The proposed death by euthenasia of the Road Haulage Wages Council will meet with a very mixed reception. The Road Haulage...

A TRUCK driver missed death by inches last week when a footbridge collapsed on top of his lorry. John Francis, 36, of...

HAULIERS and unions clashed this week over the Government's decision to axe the Road Haulage Wages Council, which sets minimum...

TRANSPORT Under-Secretary John Horam announced last week that no roads will be designated as lorry routes until a decision on...

Lour cars! DRIVERS at the Oxford branch of Cartransport Ltd stopped work on Thursday of last week, because they alleged that...

SAFETY is a built-in feature of nuclear loads carried by lorries through urban areas, Mr John Horam, Under-Secretary for...

SMELLS, noise, ground vibration and London smog: these are blamed on heavy goods vehicles in a report to be sent by the Greater...

BRITISH RAIL has had its third price increase in 18 months for its parcels traffic approved by the Prices Commission. The...

by CM reporter useful with a cordial atmosphere and much frank speaking." An EEC spokesman confirmed that the main topics of...

SHIPTON Insurance Services are launching a legal expenses insurance package for professional drivers. This package, enables...

PROPOSALS contained in the Blennerhassett Report on drinking and driving, which would toughen the penalties for both heavy...

But your Bedford will. If you run a Bedford truck or van, there's going to be a time when something comes up for routine...

THE Northern LA last week reserved his decision on an 0-licence application by John Grand, of Hartlepool, until, in conjuction...

NEW RULES proposed on access to the profession of road haulier have been given a qualified welcome by Road Haulage Association...

SCOTTISH Road Services have centralised their headquarters operation for North Scotland in new premises at Clepington Road ,...

BRITAIN'S quota of international road haulage permits for 1977 is 4,500 up on the 1976 figure, Transport Under-Secretary John...

A NEW application for an 0 licence, by Peter Harker, of Guisborough, opposed by the Borough of Langbaurgh, was adjourned last...

A CENTRAL Region committee is to consider plans to build a £15,000 lorry park in Falkirk, which will help to stop heavy...

DAWSONGROUP has made two new appointments to take charge of its transport division's road tanker section. Malcolm Burrell...

des-Benz C.V. Dealers' Council. Michael Birch, director of service, parts and accounts at Spartruks, has been appointed...

MORE RESEARCH into the use of dynamic weighing machines for enforcement purposes and more adequate safeguards for operators...

SHORT HAULS Faster by-pass FOUR MONTHS ahead of schedule the 21/2-mile Lindale by-pass, Cumbria, opened yesterday (Thursday)....

Al tor fish hauls MODIFIED tipping semi-trailers to carry fish are being produced by E. M. Wilcox of Peterborough as a direct...

Scottish routeing THE Freight Transport Association has told regional authorities in Scotland it cannot agree to regional...

IT WAS a case of open and shut for the new Dover relief road on Friday — it was opened in a blaze of publicity and shut a few...

BRUSHLESS chemical type vehicle-washing machines which use agitating agents have been gaining in popularity during the past few...

THIS year's Ro-Ro conference and exhibition will be held on June 21-22 at the London Hilton Hotel. The programme of...

DRIVERS at seven Whitbread brewery depots have agreed to a peace formula to end their six-week-old dispute over the manning of...

SHORT HAULS Harvester hit PROFITS of the giant International Harvester group dropped by 16 per cent to $25.2m in the first...

A TRUCK recovery firm that started in business 50 years agO has been taken over by Scotts of Nottingham Ltd. Scotts has bought...

THE Government decision to reduce the Transport Supplementary Grant to South Yorkshire to virtually nothing was attacked last...

APPLICATIONS for permission to run international services could take up to two years, Geoffrey Webb, national planning manager,...

PLANS by National Travel to introduce its first super luxury express coach service have been delayed. For a day-return fare of...

COACH parking in Brighton will be even more difficult in future as British Rail has closed its coach park at Brighton Station....

A "FIDDLE" costing London £200,000 a year could be stopped by the issue of a passport type identity card to be linked with bus...

BUS grant cash for 1977/78 should flow smoothly to all bus operators following an agreement last week between the Transport...

MARTIN WATKINS, CIVI's Passenger Transport Editor, is joining Tyne and Wear PTE in May as Information Officer. That means we...

A REDUCTION in London's bus services to two-thirds their present level and the abandonment of all but absolutely unavoidable...

A ROW has broken out in Caithness about the condition of buses used in the area by Highland Omnibuses. Last week a delegation...

CASH support from Lancashire County Council is coming to the aid of the Lancaster City Council passenger transport undertaking....

DUMPER TRUCK tipping bodies made from Leguval, an unsaturated polyester resin with glassfibre reinforcement are proving their...

THE FIRST 25 Fiat 170 series 40-tonne (39.4-ton) tractive units for Britain were handed over to the company's UK distributors...

THE CUMMINS engine company has announced plans to expand its diesel engine plant at Shotts in Lanarkshire to double present...

le BL Truck and Bus strategy for the next decade....... PROBABLY the hottest industrial seat in the British automotive...

No one would argue with the idea that if you're going somewhere demanding top hat and tails, Moss Bros is the obvious answer....

"Ford are bringing out an improved turbo-charged diesel engine and they think that I can explain whafs new about it and why ifs...

I was very interested in Martin Watkins' article "Commuter buses out in the cold" (CM, February 11). What interested me most...

If I may be allowed, I should like to make one or two comments in reply to remarks made in two letters you published,...

a job which we know must bring in £100 or more? What any book, regulation, rule or suggestion may say about such matters...

I read with interest your article on Freightliners (CM January 28). My company also uses Freightliners and they do a fair job,...

THE RHM yard at six in the morning is illuminated by two yellow floodlights. It's still dark and cold, though the wind is...

"I always stop at the first service area on the motorway, for breakfast. That way I'm through London and it's easy then. "I...

111011ey. The new '13' Series from ERF has had unparalleled success and in the week following the Earl's Court Show this year...

replacement for the longserving HA but is complementary to it. Like a lot of other manufacturers, particularly the Japanese,...

At a time when it's becoming difficult to tell whether the economy is about to lift or depress, the Walk-Thru must be the best...

whole 312km (194 miles) route was completed at an average speed of 54,4km/h (33.8mph). During the hill descents on the A road...

position for The most comfort. Dashboard -instrumentation is well laid out, with the rev counter in the centre of numerous...

I see Sir Henry Johnson, former chairman of British Rail, is pleading for more traffic to be switched from road to rail and...

Before Christmas I gave you an exercise chart using inner tubes to get rid of your spare tyres. I see the BBC Nationwide...

Transit test Our report on the 31/2 to 4 days average transit time achieved by National Carriers (CM, February 4) has inspired...

Accuracy, that's the thing. I think it was Omar Khyam who said "The moving finger writes and having writ moves on." The...

Since his return from the Sahara the editor has been spending a lot of time in front of the microphone. He's been interviewed...

A The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regu lations 1973 apply, in general, to all wheeled motor vehicles used on roads...

whereby we intend to send a recovery truck or two over to the Continent, and bring home broken down or damaged vehicles for...

the 0 licence which covers the tractive unit must hold the journey permit for an international journey. I have been offered...

years' experience of driving small vans (35cwt Transits and Bedford CFs). I hold a provisional heavy goods vehicle driving...

heavy goods vehicle drivers. From time to time, we are asked to train individuals with both provisional car and hgv driving...

which the kingpin was extended upwards into the forward part of the trailer chassis and was connected to a multiple disc brake,...

El: 1 1. 1 11'01'HE r -, J When we introduced the 200 Series last year, our choice of engine caused considerable comment....

Once more with feeling Take time to set tappet clearance precisely and save engine downtime FEELER GAUGES and hacksaw blades...

. . . Johnny Johnson discovers a mini just the ticket. Tice in East Sussex that just about pleases everyone IT'S NOT every...

Watch those brakes THE specifications laid down in the Motor Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1972 for brakes on...

"Exceptional mileage, good road handling and dependability." That's what Mr. Paul Neale, Director of R.J. B, Neale (Transport)...