The Trunk road programme for the next decade which was announced by Mr Peter Walker on Wednesday is an en ened and objective...

by early 1980s • Construction of a further 1000 miles of motorway by the early 1980s was announced in the House of Commons on...

• Bridges built on the steel box girder principle are to have one lane on each carriageway Closed as a result of advice given...

• The minimum age for psv drivers might be reduced from 21 to 18, and conductors' licensing might be abolished altogether, Mr...

from our Spanish correspondent • "We shall stay on the left, even if we join the EEC", said Mr John Peyton, Britain's...

• Notices were put up in the depots of National Freight Corporation Companies last week to reassure staff about their jobs...

• The Distributive Industry Training Board at a meeting last Friday decided to accept a directive from the Secretary of State...

• Mr Eldon Griffiths, Under-Secretary for the Environment, said in the Commons' that a Code of Conduct was being produced by...

• Multi-million pound contracts for the carria g e of well over 100,000 containers a year for the next 10 years were signed in...

• Delegates attending Commercial Motor's Fleet Management Conference at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on Thursday, September 16...

by John Darker • The long awaited guidelines to employers and trade unions setting out the principles which the Government...

• The Common Market Commission has suggested to the Council of Ministers that the eight-hour daily driving limit should be...

• SGH (International Freight Ltd), a leading exponent of "kangaroo" operation, started this week a new Spanish service in...

• The Leeds and District Road Transport Training Association was officially opened by the Chief Constable of Leeds, Mr James...

• Earlier this year S ddon Motors Ltd announced that its pantechnicon model, built by the company's own division, Pennine...

• A request is now being made for consultations with the Italian Government to increase the quota of road transport licences...

• John Hudson (Commercial Vehicles) Ltd is holding its third and biggest-yet commercial vehicle show at its six-acre site in...

• The Minister for Transport Industries may permit a 10 per cent tolerance on axle weights if a system can be agreed, but he...

• Two Passenger Transport Authorities, in advance of the publication of their first annual reports, have announced small...

• The principle of subsidizing bus services from the rates has been accepted by the Sheffield Labour group controlling the City...

• Customers who travel on market day from the March and Whittlesey areas to Mr Frank Brierley's Peterborough discount store and...

• Indications are that casualties incurred while boarding or alighting are very much lower with one-man-operated buses than...

• About 170 bus services operating in rural areas of Wales were being subsidized by local authorities, or were likely to be...

• The 1500 bus drivers employed by Tyneside PTE have voted in a secret ballot to accept a new wages structure which gives them...

By Derek Moses • Long acknowledged as a pioneer of the standee single-deck o-m-o bus, Reading Corporation Transport, which now...

Passengers carried —millions • Despite continued disruption of services and loss of, or serious damage to, buses caused by...

• An infrastructure grant of up to 1.9m-50 per cent of the estimated cost of 1.3,801,000--is to be paid by the Department of...

• The SELNEC Passenger Transport Authority is to apply to the North Western Traffic Commissioners in August to increase bus...

• A claim for increased wages from 4000 National Bus Company drivers and conductors is expected to be the result of the joint...

• Sunderland Corporation transport committee has decided to ban smoking on single-decker buses until 7 pm each day for an...

• A Birmingham owner-operator was put out of business last week when Mr John Else, the West Midland LA, revoked his operator's...

• Two divisions of the Industrial Transport Association were given permission by the national council in London on Saturday to...

• "These are serious offences and I don't expect any holder of an operator's licence to commit offences like this," said Mr. R....

• "It will be impossible to continue with two-thirds of our fleet and it will mean that unless we can deliver the goods we will...

• Two companies with the same directors, had their licences reduced by 10 vehicles last week when they appeared under Section...

SMUT president Kenneth Corley. chairman of Joseph Lucas Industries, has been elected president of the Society of Motor...

joined Scotts of Nottingham Ltd, in a senior management capacity. Mr Eden-Smith started his career in the industry as a student...

• An unusual low-loading trailer design has been developed in Germany by Fahrzeugbahn Langendorf of Waltrop which features...

• The Perkins Engines Group is to supply 1300 vehicle diesel engines to Russia. The engines are the Perkins 4.236 and will be...

• A gear consultancy service is now being offered by the engineering division of the Turner Manufacturing Co Ltd, Fordhouses,...

• The first vehicles bought locally by Aberdeen Road Transport Instruction Centre--two Dodge KP 850 artics with 30ft...

• The clut ch used on the Leyland Redline Boxer B X1600 is hydraulic and not air-assisted hydraulic as stated in the BX1600...

by Gordon Crabtree • A hint that local authorities will have to face the additional costs arising from a need to send...

• Complementary to the Formula 1 metric range introduced last month by Taskers Trailers Ltd is a metric range of coil carrying...

• Magirus Deutz (Great Britain) Ltd is to erect a factory at Winsford, Cheshire, to cope with an expansion of demand and to...

This year is the 50th anniversary of Northern Ireland's self-government, which the province is marking with events such as the...

• On Saturday in Portstewart a constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, J. C. Millar, won Class A and the overall...

-six years strong by Brian Cottee BRITISH HAULIERS who are worried about the long-term effects of competition from the host...

In your issue of June 18 on page 30 you described the work being carried out under the sponsorship of the Local Government...

We would like to point out that the comments made at Glasgow during the application made by Peter McAleer and Son, of...

I am currently compiling a book on the Albion Nimbus passenger chassis produced by Albion Motors Ltd until 1964. I have already...

by Bob Holliday ON MONDAY, Northern Ireland's Prime Minister, Mr Brian Faulkner, officially opened a new headquarters building...

by the Hawk • Boxing clever Over in Northern Ireland recently I had the chance of a quick chat with Ken McClelland, general...

by a special correspondent NORTHERN IRELAND is very much part of the , United Kingdom despite any impression that recent events...

by Bob Holliday After more than 20 years of distributing oil in Northern Ireland, Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, last July completely...

Trevor Thornton • When I visited Belfast in May 1965 to write about the newly established Northern Ireland Carriers I...

workshop by Handyman Benchwise: cool it (7) NOW that I have discussed overheating and boiling, it is worth while to take a...

What sort of diesel will power tomorrow's trucks? Some of the main factors will be examined in CM next week by the chief...

by Derek Moses BIC ESTER, Oxfordshire, situated near the site of the Roman town of Alcester at the point where the Roman Way,...

Two of everything by2000 AD by Janus E VEN before the visit to Britain of Mr Ralph Nader, the general attack on road users...

As a local authority we use a digging machine for the repair and maintenance of roads within the borough. When this machine is...

published a road test of the Escort Van? And have you at any time tested the Citroen Am! Van? If so, when? What factors should...

I shall be pleased to receive your comments in respect of an apparent anomaly on this matter. The 14 days' grace for the...

without success and assume that this company is no longer in existence. Is this correct? Our reason for wanting to contact Park...

by driving a four-wheeler 16-ton gvw. I would also like to obtain a licence to drive a 20-ton gvw six-wheeler. Have I got to...

business and employing one driver. Could you tell me where I can purchase drivers' log books and maintenance record books?...

by Les Old ridge AIRTE, AMIMI The carrying of radioactive substances by road (3) MOST traffic regulations, after setting out...

by John C. Vann A look at Lloyd's • The insurance company image has grown a little tarnished over the past few years owing to...

I emerge from examining several sets of scripts for various transport examinations. Inevitably, I 'gain a great many...

Collmann tyre-mounting machines that are operated by one man and can demount truck and earthmover tyres within minutes are...

A sander to produce a fine finish on all types of wood, metal, plastic and other materials has been added to the Sundstrand...

To provide a greater degree of tension than the conventional load-restraint buckle, Package Control Ltd has added a ratchet...

Signs suitable for vehicles, plant, machinery, site and direction boards have been introduced by Vista Display Signs Ltd and...

The spring edition of Siftips, the quarterly welding journal of Sifbronze, is available to all welders and engineering...

For faster and more efficient throughput of vehicle body components, Locomotors Ltd has recently installed a press-break and...

A zinc-air primary dry battery capable of five to eight times the performance of an equivalent Leclanche cell has been...

To combat skin disease dangers three wipers have been introduced by Kimberly-Clark Ltd which are available in 10in. and 20in....

Non-woven fabric protection covers, which are said to overcome the high initial and laundering costs associated with the...

A four-page leaflet Es available from GKIN Farr Filtration Ltd describing and illustrating its Autopamic two-stage air cleaner...

The RAC has introduced a new "car-size" first-aid pack. It is fitted with a quick-release catch, its contents include...

A purpose-built trailer for the easy loading and safe towing of double-drum vibrating rollers has been introduced by the...

Trevor Longcroft Recently I have had the opportunity to try out the Translight, a fluorescent tube hand-lamp available from...

Originally a separate rectifier unit, incorporating a winding in the alternator, was available from Hayters Ltd, as an...

.Besides clocks, a lubricant marketed by Southern Watch and Clocks Supplies Ltd can be applied to timers, relays and other...

materials, covering very diverse industries, is described in the latest issue of "Inco Nickel, an engineeri g review published...

A powder additive for water wash spray booths has been developed by Tak Chemicals Ltd. The additive is said to "denature"...

A floor-pull system for straightening damaged van bodies and frames has been announced by the bodyshop division of Stenor Ltd....

Four ready reference charts, facilitating immediate payload comparisons between operators' current equipment and equivalent...