Transport operators are going to have to use all their influence with their local authorities and MPs if they hope to stem the...

New powers to ban overweight vehicles from roads on safety grounds by David Lowe • The Government is stepping up its campaign...

• The six operating regions of the National Bus Company are to be merged into three from April 1 as part of a major...

• The full EEC regulation on drivers' hours and records is spelt out in a book just published by HM Stationery office, a volume...

from our political correspondent • A thorough probe of transport in all its aspects begins at the Commons next week. Mr John...

on to the Continent every week by British Road Services Ltd — a development which has occurred only in the past three months....

representatives to be present at all promotional interviews was flatly repudiated by the management at a meeting of the...

• A revised guide to the Contracts of Employment Act 1963, as amended by the Industrial Relations Act 1971, is now available...

• The final draft of the new "Highway Code" for industry is published this week. To be known as the Code of Industrial...

• Japanese light commercial vehicles made by Toyota are to be imported into Britain by Toyota GB Ltd from the middle of the...

• At a well-attended meeting of employers, employers' associations, trade unions and industrial training boards, held at its...

The unit is made by Liftec Engineering Ltd, of Penzance, Cornwall, and PO Box 8, Berkhamsted, Herts. The vehicle-mounted...

• The fleet engineer has a duty to find ways of achieving more efficient vehicle utilization to combat the problems of shorter...

b udget planning ' &v David Lowe • It was important to involve the lower strata of management in the preparation of budgets, a...

• After pleading guilty to summonses concerning a defective braking system and a defective tyre on a double-deck bus which ran...

• One-man operated single-deck buses on London services 85 (Putney Bridge-Roehampton-Kingston) and 297 (WillesdenPerivale) are...

• Several existing members of the Common Market are hoping that Britain's entry into the Community will bring a change of...

• Conservative MP Mr R. Redmond (Bolton West), who made a bitter attack on SELNEC PTE for buying foreign buses at a time when...

• An important step in the introduction of a new image for London Country Bus Services Ltd since the undertaking passed • from...

by Derek Moses • A further development in the intriguing exercise which might lead to British-built or British-designed buses...

by John Darker • Self-drive taxi schemes in Montpelier and an ill-fated taxi-bus service in Utrecht are among the Continental...

• An application by Associated Motorways for a new service between Birmingham and Bristol using the completed M5 has been...

• Two hours after a Section 69 inquiry had started at Chelmsford last week a police solicitor rose to announce that the...

• The need to maintain heavy-duty ipping vehicles on hard contract work to iery high standards was stressed by Mr A. 3. Birnie....

• Improvements in maintenance and facilities saved an operator from penalty under Section 69 last week but were not enough, in...

• Vehicles used during white line marking operations on roads fell within the definition "road construction vehicles" and...

• A builder's skip deposited in the road constituted a nuisance, whether it was lit or unlit, Mr Justice Forbes said when...

• Fines totalling £85 were imposed on tanker driver by Preston magistrates whe he pleaded guilty to summonses connecte with...

William B. Larson, James R. Hebden and Donald C. Lowe have been elected to the board of Vauxhall Motors Ltd. Born in Detroit in...

t o use by Gibb Grace • I have just had the chance to test the Tel-lode axle load indicator produced by Telehoist Ltd., of...

• A scheme to cut major overhaul costs and downtime has been announced by the diesel division of Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. Under...

fb A roll resistance that is at least 50 per cent higher than that of a conventional leaf-spring suspension, a saving in weight...

• A new four-wheel drive 13-ton pry vehicle based on the Dodge D850 chassi has been introduced by Unipower Ltd Primarily...

3N January 14 I walked the streets of Paris or four-and-a-half hours, searching for a ieavy goods vehicle. (I was not accosted...

by Inspector K. W. Norman, Crime Prevention Section, New Scotland Yard. • Legislation regulating the maintenance of means of...

by a special correspondent TOO little study of gearbox and brake noise and a corresponding dearth of detailed information...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

by Gordon Crabtree HOW DOES a haulage company secure and maintain a high standard of customer relationship; to what extent is...

view by the Hawk • Good as new That not-so-playboy millionaire Frank B. Ford, who bought and revitalized Duple, the...

n fleet? by R. H. Grimstey, BCom, FIAC -IETHER road transport operations ould be costed by individual vehicles by total fleet...

Individual trucks — always, for every size of fleet: A Output. A daily record, truck by truck, using the simplest possible unit...

Body swop test Dobson's equipment is unusual in that the body is lifted in one operation, before the support legs are lowered....

Prevention of crime • The total value of property reported to the police as stolen in 1969 in the United Kingdom amounted to...

by Handyman Auto-electrics for the mechanic (6) WHERE a 24V system has four 6V batteries coupled in series, and...

he answer is as important as your choice 'truck in the first place. The right thing r the job. And no half measures. If you're...

James Duncan • The managing director of Transport Development Group is not the kind of man who stands out in a crowd. In fact,...

Walls of Jericho EVER SINCE the invaders' military band built Up enough decibels to shatter the walls of Jericho, it has been...

behind my 30cwt model Ford Transit truck and have tried to find out the requirements to comply with the law, but cannot get the...

of 1 ton 134 cwt and is DoE plated for 3.4 tons gross. According to a publication issued by a vehicle manufacturer, vehicles...

only type of rotary unit of the positive-displacement type that has successfully been developed for automotive and industrial...

matters by John Darker AMBIM The Industrial Relations Act 14, Agency shops THE Industrial Relations Act prevents employers...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The Construction and Use Regulations (5) EVERY VEHICLE propelled by an internal combustion...

How to plan for management development in transport MORE has been written about the RTITB's apprentice training activities...