it has a retrospective effect which costs the operator money. This was notably true in the case of braking efficiency...

• Frankly experimental—but with the eventual aim of getting noise levels down: that is the description which the Minister...

• Regulations which come into force April 1 make it an offence, punishable fines of up to £200 in respect of goods vehi and...

On Monday the Stockton and Middlesbrough • municipal transport undertakings and the • • Teesside Rai!less Traction Board...

a) the tyre is unsuitable having r e gard to the i to which the motor vehicle or trailer is ng put or to the types of tyres...

by John Darker The national negotiating committee for the road haulage industry is to meet on April 4. Afterwards,...

costs as a result of devaluation, the recommended UK retail prices of Rootes commercial vehicles—Commer, Karrier and Dodge...

says TDG • "It has been a hard year. Rising costs, protracted dock strikes and declining traffic cut into revenue. The...

by lain Sherriff • Demonstrations in Downing St. are not to be the sole preserve of CND and anti-US Vietnam sympathizers. On...

by Paul Moody • Mrs. Barbara Castle, Minister of Transport. had a busy day on Friday, when she visited the West Midlands....

Merseyside Transport Services put its London and Birmingham depots up for sale and its fleet, reduced by half, is now operated...

law? Major implications for transport in new proposals by John Darker • A closely argued report prepared for the Royal...

• Mr. F. D. Masson, director of the transport division of the Economic Commission in Europe, made serious charges against the...

• The 18,000 members of the Road Haulage Association this week received a letter signed by the national chairman, Mr. P. H....

The dismissal of a James Express Carriers' driver for "speeding" on a motorway (CM Mar 151 has resulted in security patrols...

• Now available from HMSO are three more Standard Lists giving maximum gross and axle weights at which standard goods...

• Unrest among Ease tanker drivers could lead to widespread disruption of petrol delivery services. Men in Scotland, the West...

Regulations permitting articulated vehicles up to 15m (49ft 2.61n) and drawbar trailers up to 2m (39ft 4.5in) overall length...

11 A peace plan was put to 7,000 Merseyide lorry drivers on Wednesday in a bid to nd the 10-day unofficial strike, writes our...

The first firm order by a British company for container space on the UK-Australia container-ship service which Overseas...

• By mid-1968 the national and London and Home Counties divisional headquarters offices of the Traders Road Transport...

licence increase from our political correspondent • A seven-ton lorry costs .E9 more a week to run today than it did in...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Warnings about the effects of the Budget on road transport came over and over again...

• Mrs. Castle's change in the Transport Bill. requiring nationalized boards and authorities to manufacture, repair or sell as...

Retail prices will rise by an average of 3d in the pound if the road transport sections of the Transport Bill are approved by...

Sir Reginald Wilson is new chairman R. L. Williams has been appointed marketing executive for the container division of...

Four colour plates of yachting scenes by famous marine artists are a special feature of the April 5 issue of CM's sister...

• When W. S. and A. J. Kedvvard appealed to the Transport Tribunal on Tuesday, it was not to have the decision of a Licensing...

• On Wednesday the Transport Tribunal amended a decision by the South Wales Licensing Authority to suspend the three vehicles...

• Ellen Smith ;Tours) Ltd. was granted an application to raise the maximum charge for its 10 eight-day tours from Bacup and...

• Davis Brothers (Haulage) Ltd., one of the country's largest independent haulage groups, is to carry on its business as...

• Arrangements for the movement of cattli to be switched from rail to road transport ii this country have been completed by...

• The Minister of Transport has turned down an appeal of Heaps Tours Ltd. against the decision of the Yorkshire Traffic...

• What purpose is served by objectors to an application? I have often posed this question when sitting through hours of...

• After hearing submissions in two cases called under Section 178 that uncertainty regarding changes in regulations was...

)roductivity talks .0m our industrial correspondent Leaders of London's 35,000 busmen are ) discuss a new pay and productivity...

There seemed little hope of ending the trike of 3,400 Liverpool busmen at a mass ieeting on Wednesday, writes our industrial...

• Teesside County Borough's transport committee has called for one common fare structure for buses, private as well as...

• The Rural Community Council of Northumberland has suggested to the Ministry of Transport that a permanent transport...

The Road Transport Industry Training Board has agreed to make grants to all competitors in the British Coach Rally (April...

• The Norwich-based firm of Mascot Coaches has acquired three Great Yarmouth coach operators. This together with the recent...

• A revolutionary idea for solving the rush-hour problem was suggested by Mr. Ian Cunningham, general manager of Bournemouth...

• The East Pakistan Road Transport Corporation, of Dacca, has just introduced its first double-deck buses. Six are now in...

Dy R. D. Cater \IOVEL DESIGNS DEMONSTRATED 11 When ML Industrial Products Ltd., of ;lough, Bucks, demonstrated two of their...

• Crush tests of vehicles of up to 24 tons to meet the legal requirements of any country can be performed in the new impact...

• A new aeration system for Bulker pneumatic-discharge tipping tankers, known as a probe-type, has been developed by Metalair...

• A rotary seal system, the Air-Under, has been developed by Byron Bulk Transporters Ltd., Blackhorse Lane, London E17; it is...

• On Monday this week Crown Garage at Rainham Road South, Old Dagenham, Essex, opened a commercial vehicle testing centre...

by Ashley Taylor, AM/RTE. Assoc lnst T .LTHOUGH the name of Brown and Pol)n Ltd. is familiar to millions of people latively...

THE ADVANTAGES of driver training in a delivery fleet were made very clear by A. E. Teer, road safety officer of Schweppes, in...

JO MATTER how often a fleet en g ineer upraids members of the drivin g staff re g ardin g ittention to the tyre e q uipment on...

by Handyman Vehicle recovery: tricks, trucks and tactics (9) • Quite often the condition of the wire ropes on a recovery...

Continued team, be given the proper equipment to do his job and the willing co-operation of other functional officers....

I hear that there is to be an exchange of delegations later this year between the TGWU and the United States Teamsters' Union....

An enthusiast's dream has just dropped on to my desk—in very solid form. It is a fascinating history of the Atkinson company...

The Hixon crossing inquiry continues its searching probe into the hows, whys and wherefores. I note with interest that the...

A voluntary association of some 100 drivers employed by British Petroleum at the Isle of Grain, Sheppey, has offered its...

THC chief executive G. W. Quick-Smith was in even more than usually thoughtful mood when, as Master, he spoke at the Mansion...

It's arrived safely—that distillation column which was switched from road to rail at twice the cost (CM, March 22). Yes, on...

"TT COULDN'T have happened at any other point in history; we were in the right place at the right time." These were the words...

FREEDOM of choice, which is inscribed on the banners of road operators fighting the Transport Bill, was not even offered to...

WHATEVER the final form of the Transport Bill, it may well cause the most marked :hange in the pattern of road haulage since he...

wages paid in the road haulage du stry and what official publications are tere dealing with transport? I The current...

the oldest vehicle lifers from severe clutch judder when roving off from rest with a full load. This as persisted since a new...

4 6 We presume you are referring to the one run by ROSPA House, 17 Knightsbridge. ondon, 5W1. For E1 an hour, parties of four...

affected by the proposal to make the fitting of recorders or tachographs compulsory on all goods vehicles over 30cwt unladen...

A The Road Traffic Act 1960, Section 164, specifically exempts the use of a vehicle for funerals from any form of carrier's...

tipper which I am on the point of replacing with another secondhand tipper. I am concerned about the new braking and plating...

of marking the tractive units and trailers in articulated fleets so that interchangeability could be preserved without the...

of safety devices on articulated vehicles? I seem W recall seeing something of this sort. A Last month in the House of...

THE MAIN PLANK in the programme of all the local centres of transport institutes and societies is a set of lectures usually...