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otor VOLUME 130 No. 3351 DECEMBER 5, 1969 The transport trade unions must know perfectly well that the British Road Services...
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EVIDENCE THAT APPLICANTS NIECES ARE DAUGHTERS OF MR. SOLLY DAVIS • "I can think of no reason for this stupid plot other than...
• Arrangements are in hand for the Anglo /Yugoslav Road Transport Agreement, signed early this year, to come into force on...
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• Inefficiency, extravagance and the unjustified refusing by the ATITB of grant applications —these were the complaints last...
• The minimum age for heavy goods vehicle drivers could be reduced from 21 to 18 years if art approach by the Road Haulage...
• Pickfords Ltd. announced this week the formation of a new subsidiary company, to be known as Pickfords Tank Haulage Ltd.,...
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• Commercial Motor was right in maintaining that the tractive units of articulated vehicles will be freed from carriers'...
• Members of the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers expressed concern at their meeting on Wednesday at the high...
• Goods vehicles which fall into the light vehicles class and which therefore should pay a 3s toll are being charged 10s for...
• Following its immediate reaction—"the £4 fee is exorbitant"—to the proposed l i censing fees (CM November 14), the FTA has...
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• Where an operator is granted an 0 licence for a maximum period of seven ycars, and has a fleet of 100 vehicles, he may have...
• Changes in operators' licensing regulations made since the draft was circulated for comment earlier this year include the...
• Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd., Team Valley, Gateshead, has completed a first contract for five electric parcel-delivery...
• Leaders of Belgian and Dutch transport unions agreed at a meeting in London on Tuesday to back the TGWU in its battle against...
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• In anticipation of further problems arising from the stress placed on the need for higher maintenance of goods vehicles under...
• The Freight Transport Association has further clarified the situation surrounding holding companies, subsidiaries and the...
• The setting up of another Purle Group Company was announced this week. Purle Waste Disposal (London) Ltd. stems from a merger...
• The Ministry of Transport has asked the Road Haulage Association to justify the advice on cost increases which specialist...
of the £3.5m, 700 - acre proving ground being built by Vauxhall Motors Ltd. in Bedfordshire (CM August 22) was completed this...
• At a meeting attended by more than 100 members of the Surrey and South Middlesex area of the FTA on Wednesday, Mr. W. J....
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• The widespread uncertainty and dissatisfaction caused by the lack of a definition of - on duty and "off duty" in the new...
• The Grimsby-based Humber Warehousing Co Ltd, is making plans to acquire new businesses in order to further expand its...
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• The National Bus Company was last week accused of asking for fare increases throughout the country when it should have been...
• A series of new Glasgow Corporation double-decker buses are being fitted with topdeck passenger seats made entirely of glass'...
• The £96,000 set aside in the current financial year for contributions to local authorities paying rural bus grants is not...
• Ninety-nine per cent of the general public who went abroad by coach believed that their luggage was covered by the company in...
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from our Parliamentary correspondent They would also take over from the Railways Board responsibility for existing contracts...
• A 2s door-to-door bus service— believed to be the first of its kind in Britain—is to be introduced by London Transport on...
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• Orders for over 100 Fleetline doubledeckers have been announced by Daimler Transport Vehicles Ltd. All are for 9m chassis...
• Mr. Bob Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, gave a short. sharp "No" when the possibility of...
T. W. H. Galley has been appointed first chairman of London Country Bus Services Ltd., the company in which the Country (green)...
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• "I am of the opinion that Mr. Clark's failure to make any effort to answer the suspicions raised by the investigations into...
• W. J. Wenman (Covent Garden) Ltd. was fined £24 with £15 costs at Aldershot magistrates' court on Monday for aiding and...
• The East Midlands Traffic Commissioners at Lincoln agreed to the application by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co. Ltd. to...
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• Applying successfully under Section 174 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 for the renewal of two A-licensed vehicles—there had...
• Private hire and excursions had once subsidized stage carriage services but this was nearly impossible today because of the...
• Suspending three vehicles for six months at a Section 178 inquiry in Cardiff last week, Mr. R. R. Jackson, the South Wales...
• A fine of £40,. with £10 costs, was imposed on G. Stiller (Transport) Ltd., of Middleton St. George, by Tottenham magistrates...
• A Felton, Somerset, transport owner was told in Bristol last Friday that it was in his interest to co-operate with MoT...
• The manner in which a number of charges were brought against a fruit merchant by the South Wales traffic area was criticized...
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• At meetings held in Manchester and Liverpool last week, organized by the North Western goods vehicle maintenance advisory...
• To allow operators to take advantage of the recommendation that 0 licences will not be required for goods vehicles of up to...
• By increasing the speed of transit and so encouraging more efficient use of men and vehicles the Greater London Council plan...
• Mr Mervyn Law, chairman of the highways committee, British Road Federation, has expressed confidence in evidence before a...
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Loads and forces (29) • Last week I discussed higher speeds now being achieved by "'heavies" and the almost certain loss over...
• A new vehicle service bay. including fleet vehicle maintenance, has been opened by the Chase Road, NW10 branch of the...
• The new manual Driving published by HMSO price 12s 6d net, is described by the Ministry of Transport as an essential...
• Pressure in the air springs of the second steering axle of Atkinson twin-steer tractive units is now controlled by a manual...
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16. Setting performance standards through budgetary control We have seen how driver/vehicle performance can fluctuate so...
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Deep-sea services in trouble again THE REFUSAL of London's dockers to operate the notorious 29 berth at Tilbury and the...
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ILLEGAL immigrants are causing concern in official circles in Whitehall. Foreign and Commonwealth nationals slip ashore at...
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Private driving schools are working to capacity—but there are too few by David Spain ONE of the many frustrations facing the...
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DO YOU ENJOY documentation? Is perseverance one of your best qualities? Are you (or a member of your operating staff) good at...
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TO the coach operator abroad, that is just what his AMI card will be, for those letters signify the Service d'Assistance...
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NOT ALL coach jobs require top class vehicles nor do they all provide top class revenue. As a result there is, and probably...
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continued certification which will, if granted, be for from 1 to 5 years, depending on the condition. It is normal after that...
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BUS and coach operators are very individualistic and small independent operators tend to be the most extreme in this....
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continued that a retarder is an essential (though at about £300 an expensive) item of equipment on the VAM and VAL models, One...
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*Still unequal Geoffrey Hallam, the genial managing director of Humber Warehousing Co. Ltd., was telling me last week that his...
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by lain Sherriff, MITA THERE are all sorts of reasons why children need to be transported to schools. New estates are...
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THERE CAN be no doubt that 1969 has been a momentous year for Britain's road passenger transport industry—one which will go...
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WHO MAKES WHAT ALL coachbuilders constructing bodies for normal British stage carriage service are working where possible to...
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Janus comments TOTAL LACK of supporting evidence will have prevented the interests unfriendly to the lorry from suggesting...
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THE replanning of scheduling in the bus industry has not been simplified by the tiresome negotiations with the Minister —though...
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For the next seven days from December 5D ecember 11 FRIDAY loT I Leeds and District Graduates' and Students Soc.) annual...
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some vehicles at weights above these at which they have been plated, Could you tell me how this occurs? A The situation you...
van which six months ago started pushing water out of the radiator. My garage thought the trouble was being caused by a cracked...
Commercial Motor recently about restrictions on the number of passengers which can be carried in a lorry. I want to use a...
tioned facilities to enable hauliers to make quick turnrounds at Liverpool Docks. This sounded a very good idea and one wen...
bulk powder tankers for road vehicles and am trying to establish whether there is a professional body to which I could apply...
livestock abroad in containers and I have heard that new regulations have been made concerning the height of the decks on...
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FORCES like the Transport Act, the establishment of Industrial Training Boards and new educational policies are fast moving the...
THE reputable vehicle operator will generally co-operate with the police in establishing who was driving one of their vehicles...