Hull men out as paralysis hits Scotland AS 800 National Freight Corporation drivers on Monday joined the strike which was...

DURHAM County Council has succeeded in its attempt to pedestrianize certain streets in the centre of Durham, according to a...

Truck makers go ahead with fitting TACHOGRAPHS will not only protect the driver but enhance his status as a responsible member...

by CM reporter COACH operators and a coach dealer are to appear at Newport Crown Court next Monday charged with offences...

THERE was a standing ovation for the president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Sir Raymond Brookes. when he...

ONLY 0.005 per cent of the value of goods passing through the docks of the Port of London Authority last year were lost through...

Productive effort? How many of the productivity schemes which were such a prominent feature of the Sixties have stood the test...

TRANSPORT had always been handicapped by its own importance and so inevitably was kept in the political arena. This was the...

A FORMER HAULIER, an undischarged bankrupt now working as a greengrocer, was fined a total of £3,935 on 95 summonses relating...

stranglehold on raw materials and foodstuffs had not been loosened. The unofficial strikers have been offered an increase...

by CM reporter HAULIERS beset with what is perhaps the most restrictive legislation and rigid enforcement in the world will be...

down THE high driving standards of drivers working for Heavy Transport has earned the company a reduction in insurance...

BECAUSE the general economy of the Highlands relies on lorries more than any other form of transport, it was important to...

AS REPORTED briefly last week. the opening of the new. Covent Garden Market at Vauxhall has been postponed until November 11....

THE odds on the average driver being involved in a serious accident, either as a victim or as a passer-by, are 50-to-1 in any...

J. D. Mather, 58, has been appointed managing director of Tankfreight Ltd, the National Freight Corporation's holding company...

A SUGGESTION that 15m 38-tonners might be more acceptable to the general public if larger (18m) drawbar outfits were dispensed...

A CO-ORDINATED "fair fares" policy has been announced by the West Midlands PTE. It has been approved by the West Midlands...

BUSMEN are a special case and should be allowed a further substantial pay rise less than 12 months since their last increase....

WORK is proceeding on a hydrostatic transmission for buses at the National Engineering Laboratory at East KiIhride, it was...

A WORTHING minibus operator had one public service vehicle licence revoked, the renewal of a second refused and a new...

HOME SECRETARY Roy Jenkins is to be asked by London Transport to persuade magistrates to take tougher action on bus thugs. The...

NATIONAL Travel (South East) Ltd has told CM that it has adopted a deliberate policy of not painting the Samuelsons, Tillings...

AGREEMENT was reached last week on a measured incentive pay scheme for Chiswick and Aldenham bus overhaul works. The threestage...

)ESP1TE a mounting fetich, the West Midlands 3 TE has not required a rates )recept for its bus operaions in the period January...

AN ARRANGEMENT has been made by the National Bus Company with Eastlease Ltd, a subsidiary of the Norwich Union Insurance Co...

A DECISION is expected to be taken within the next few months by the Department of the Environment and the local authorities on...

by the DoE, which includes the work of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, is estimated at £25.2m for the current...

A RECIPROCAL manufacturing and marketing agreement has been signed between John Ratcliff (Tail Lifts) Ltd and Maxon Industries...

A LICENCE agreement has been concluded between Clayton Dewandre Co Ltd', of Lincoln. and Langen and Co. of Dusseldorf. for the...

THE Red Star parcels service of British Rail has been extended so that urgent packages can be sent overnight from 147 Southern...

for East Germany diary THE German Democratic Republic has placed orders worth £1/4 m with Crane Fruehauf Ltd in the last few...

TUESDAY Oct 29. CIT (Metropolitan) agm followed by "UK road freight" by P A Thompson (British Road Services Ltd) Royal Society...

A POCKET guide to commercial vehicle renting, leasing and contract hire has been produced by Crane Fruehauf, the parent company...

A 1-IYDRAUL1C-ALLY driven wheel is now being offered as a result of cooperation between Volvo Hydraulics Ltd and Warner Gear...

A REAL DANGER that future legislation affecting psv would be no more justified than the present arbitrary set of regulations...

It is now virtually impossible to make one vehicle for the world. This was the view expressed by Mt W. B. Larson. director and...

Mr Larson said that the laws governing truck design could be put into three categories: O Those defining the physical...

awics Aluminium for economy? A BIG increase in payload—or a SUBSTANTIAL reduction in fuel consumption: this is the promise...

The Technical Editor's review of factory-built light vehicles on the British market AUSTIN MORRIS 3ritish Leyland UK Ltd,...

Vauxhall Motors Ltd, PO Box 3, Kimpton Road, Luton LU2 05Y. The HA and CF light commercials make up the under 31/2-ton range...

Citroen Cars Ltd, Mill Street, Slough, Bucks. The Arni 8 van from Citroen is a 368kg (71/4cwt) three-door van with a load...

Chrysler UK Ltd, (Commer Division), London Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, The Commer Walk-Thru KC series comprises four...

Crompton Electricars Ltd, Croy Avenue, Dukestovvn, Tredegar, Mon. Crompton makes a variety of Dai electrics grossing 3.1...

Ford Motor Co Ltd, Eagle Way, Brentwood, Essex. The smallest vehicles in the Ford line-up are the 6 and 8 cwt Escorts powered...

Harbilt Electric Trucks and Vehicles, Logan Street, Market Harborough, Leics. Harbilt has replaced the Dairyliner with a new...

Mazda Car Imports (GB) Ltd, Longfield Road, North Farm Industrial Estate, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The basis of the Mazda range...

Mercedes-Benz (UK) Ltd, Great West Road, Brentford, Middx. Two vehicles from the vast range of Daimler-Benz qualify to be...

Moskvich Ltd, Satra Motors Ltd, Carnaby Industrial Estate, Bridlington, Yorks. A light-alloy petrol engine powers both the van...

The Reliant Motor Co Ltd, Watling Street, Twogates, Tamworth, Staffs. 'The Reliant Robin is a 5cwt payload three-wheeler van...

Renault Ltd, Western Avenue, London W3 ORZ. Renault makes a 7 cwt van based on the Renault 4 private car with a 1.86cum (66.5...

Ross Auto Engineering Ltd, Banastre Road, Southport, Lancs. The Stallion platform truck is driver controlled and has an...

Chrysler UK Ltd, (Simca Division), London Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry. Two versions of the 1100 make up the light van...

Toyota (Great Britain) Ltd, 320 Pude , Way, Croydon, Surrey. The - Toyota Hi-Ace was introduced int Britain in 1972 and is...

Volkswagen (GB) Ltd, Brighton Road Purley, Surrey. Volkswagen commercial vehicles ai available in many forms including pic...

Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd, Team Valley, Gateshead-on-Tyne, NEB 1 YT. The complete range of Smith's electric vehicles is...

Ford A-series he first of a new series in which CM will, from time D time, take a look at servicing and maintenance Duti nes...

Most people who went to the Earls Court Commercial Motor Show agreed that it was a good, bright exhibition with plenty of...

Investing expensive, hard-to-get capital in your own distribution facilities may seem costly, but inevitable. Costly — yes....

by Martin Hayes WITHOUT DOUBT one of the most publicized areas of development in the passenger transport industry in recent...

3: Austria, Belgium and Bulgaria 3RITISH hauliers operating for hire and • eward in Austria, provided they are in )ossession...

How LPG-fuelled light vehicles are cutting NEGAS maintenance and running costs by Trevor Longcroft Photographs by Dick Ross...

by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE THE Vehicle (Excise) Act 1971 and the Road Vehicle (Registration and Licensing)...

PLYMOUTH Report by lair, sherriff 'Limitless future for the diesel' Conference delegates press for Stirling engine...

Scientific Department (transport market research) of the Bundesverband des Deutschen Guterfernverkehrs (BDF), the RHA of...

PROSECUTIONS for using forged international permits have once again drawn attention to the kind of thing that happens when a...

Transport managers' licensing, the outdated thinking of British Rail in relation to road transport and the deficiencies of...

Like everyone involved in transport I try to keep up to date on transport legislation and how it affects my area of the...

Your correspondent's remarks on the safety of tipper vehicles exhibited at the recent Commercial Motor Show (CM October 11)...

The question raised on your Question and Answer page (CM October 11) in regard to the necessity of a signature on a driver's...

May I reply to the letter by Robert Taylor (CM October 11) on the subject of tipper bodies at Earls Court being apparently...

Since your publication of my letter in your issue dated October 4 regarding the troubles at British Leyland have been amazed at...

Without wishing to dampen enthusiasm for the double-bottom road train, I wonder how much study has been given to driver...

as a traffic clerk. Is there any course which I can attend to gain a better knowledge of traffic office work? The Road...

who wish to become hgv drivers and the answers you have given. I, too, wish. to become, such a driver, but though I have...

applicant is suitable, he will forward the application to the Training Services Agency with a favourable recommendation. The...

occasionally drive. As no charge is made to the passengers it .is, there/ore, not classified as a public service vehicle. Could...

I have been driving a Bedford 53-seater coach [six-wheeler) for a. small . firm, for some six years or more, as well as a 7ton...

by John Darker AMBIM AT a recent seminar of the Institute of Work Study Practitioners, Mr R. J. Hawkins, chief engineer,...

payment of 6d per hour was negotiated and agreed by the Prices and Incomes Board. (Skilled staff at the time earned about 8s...

A rear fog lamp with red lens and rubber housing has been introduced by Intertruck..lt is easily bolted to any convenient...

Designed to convert flat wooden pallets into solid-sided bins, Palletower timber collars can be fitted by one man in a few...

Pneumatic Components Ltd have introduced a new range (Tyrair) ot five tyre inflators — two wail and three pedestal types. The...

Rated to 2,272 kg (5,0001b) the new over-centre buckle from Aeroquip fills the gap between the Series E and M5 systems of...

Suitable for normal bodyshop sanding jobs, the Marron Stork S073 orbital sander has just been added to Marron's current range...