Roads, and how to finance them, are in the news again. Opening the Commercial Motor Show the leader of the Greater London...

• Inadequate signposting of stations; ill-informed operators; blatant faults such as broken springs and leaking brake lines;...

From our industrial correspondent • Two busmen's leaders who are challenging for the general secretaryship of the 1.4mstrong...

The Road Haulage Association has set up a Transport Act working party to help members deal with the new situation which will...

• The main topic of conversation at the Paris Show as the stands are prepared for opening day tomorrow is the Fiat purchase of...

24 only 3,000; a mere 10 per cent of the total. "Let me warn the industry quite flatly," said Mr. Swingler. "if this trend...

By Ashley Taylor • A dozen and a half British Railways trailers provided a useful filler at the opening of the official testing...

by Paul Moody • Everything was fresh. Not a spot of grease soiled the floor of the testing station on the new Churchill...

lesson that operators would do well to learn from the result of the first vehicle to go through the Ministry test at the...

by Paul Brockington • A deficiency in the brakes of a 1956 Leyland Comet 2,000-gal four-wheeled tanker was the only...

by Ron Cater • The first official test day at the Ipswich testing station (the first one to be opened in England, with 871...

says Peter Walker • Mr. Peter Walker, Shadow Minister of Transport, returned from his 24-hour factfinding international...

ICH CA Conference report by John Darker • Many searching questions were raised at Southampton last week at the conference on...

• Over Z500 transport executives from Canada, the United States and Britain are expected to attend the 42nd Annual Convention...

• Questions and answers flew fast at the Brains Trust arranged last week by the London area of the Transport Managers' Club for...

• Road tanker drivers in the North West went on unofficial strike at the beginning of the week in protest against the fitting...

• If the purpose of the transport manager's licence is to punish those responsible for illegal operation then it is a...

• The Road Haulage Association is discussing with the Ministry of Agriculture possible changes in the law which will allow...

• The first commercial vehicle to be bought by the Road Transport Training Board and supplied to hauliers under the grant...

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM REPORT by Ashley Taylor • The results of the first year's operation of the Hamburg joint...

• Four Leyland Leopard coaches with standard Alexander Y-type single-deck bodies have been delivered to Sheffield Joint Omnibus...

been considered by Houghton-le-Spring urban district council, which has suggested that it would be more beneficial if there was...

• A shortage of drivers and conductors is proving an "intolerable burden" in the operation of Edinburgh municipal transport...

• Halls Coaches Ltd„ of Hounslow, • • Middlesex, has ordered three Leyland AtIan• • teen chassis to be fitted with 33ft double•...

• County Durham association of parish councils has called for an amendment of the law to allow GPO mail buses to operate in...

• Proposals for the introduction of a zonal fares scheme to replace the present flat-fare and token system operated by...

• A haulier who had been called to a Section 178 inquiry in September 1965 and again last October when he was warned he would...

asks LA • The Yorks deputy LA asked a witness in Leeds on Tuesday whether a list of complaints against the objectors was a...

• Because an application was submitted as a new one, but was published as a variation. and because the objectors felt that...

W. R. Humphreys has been appointed research officer of the Road Haulage Association. He is concerned among other things with...

• The last crucial stages in the battle of Labour's mammoth Transport Bill, with its PTAs, NFC, quality and quantity licensing,...

• Calls for the Conservative Party to pledge to repeal the 1968 Transport Bill on its return to power are among motions tabled...

• Confirmation was expected this week of a merger deal between Fiat of Italy and Citroen of France, with reluctant approval by...

• By using a roller between the tyres of a single-drive tandem-axle bogie, Neville Truck Equipment Ltd., Kirby-in-Ashfield,...

• A new Dennis fire appliance model was shown at the Chief Fire Officers' Association and Institute of Fire Engineers'...

• An order for frames, panelling and fittings for the bodies of 10 double-deck buses to be built by the China Motor Bus Co.,...

• Published last week was Part xi(b) of the Ministry of Transport Standard Lists for the goods vehicle plating and testing...

• With the object of providing complete vehicle checks on the same lines as those conducted at Ministry Testing Stations, a new...

• As briefly mentioned in the bodywork technical review last week, Sheppard Fabrications Ltd., of Thetford, Norfolk, have...

AS A container port Antwerp has been hiding its light under a bushel. This situation was remedied last week when the city and...

• With the arrival of the modem articulated vehicle there appeared a new range of unscheduled trouble, much of which would have...

* Uphill task A good passenger demand exists for the bus service that climbs the steep side of the Great Orme, the 670ft...

I have just read Philip Salter's letter on braking methods, and as a heavy goods vehicle driver of many years' experience, I am...

Next week's issue of Commercial Motor will feature the first part of a four-section guide to emergency service facilities for...

The gallery at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court is always packed with interesting accessories, components and servicing...

Report by lain Sherriff I HAD NEVER heard of Aghalee until last Thursday, nor do I suppose had many people outside Northern...

Finger on the trigger BY the time that the introduction of quantity licensing seems appropriate or feasible the unhappy...

ALTHOUGH as a class, professional goods and passenger vehicle drivers are among the most skilled and careful on the road, even...

The Plating and Braking Regulations will compel all transport managers to pay close attention to vehicle loading. It will not...

=MOOM■•■•=MIMMIMIMMII The next seven days October 4-October 10 FRIDAY ITA joint meeting with TRTA: 'Transport Bill" by H. R....

of purchasing expensive injector and pump servicing equipment which we are thinking of doing because we feel that local...

week rise is without conditions? At our firm we generally get paid the £1 if our earnings are less than £15, but if our gross...

arrestors for commercial vehicle use. When operators make their initial inquiry they quite often are unable to supply us with...

farmers are allowed certain concessions in relation to the new tyre regulations. Would you please advise me as l am being...

A The letters SAE are the initials of the Society of Automotive Engineers and when these are placed within the description of a...

A The nominal compression ratio of an engine can be calculated by adding the swept volume to the clearance volume (or volume of...

LOOKING through a great many college prospectuses for the coming winter session, I could not help feeling depressed about the...

THIS WEEK I am turning to the marking of vehicles when they are carrying inflammable loads made necessary by the Inflammable...

Tipping Group (Greater London) Ltd. C £100. Objects: To carry on the business of haulage contractors, etc. Dirs.: 3. A....

Already substantial savings are being obtained by using portable power tools; they do not require large capital investments and...

A commercial vehicle washer. produced by Esquire Kleindienst and Co. Ltd. is one-man controlled and is available in two sizes,...

Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd. has prepared new service instructions covering preventive maintenance and repair for its Mk. 1...

Specifically designed for Continental-type light-van wheels having half-circular ribbed rims, a balance weight announced by...

or mobile unit is specially designed for the vehicle re-finishing trade and is supplied with an L.220 spray gun. This is...

engineer who wishes he had another pair of hands when the phone rings.lt can be fitted to any standard phone in a couple of...

Hands Trailers is introducing an axle with S-cam brakes onto its automatic coupling semitrailer. The brake carrier is a...

A master electronic alarm produced by the Equipment and Engineering Co, Ltd. gives warning of a number of vehicle faults that...

A variant of the Multi Plant tubeless tyre repair kit introduced by Apaseal Ltd. is known as the Apaseal No. 8 Journey Kit. It...

Roy Chambers (Concessionaires) Ltd. of Gosport has added the Kiekens B180 industrial vacuum cleaner to its existing range of...

Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd., Lincoln, showed a heating and ventilation system at the Commercial Motor Show which is suitable for...

The latest addition to the Automec range of automatic vehicle-washing plants, model TS 35, produced by Emanuel (Garage...

One of eight industrial aerosols manufactured by Rocol Ltd., Spatter Release Spray ensures that spatter caused during welding...

A general-purpose hydraulic crane of 14-ton capacity is included in equipment recently introduced by Armstrong Patents Co. Ltd....

with Ron Cater With the ever-present need to increase the throughput of vehicle repair shops tools of the fitter's trade must...

The Wipac Group has recently introduced the Searchlight direct-beam headlamp and a set of spot and fog lamps known as the GT...

A Matbro truck has been specially designed for handling empty containers at the works of Crane Fruehauf Ltd. of North Walsham....

A spring-operated brake has been introduced by the Lockheed Brake Co. Ltd, for use with the company's recently introduced...

A range of power sockets designed for all types of power tools which will withstand the constant impact blow rather than the...

A magnetic-based lamp to provide localized lighting where needed on various maintenance operations has been introduced by...

A Wynall Hercules heavy-vehicle battery-charger / engine-starter provides for remote control of engine starting and therefore...