The East Sussex lorry route plan serveS mainly to highlight the inadequacy of the present road system — not only for the...

No decision on permits in Brussels: weights ruling postponed — but high figure likely From our Continental correspondent...

• Traffic flows have been improved and journey times reduced, says a report issued by the DoE, on the Tottenham Bus...

• The accuracy of mobile weighbridges has now been confirmed by the weights and measures inspectorate and as a result the DoE...

• Mr Peyton revealed on Monday that the Government has agreed to pay a 75 per cent grant, amounting to £50m, towards the...

• The Muriehall to Lathallan section of ti Edinburgh-Stirling motorway (M9) w opened on Monday. It brings the total dual...

East Sussex 'designates' roads; Southampton, Portsmouth lorry parks on the way 5y CM reporter In some haste, East Sussex...

More practical plan for training school leavers • A training scheme that would attract school leavers to hgv driving and...

• A pantechnicon vehicle which includes a first-storey bed-sitting room for the driver and his mate has been added to the...

• The reduction in the number of goods vehicle thefts in the Metropolitan Police area continued in the third quarter of 1972,...

• Geoffrey Rippon, Secretary of State for the Environment, is setting up a new branch based in Edinburgh to deal with...

• A new range of integral drop-deck boxvan semi-trailers designed to provide the operator with much increased cubic...

• "If my drivers are involved in accidents would rather they be helpers than spectators," said Mr Reg Cooper, chairman and...

• Fodens Ltd increased pretax group profit to £620,000 for the 28 weeks ended October 14 1972 from a turnover of...

• One meeting has been held by the Freight Integration Council since June 1970 . . Mr Peyton in the Commons.

Groupage for Italy • R.L. International, 150 High Street, Stratford, London E15, has commenced a new export/import groupage...

R. C. Horsley, transport controller of the Rank Organisation. has taken up the additional post of distribution director of Rank...

• The Western LA had misunderstood evidence presented to him and was wrong in principle when he revoked (CM August 25) the...

• The Transport Tribunal dismissed this week the appeal of P. H. Evans and M. Whittall, of Astley, nr Shrewsbury, against the...

• Although a Bradford civil engineering company had at its disposal excellent maintenance facilities and a large staff of...

• The eight-vehicle fleet of a Brighton plant hire company was reduced by five vehicles for poor maintenance by Mr G. C....

• A Lancashire haulier of wood waste, trading as B. Ellam (Freston) Ltd, who appeared before the North Western LA Mr C....

• Asked by the North Western LA, Mr C. Hodgson, recently at a public inquiry in Manchester why he had failed to record a...

at Inverness Sheriff court in September for gross overloading of one of its vehicles, had its licence curtailed to 44 vehicles...

D A Suffolk haulage contractor, W. G. iarvey Ltd, of Stowmarket, told the .1stern deputy LA, Mr Gerald Kidner, ast week that...

• The agreed target date for the merger between Belfast Corporation bus services and Ulsterbus is April 1 next, said Mr Peter...

• The 1900 bus drivers and conductors employed by Edinburgh Corporation transport department received a pleasant Christmas...

• Executives of the Highlands and Islands Development Board are currently visiting English and Scottish centres to introduce...

• Members on both sides of the Commons pressed last week for a speedy report from the Working Party on School Transport. But...

• Glasgow's 3,500 bus and Underground workers have decided not to strike despite the Government's refusal to allow the...

• An experimental bus lane in Stratforc High Street (London Borough of Newham has been approved for north-east bourn buses....

• Two new tours are included in nei season's brochure published this week lc Galleon World Travel Association Lt, Twenty-nine...

• Ford truck division offers a special vehicle option of a factory-fitted chassis package enabling operators to fit the Hiab...

• Uni-swop demountable road transport equipment manufacturered by Abel Systems Ltd has received approval "for general use on...

• Saunders Transport Co, tipper and tanker haulage contractor in the Wm Cory and Son membership of the Ocean Group, has...

• Designed to lift and carry an ISO 20ft 20ton container, a self-propelled machine mown as the 20-20 was recently...

C-tcri Uctlen steamer by Trevor Longcroft WHAT is it about steam that makes people turn a blind eye to smoke? There we were,...

view by the Hawk • Advance and be recognized Smiling faces at Empire House, Chiswick, this week, I'm sure. The Transport...

"Go out," said the editor, "find a normal haulage contractor and his wife and we'll tell her story this Christmas." I was...

grencia Mrs Brenda Siddall is all for women's lib lut would be happier if women would take all he opportunities presented to...

slain the juggernaut? "LAST NIGHT I was talking to one of Sir Desmond Plummer's backroom boys in the GLC," said Maggie's...

OF LATE there has been a big upsurge of interest in the rotary diesel engine, and during a discussion on a new type of rotary...

Two new CM series starting in the New Year Commercial Motor is starting two new series of features in 1973, and the first...

Published in association with Commercial Motor are three guides intended to help transport operators with costing, obtaining...

owner-driver a Ford D800 (costing altogether about £31100) with an insulated body. My work would be transporting one company's...

Could you please advise us whether there are any tax or insurance deductions which we should make when paying the sum of say...

I am employed as an hgv driver but during the Christmas holidays I have been offered a driving job with a bus company. It...

matters by John Darker, AMBIM Food distribution techniques Delayed vehicles, refused deliveries and uneconomic multiple drops...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The weighing of vehicles (1) "OVERLOADING convictions against operators from now on may lead...

workshop by Handyman Details to save down-time (7) Correct use of the torque wrench is not always as simple as it appears...

Let us call in Karl Mar/ • Karl Marx is still reverenced by many, particularly the self-styled progressive left. By others...

by Francois Pasqualini FRENCH operators were already burdened with a lot of paperwork before the Common Market came into...

learning by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. 'Grading' road transport managers THE...

A polyurethane protective coat.. :ing system has been developed by Tercol Ltd that can be used to dustproof and strengthen •...

Two power strapping machines have been announced by Signode Ltd, models ML.1 and the ML.2. They use Contrax 0.25in. co-polymer...

A range of filters, pressure regulators, filter regulators and lubricators of the plug-in type has recently been announced by...

New to the range of Wipac lighting equipment are Quadoptic halogen split-beam 7in. headlamp replacement units. The lamps...

An electrical alarm which operates on a closed circuit unit as opposed to the more conventional open circuit has been developed...

Packs of fast-moving parts for Lancer Boss front-lift trucks and sideioaders are now being offered to truck users seeking...

A range of 16oz Aerosol packs covering several groups of products that will help the transport operator have been produced by...

Barwell Engineering Ltd has developed a tyre-retreading process which extrudes the tread rubber directly on to the tyre, and...

Twinlock Ltd has recently redesigned its range of office equipment to bring it into line with new VAT regulations. This covers...

Dynaflex Ltd has new commercial hose end meters for measuring fluid throughput. They can record a total throughput of up to 999...

by TrevorLongcroft Engine fitters are all too aware of the damage caused to fuelinjection equipment by allowing contaminated...

Anti-theft wheel nuts for commercial vehicles are now produced by a member of the First Cleveland Group. Only one of the new...

Chamberlain Industries Ltd has added a two-speed model, the 2580, to its range of hydraulic motors. Based on the B80 lOw-speed,...

Injuries to drivers and damage to vehicles are a particularly high risk where space is limited. This applies in factory...

A new pocket-size plastic card imprinter from Elliott Business Machines, with dimensions of 61n. X 4in. x 1.2in. and a weight...

lntertruck Ltd, have recently introduced a complete range of brake pipe fittings designed for use with Bundy tube. The...

A specially adapted wheeled platform is now being manufactured by Cayless to facilitate safe access for sheeting to the top of...

BroomWade has extended its range of air-cooled compressors with the introduction of the V-65A. This has a piston displacement...

A paint strainer cone just on the market has been specially designed to remove dust or dirt from paint prior to spraying...

A full-colour wall chart, illustrating Rubery Owen-Rockwell trailer suspension spares, is now available. A sectional blow-up of...

Beechol has produced a paint which, used on tarpaulins and tyres as well as other parts of vehicles, presents new hazards for...

An addition to the Spirax-Sarco range of compressed air drain traps is the Dri-Line. This has a diaphragm-operated main valve....