N T INTER time starts on Sunday, and drivers who pilot goods and passenger vehicles up and down our roads will soon be facing...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE National Board of Prices and Incomes may have the next word in the long-drawn-out...

O NE of the first attempts to negotiate transport schedules based on the 40 m.p.h. speed limit for lorries since the National...

A NEW long-term agreement for the operation of company trains came into effect on Monday when 99-year Leases for railway-owned...

increased demand for general aulage facilities has resulted in BRS Elgin depot. One interesting feature in the construction of...

A FTER hearing that the rear brakes of a lorry which collided with a car at Tamworth killing six people were in "disgraceful...

BY JOHN DARKER A DDRESSING the Autumn Conference of the British Association of Overseas Furniture Removers in London on...

for all engaged r - k in the haulage industry in the next year or two was foreseen by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the Northern...

RTANT provisions for hauliers aged in the transport of nuclear 11 are contained in the Nuclear ttions Act 1965, which will be...

1111) EFUSE disposal schemes for three IX new 20-storey blocks of council flats at Leyton, London, have been planned to operate...

Fr HE Ministry of Public Works and Trans port in Paris has recently published an Order outlining the regulations applicable to...

I. ' who mostly hires our vans ?", asked the the man from Hertz. is, what kind of person? What customer ?" These were some y...

A T Inverness last week the Scottish 1-1 deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. L. A. Wells, made it quite clear that any last-minute...

A HAULIER who had been fined £110 ra earlier this year after being convicted on 55 charges of failing to keep current records...

T HREE vehicles of James K. Allan Ltd., of Newark Hill, were withdrawn from use following a Section 178 inquiry before the...

A DERBYSHIRE road haulier claimed 1 — k at Nottingham last week that a BRS depot at Derby was "just like a lost property...

0 very similar applications for hich two days had been set aside dealt with in a little under two by the South Eastern deputy...

S and British Railways should not A themselves up as watchdogs Ise they felt that the action taken he Licensing Authority was...

CONVICTIONS by Braintree magis\--, trates for eight offences in August, 1965, led to the appearance of Mr. R. H. Argent, of...

LL ETTERS written to local hauliers by Mr. Norman Best, of Hockley, to test their reaction to his proposed application for a...

, LLOW1NG an inspection by linistry vehicle examiners, a number ildham Corporation buses were taken he road last week. In order...

}ME idea of what the new generation , - )1 buses will look like-single-deck ies oil Daimler Fleetline extendedelbase,...

MORE than 72,000 municipal busmen IVA are to get a 40-hour week from the end of the year. The decision, forecast in The...

IN THE turbulent era 30 years ago. 1 p.s.v. operators were faced with problems similar to those besetting the industry today;...

A DISPLAY of new and used coaches is being staged this week at the Farnham showrooms of E. I. Baker and Co. (Dorking) Ltd., and...

V ITAL decisions affecting the future of the passenger transport industry in the Isle of Man have been taken this week, and at...

THE Glasgow City transport commit". tee last week decided that anyone under the influence of drink will be banned from the...

A. Be: as members of the Transport Consultative Committee for the Western area. Mr. Jeffrey is Dit manager of the Lancashire...

A TIPPER with a capacity of 17 cu.-yd. has been added to the range of Scammell Contractor heavy-duty sixwheelers which are...

IT has been announced by the British Motor Corporation that Simms Minimec fuel-injection pumps are now being fitted as standard...

I T is now certain that at least two vehicles at the Scottish Motor Show, which opens at Kelvin Hall on November 12, will have...

DL ICE method of driver trainingoad observation "—recommended in rt made to the National Road Safety as at Blackpool as a basis...

1 - ST track modelled on two of the lughest sections of the Motor ry Research Association proving I at Lindley, Nuneaton, is...

Articulation Problem—Electrical Faults and Fire Risk [linking of the many and varied 3Iems that arise from the full use...

and Publications Automatic Vehicle Washer L OW running costs are a feature of a new commercial -Li version of the Magic Circle...

By DEREK MOSES A PIONEER in the design of " new look " rear-engined "'"double-deckers, Liverpool City Transport is now taking...

EYE By the Hawk VIEW What Do Members ThinThere appeared to be a certain amount of disappointment because The Commercial Motor...

Following assembly ever Leyland engine undergoes a intensive test programme col sisting of two schedules; first 'running-in'...

Leyland diesel engines have an international reputation for reliability, outstanding fuel economy, ease of servicing and a long...

r A. E. TEER, ad Safety Officer, Schweppes (Home) Ltd. F you were told that by the end of this year more than 400,000 men,...

By NORMAN H. T1LSLEY L ET there be no doubt about it: the answer to road safety is driver training. The driver who btiasts...

BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, FIRE PREVENTION, PALLETIZATION AMONG SUBJECTS IN OPENING SESSION By S. Buckley, Assoc I nst...

British Railways Board been making his presidential address last week to the Road Haulage Association in Blackpool instead of...

R ECENTLY in this series the problems facing the operator of a growing haulage business were considered. Moreover, they were...

reassess its distribution facilities, including the alternative of opening its own branches or entrusting their distribution to...

BET Earns More 'OR the six months that ended on September 30 last, 1 pre-tax profits of B.E.T. OMNIBUS SERVICES amounted to...

By George Wilmot Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London REGIONAL STUDIES Greater Leicester (Part II) INEVITABLY...

aise for the Klam Retarder %4CE the article on the Klam electric retarder appeared in the September 10 issue, my employer—Mr....

your road test of the Mack/Northern (June 4 issue) I Die that during the test run the driver used both hands hange gears and...

EFERR1NG to Mr. 1. Carter's letter "Big for a Bedford " in the September 24 issue, the tractor he itions is not a Bedford TK....

M R. MOSES should be congratulated for his excellent survey and analysis of the municipal and company bus fleets (The...

continued from page 71 has invariably spread its vehicle contracts in the past to several chassis manufacturers and it seems to...

A S small hauliers and vehicle-collection contractors of long standing, we fail to understand the methods being adopted lately...

OW significant is the Chrysler five-star emblem incorporated into the Rootes Commer Cars front cover advertisement of your...