by CM reporter VITAL implications for the EEC's controversial eight-hour driving day limit may result from a study of driver...

BECAUSE of an unprecedented use of the German road-rail transit system, especially by British hauliers, following recent CM...

FROM THIS WEEK British hauliers are to have the exclusive use of an entire train on the German road rail system on Mondays and...

PRODUCTION of Ford's A Series parcels van restarted this week at the works of Willenhall Motor Radiator Co Ltd. The...

IMPLEMENTATION of EEC Regulation 543/69 which governs drivers' hours will cost British operators £300m a year in drivers'...

SIX more Mercedes-Benz models are being introduced to the UK market this week —one of them the 1626S/30 seen here with the...

INCREASES in road fund tax —imposed in Mr Healey's Budget—can be passed on in haulage operators' rates as a result of a change...

by Paul Brockington FIRING incendiary bullets from a high-velocity gun at close range into drums partly filled with petrol or...

DETAILS of the training scheme for young hgv drivers, due to start in September, will shortly be sent to road goods transport...

AS FROM May 16, the Scottish traffic area has been accepting 0-licence applications from •the newly named Scottish Councils....

DESPITE the fact that 119 vehicle prohibitions had been placed upon the East Midlands fleet of Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltd,...

NINETEEN-seventy-five may come to be regarded in retrospect as the year in which, despite economic stringency, the decline in...

by CM repor WIDESPREAD excess capacity in the haulage industry will emerge in the next 12 months. This is one of the gloomy...

BRITAIN could enforce its hours regulations without tachographs, the Minister for Transport said last week. Mr Mulley told the...

THE DoE Trunk Road Map of Great Britain (CM last week) costs £1.70 and not as stated last week. Each of the sections— north and...

A LINK has been - establi between SELNEC's parcels press company and Kwik Ltd, the Australian-owned cern, The link means SELNEC...

John Darker reports the BAR conference in Jersey kT JERSEY last week a panel liscussion on "Surviving inflaion" took place...

Counter inflation seminar reported by Johnny Johnson APPREHENSION about how budgets and accounts could be adjusted to counter...

A THREE-DAY vehicle recovery course approved by the RTITB and covering classroom and practical on-site tuition with typical...

by CM reporter THE LACK of wisdom in failing to appear at disciplinary proceedings was demonstrated in the cases of two...

MRS GLORIA BOTSFIELD became the first woman hgv driver to qualify for the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year national...

DUBLIN, Athlone and Galway overnight from London by coach: this journey will be possible from today by a new National Travel...

ELEVEN additional unionorganised coach firms have been added by the Transport and General Workers' Union to its Coach Fair...

A MAJOR survey of passenger movement by bus in the North of Glasgow is being undertaken for the Greater Glasgow PTE by Scott,...

A NEW 10-minute frequency bus service operating a figure of eight route started last week in Oxford. The service has a...

A HALF-DAY seminar on rural bus services and problems is being organised by the Institute of Traffic Administration at the...

SOME FARES on London Transport services which operate outside Greater London could go up by 50 per cent this summer. The county...

SOME express services from Bradford to Barnsley and Sheffield will now operate via Wakefield and Sandal instead of via Batley...

FUEL REBATE should be obtainable on all psv operations; that is the proposal made by Confederation of British Road Passenger...

A PROTOTYPE double-deck chassis from Dennis Motors of Guildford could be on the road early next year. John Jackson, Dennis...

THIS WEEK Edinburgh Corporation transport department became Lothian Region Transport. The new authority has co-ordinating...

THE FIRST four of the Scottish Bus Group Volvo BM—Alexander coaches have entered service with Western Scottish at Kilmarnock....

THE FIRST annual conference of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport at Eastbourne from June 10-12 will be...

Kent : Lockmeadow Market, Maidstone; Tyne and Wear : Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead. Monday, June 2 Transport Managers'...

R. Beckham (SPD Ltd), the ETA president, has been re-elected chairman of the Association's national executive board; F. Moore...

Volvo's kite-flyer in economy search From a Special Correspondent NEVER MIND 38, 40, or even the 44 tons that the more...

by the technical editor SIX NEW MODELS for the British market were announced by Mercedes-Benz on Monday. Two are at the heavy...

CRAVENS INDUSTRIES Sales Ltd has introduced a new Eurofleet rental/purchase scheme whereby operators can buy the rented trailer...

A ROAD SHOW entitled " Truck Drive 1975 " is to visit 24 dealet locations throughout Britain on behalf of Mercedes-Benz (UK)...

by Graham Montgomerie ALTHOUGH the Transcontinental takes Ford into the heavy category for the first time, not all the...

AN ARTICULATED weighbridge tester has been made by North Midland Truck Engineering Ltd for the South Yorkshire County Council...

A SERVICE claimed to provide skilled engineering assistance within 24 hours of any breakdown of Foden vehicles on the Continent...

SERVICE for DAF truck operators in Europe, which is already covered by the DAF International Truck Service network, is to be...

ALUMINIUM and plastics are used by Cravens Homalloy (Preston) Ltd in a new range of bodywork for goods requiring insulated or...

A DEVICE that will give in-cab, visual and audible, warnings of tyre deflation has been developed by Mr Frank May, Managing...

PIRELLI has signed a E17m contract with Russia to supply equipment and provide technical assistance. Dunlop, the UK part of the...

KNOWLEDGE of the number of hauliers in the country might not make anyone happy nor be of any immediate use. It is surprising,...

by Trevor Long croft Photographs by D. Ross FRENCH truck manufacturer Berliet is at present establishing a UK dealer network...

BERLIET 1R280 TRACTIVE UNIT AT 32 TONS gtw The Berliet cab is one of the most attractive fitted to any top-weight truck, and I...

WHEN a truck can be driven at any speed without front wheel wobble, shimmy or excessive shake it is normally assumed that the...

Dutch treat by Bill Godwin THE development of city service buses with ultra-low floor and boarding heights has occupied...

The problem of traffic peaks is being tackled by bus operators in various ways— including duplication, increased frequencies or...

THE TK range of medium Bedfords has been around for well over 10 years now and since there is no immediate plan for a...

by John C. Vann IT WAS in the early days of 1974 that an insurance contract new to Britain was introduced. This was legal...

Briefly, marginal costing takes into account only those factors which are incurred in using a vehicle to do a particular job...

have accepted work from another haulier to maintain his vehicles. Could you say what would be a fair charge to make for this...

only 14 miles to load and 14 miles back, must I keep a record of work on that day ? Must my record of daily work on a weekday...

its working day when a tyre was found to have a cut in it. My driver and myself are to be prosecuted for this offence. Before a...

Every one of John Ilanlon's shafts hit the target dead centre —but without hint of malice. "I've been in the Northern Traffic...

I wonder how many operators put a maintenance record card or sheet in the cabs of their vehicles, to provide immediate and up...

"Once you have mastered a new regulation you can begin to understand the explanatory leaflet that comes with it," declared John...

Talking of the States, there's been a great old public row going on since the beginning of the year about the Interstate...

Still on USA topics, I've been reading up a fascinating programme for an unusual event held in April in California : the...

" Diversify ! "the experts cry. Midlands 33RS have taken it to heart—they've gone into contract hire of municipal specials....

by Gordon Murray photographs by Harry Roberts WITH A STAFF of only three, Cie Limouzy and Fils Ltd may well set a record as...

Take care to be fair by Les Oldridge, TEng(CE1), MIMI, AMIRTE IN the present state of inflation and economic depression it...

1. Background to the legislation SOME FIVE MILLION people not previously covered by health and safety legislation were brought...

A device which will activate the engine stop control on diesel-engined vehicles, whenever the ignition is turned off, has been...

Designed for 12V electrical systems, the Autolec brake lamp failure warning system comprises a relay, cable terminals and...

Two products which should ease the repair of tyres have been introduced by Stenor. Liquid Buffer is applied with a cloth to the...

A voltage dropper, enabling 12V radio equipment to be used on vehicles with a 24V system, has been introduced by Lucas. The...

Six new models of fork-lift truck fitted with either Ford or British Leyland diesel engines have been added to Conveyancer's...