from the city...
A brave experiment with a low fare high frequency town bus service in Skelmersdale starts tomorrow. Known as the Centrelink...
T yne and Wear THIRTY double-deck buses currently under construction by Willowbrook Limited will bring the "Nottingham style"...
PSV manufacturers are to be allowed to construct vehicles to comply with the Geneva based Economic Commission for Europe...
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EVEN if increased fares, yielding an additional revenue of £1,515,000 in a full year, were authorised to the West Yorkshire...
THE ANNUAL pre-arranged examination of specially prepared buses and coaches has been stopped in the NorthWestern Traffic Area,...
Van Hool delay PRODUCTION of Van Hool's new bus range has been set back by delays in the cornpanys move to larger premises in...
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rear with 6mm thick plywood sheets. An insulated side door is fitted to serve either compartment depending on the exact...
1200 ton Drier giant A COMPLETELY new range of heavy duty multi-axle low loaders has been announced by Taskers Trailers Ltd....
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WHAT is believed to be the biggest British order for chassisless van-trailers placed in the last two years has been won by Tidd...
UNITED Carriers, the nationwide parcels delivery group, is introducing demountable vehicles into its 800 strong delivery fleet....
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COULD WE now have a Minister of Transport who actually wants the job? On the law of averages the political skid-pan had to give...
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Of all the things we use in transport, time • • tant. You can't see it. You can't feel it. You can't smell it. You can't touch...
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Harold Osborn, until recently the NFC's financial wizard-in-chief and still advising his old colleagues part-time, has a store...
Do your drivers feel embarrassed, ashamed, anti-social and down-right bad rascals when they take their 32-tanners round ou...
Lucas, mainly through the CAV group of companies, have replaced Crane Fruehauf as sponsor of Egon Ronay's Guide to Transport...
Our chums on Autocar are normally guile accurate and I've no evidence yet that they have ever set out intentionally to upset...
It seems we're stuck with pub stories this week; it must have something to do with the Show. Anyway, there they were a cadre of...
Did you miss me last week? Yes, I thought you might, but in the interests of those who were planning to attend Earls Court I...
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by Graham Mon tgomerie THIS YEAR'S Commercial Motor Show has seen the widening of the ranges marketed here by Continental...
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continued from page 47 6LXC is a disappointing 'absentee from Earls Court, but this is because it is not possible to hurry...
by Stephen Gray R ATI N A L I SAT I °Not model ranges and improvements to existing proven vehicles are the keynotes to the...
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Crane Fruehauf are already established as the largest manufacturer of trailers, drawbar trailers and rigid bodies in Europe,...
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been basically converted vans. The Bedford 1.11_ midibus, developed with Marshal of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd, is not an...
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there were three particularly interesting chassis developments: the automatic Ford R-series; the Seddon Atkinson Pennine 7 now...
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by CM reporter THE TRAILER manufacturers have traditionally been the fir to suffer when there is a slump in the industry....
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Continued from page 70 curtain-sided semi-trailer exhibited by Welford Truck Bodies. The all-aluminium chassis is formed from...
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continued from page 83 the DAF. "In this game the extra half an hour spent getting out bits and pieces to reach the thing that...
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Export emphasis strong among municipal's and electrics by Stephen Gray Mechanical components are from the Bedford HA van range...
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tyre costs .Proper inflation ups mpg .Better tread patterns improve safety • Mismatching twins is so expensive FUTURE TYRE...
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DR DAVID REES, chief engineer at Bedford Commercia Vehicles,struck a topical note when he led a discussion or whether an...
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• Make sure there's no sex discrimination .Get better staff co-operation cifeet the unions over procedure JONATHAN LAWTON, a...
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• Their cost is only 50p a week • They're not connected with drivers' hours • They encourage fair competition THE LAST PAPER...
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What the coach users think of the Show SMALL DETAILS are the most important selling factor of different makes of coach body —...
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SOME have come to look, some are here to buy; some of the craftier are noting what we haven't got so they can sell it to us...