IISAPPOINTED diplomats nd EEC civil servants fear hat the absence• of the ierman minister at next veek's Common Market...

Volvo and Scania to compete COMPETITION between Volvo and Scania will continue, even under a merger, according to Sten...

VEHICLES returning from runs to the Middle East, and forced to return by road following the end of the Ljubljana train, have...

PRODUCTION of Transit vans and Ford heavy vehicles was halted earlier this week when 3,150 men were laid off at the Southampton...

GOVERNMENT guidance over gross weights is needed if the British heavy vehicle makers are not to lose out in the European...

EAST LONDON haulier, Charles Thurleigh, trading as Arrow Freight International, had his 0 licence suspended after he failed to...

REPORTS that Japanese vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi is to build the new Canter range in Britain have been denied by Colt Car...

LOCAL authorities can no longer increase lorry and coach parking charges without going through the consultation and...

IMPORTERS of commerci vehicles pushed their share • the market up to 15.33 per cei of total sales last month as ti sales rose...

MG LEVY ricted hours. Vehicles affected by these :ontrols (including buses and milers) will be those whose mladen weight...

r apc sales and 58.8 per cent of the market. Bedford sold 112 vehi:les and had 19.65 per cent, while Ford trailed with 68 sales...

i.TAggs SHAPE THE ASSOCIATION of Vehicle Recovery Operators is the proposed name of a CM-sponsored organisation, set up to...

I pm ' 4tla 1 4 71 418 1 POOR old John Horam. it should have been his week — holding the fort, and he a mere Under-Secretary...

LTITNESSES at a marathon lepartment of Environment iquiry in Suffolk are taking a. tell-earned rest after three feeks of...

COMMERCIAL vehicles should be given priority over cars by introducing a system of special licences and reserved road space to...

OVERLOADING by British vehicles in East Sussex has fallen by a half in the last three years, but foreign vehicles continue to...

PROPOSED cash grants the National Freight Corpo don contained in the Gove ment's Transport (Financ Provisions) Bill, have he...

kN Inverness building con.ractor has had his licence' . evoked for failing to attend a fleeting of the town's Licencng...

Tamplin order TAMPLIN Engineering has received an order worth £36,000 for pneumatic discharge equipment to be installed on...

IN A written reply in the House of Commons, Transport Under-Secretary John Horam has said that proposed regulations affecting...

' man neglected c ches KENT coach operator Maurice Wells, who had been given only half an hour to live recently, has been told...

A PLEA to free the growing number of people "in prison in their own environment" by the run-down of transport services in rural...

HILLINGDON is to be the first London local authority to run its own bus service. The service will be launched in the autumn...

NATIONAL Travel (South East) has been granted, with conditions, an application to carry tour passengers free of charge on its...

THE NEXT generation of gearboxes from Fuller, following the 'Snapper', could be automatic according to Paul A. Miller,...

A LONGER version of th. Magirus Deutz eight-wheele will be available for the Britisl market later this year. At present only...

Made to measure TRACTION has been improved on a DAF 6x2 by rifting a Primrose Hi-lift axleload transfer unit, claims North...

implications for traffic managers PUBLICATION of the Road Transport Industry Training Board's ambitious plan to extend its...

wit kvi opafte Reference to the letter (CM May 20) by Mr. R. H. Flockhart saying SMT Sales and Service Co Ltd, Glasgow, is...

Mr Gill seems to have overlooked the fact that he does employ union members, so he could send them to drive coaches for...

The juggernauts are causing concern to the people of Nettlestead Green, near Maidstone, Kent. They are using the...

CRAVEN TASKER is the new corporate name for the CRAVENS 1-10MALLOY AND TASKER TRAILERS Group of Companies who boast over 100...

at the crucial moment, making the van overturn, if the speed was just a bit high. The same problem is likely to occur with any...

REVENUE protection begin: with the first phone call which offers traffic. For *i. purpose, an efficient traffic office...

lestination and special collecon and delivery instructions. he staff make a point of btaining the name of the Jerson operating...

YOU'RE NEVER very far from an inland clearance depot these days (see maps on pages 46 and 47) and they are all expecting even...

IN an interview with CM, South London Inland Clearance depot manager Edwin Crouch gave these tips for hauliers and drivers...

Noel Miltier takes the AEC Leyland coach on a test drive. Photos by Dick Ross THE AEC Reliance chassis has been in production...

CM's Tables spell out the message FOR THE SECOND consecutive year, the cost of operating commercial vehicles has risen by an...

FOR PASSENGER vehicles, the picture is somewhat similar, though the increase in costs is slightly more for coaches than for...

by Les Oldridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE 'No-go' offences IT IS surprising how many offences can be committed with...

home, on a trunk road or in a country lane could all amount to contravention of Regulation 114, Over the years there has been a...

Noel Milner learns what's crucial in a day in the life of Peter Helm, traffic manager IMAGINE THIS: you're in charge of 53...