This year road users in Great Britain will pay about £1,560m in tax or, subtracting purchase tax which is an arguable item,...

GOVERNMENT FACES ALL-OUT BATTLE ON COMMONS/LORDS ISSUE from our political correspondent The Government fears a constitutional...

call by our industrial correspondent • Transport and General Workers Union negotiators have decided against backing the call...

• Aberdeen municipal busmen have decided to ask the town council to pay the local El-a-week award which was agreed on last year...

• Unless new methods of financing roads and allocating responsibility for them are introduced there is no hope that Mr. Richard...

• Scotland's 25,000 company busmen will figure in a new wage claim this summer. The signal for it will be payment in July of...

• One of the requirements for the plating of goods vehicles is that the tyres used on a vehicle shall be adequate in strength...

• From June 10, 2-1miles of A2211 and A21 in South London will become urban clearways and from the following Monday, June 17,...

says Mr. Marsh from our Parliamentary correspondent • Not more than 10 per cent of existing freight will be shifted off road...

• A new 50cwt truck, called the L508D, is just announced by Mercedes-Benz AG. It is to be manufactured at the Dusseldorf plant...

• How the Transport Bill will affect costs and management is the subject of a one-day business course to be held in London on...

from our industrial correspondent • The Road Haulage Wages Council is to meet on Thursday to consider objections to its...

By Paul Brockington • An exhibition will be held in Birmingham from June 10 to June 15 displaying a wide variety of Darham...

CO urse by Sam Buckley • Two weeks was not enough. That was the concensus of opinion among the eight student instructors on...

• "Selecting the freighting medium" is the title chosen for the fourth Physical Distribution Forum arranged by the British...

• As forecast in CM May 24, the Ministry of Transport has now issued a pamphlet to guide goods vehicle operators on the...

• A further 6imiles of the LondonYorkshire Motorway (M1) in the West Riding of Yorkshire, including the Tinsley Viaduct, will...

• On Wednesday June 26 a seminar is being held at the Charing Cross Hotel to examine the effects of the Transport Bill on road...

• A two-day seminar, "Advanced concepts in freight handling and distribution" has been arranged at the Grand Hotel, Manchester...

• The Minister of Transport has amended the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order, 1966, to permit...

• This week British vehicles in transit in Germany have been able to move without the customary permit. Following an approach...

• Two extra freight ferries will come into permanent operation by Tor Line in mid1969, when the company will have increased...

• A proposal to pay 2,500 BRS maintenance men a £2 a week increase is being examined by the department of Employment and...

• Atlas Express Ltd. opened a new depot at Blackditch Farm, Stanton Harcourt, near Oxford, on Wednesday. Although built to the...

construction regulations by Tony Wilding • Last week the Minister of Transport laid before Parliament regulations concerning...

• A top union boss has stepped into a "woman driver" strike row at Alexander's bus depot in Dundee. After talks with management...

• A conflict over bus fares between the new Teesside County Borough and United Automobile Services Ltd., which threatened to...

by Paul Brockington • Safety measures that reduce accidents to vehicle and passengers and means of promoting safety by...

• Soviet transport engineers believe that fast trams capable of developing a cruising speed of over 37 mph may become a serious...

• Three groups of joint express service operators applied to the North-Western Traffic Commissioners in Manchester last week to...

• After an agricultural contractor had narrowed the conditions of the B licence he sought for two vehicles and had given an...

• In a written decision, the Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeal made by Hants and Dorset Motor Services Ltd....

by lain Sherriff FOLLOWING the Whitsun recess the House of Lords will begin its consideration of the Transport. Bill. The...

• Mr. Mohammed Akram Bhuttee, trading as Eastern Travels, applied to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners in Leeds last week to...

• An increase in bus fares on over 100 services in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is planned by local companies. The Midland...

• When fares increases were sought by Isle of Man Road Services Ltd. for its stage network throughout the island, Mr. William...

• The scope of the trials of ways to prevent jack-knifing by articulated vehicles is to be extended, writes our industrial...

Dxford and Abingdon, has been appointed to the 'sew post of BMC director of quality and reliability. Mr. Lord will continue to...

[torn our Parliamentary correspondent • Agreements are to be drawn up with Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey...

HOW POWELL DUFFRYN CATERS FOR CONTINENTAL REFUSE DISPOSAL DEMANDS by Paul Brockington • Until 14 to 18 months ago, none of...

• Few of the vehicles available to local authorities or voluntary organizations fully recognize the special needs of the...

• A Karrier ambulance paid for entirely by voluntary contributions has recently been delivered to Mote House Cheshire Home at...

• A new general-purpose Ford Transit-based ambulance for wheelchairs, stretchers or sitting patients has been designed by...

• A Sisu hydrostatic wheel-motor system has been applied to the rear axle of a Weeks eight-wheeled pole trailer by H. and S....

USING two induction manifolds per cylinder was advocated in a paper, "A new trend in dynamic supercharging - , read at the...

• A substantive version of the Tester's Manual was published on Wednesday to replace the draft edition published last November,...

• Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. announced last week that Overseas Containers Ltd. has placed further orders for semi-trailers...

• Three more Standard Lists giving the maximum gross weights and, in the case of articulated vehicles, maximum combination...

introduced by Volspray Ltd., Nhich requires no supply of compressed air for )peration but simply a connection to the mains...

\ new leaflet entitled "Buildings of all types" ms recently been issued by the Lincolnshire imber firm, Holmes (Wragby) Ltd....

is the basis of a new gas-tight lexible expansion unit for use in the exhaust ystem of a diesel engine. Called the Thermo el...

Portable battery chargers with low weight0 mass to amps ratios are being manufactured by Caldwell Thermo Electrics. The M.W....

Developing over 1.25 hp. the Super Stork Lar 23 is a power tool designed for scurfing, feather-edging, sanding, compounding and...

The BT LB40 mobile bridge plate is designed to overcome the problem of safely bridging the gap between the dock and the...

with Ron Cater Continuing development is perhaps a phrase which most haulage people use in connection with engines. gearboxes....

A British Standard which is important for the change to the metric system in the United Kingdom engineering industry is now...

An automatic brush wash is now available from Esquire Ltd. The machine, which is manufactured in two sizes (small model No....

Four additions have been made to the range of products marketed in the UK by Hella Automobile Equipment Ltd. These consist of...

A 4in. grinder to be called the Grinderette has been produced by Wolf Electric Tools Ltd. It weighs only four pounds and is...

Large portable weighbridges with a new design of lever system are now being offered by Ashworth Ross and Co. Ltd. They will...

Rivi self-adhesive lettering which has been widely used in Europe has been introduced into Britain by Moroi Ltd. This product...

A welding alloy now available from Dewrance Metals Ltd., is claimed to give excellent corrosion and wear resistance with...

Two oil-fired cabinet air heaters added to the Tropical range by Boscombe Engineering Ltd. are the SX.120 and SX.300. Heat...

by Handyman Vehicle recovery: tricks, trucks and tactics (19) • The worst situation faced by a recovery operator is possibly...

on cleansing progress by Ashley Taylor, AMIRTE, Assoc lost T THE cleansing officers and elected representatives watching the...

Kicking the railways around ACCORDING to the White Paper on freight transport the Government is hoping that the road-rail...

AN EDBRO BUCKET LOADER mounted on a Dennis Pax V 12ft-wheelbase chassis is being used by Bury Corporation cleansing department...

USING a Ford Transit Custom 30cwt van of 9ft 10in, wheelbase, a notably compact HCB Angus Firefly Major tender has been...

ice and other winter driving hazards in mid-summer. Possibly this is why we are frequently caught unprepared when the winter...

J. P. B. Sherriff, MITA IN CHOOSING equipment for snow clearing one must be selective because it is all too easy to purchase...

Following the increase in permitted lengths of articulated vehicles and drawbar trailers which took effect in April, COMMERCIAL...

and appraisal of ERF/Simon Snorkel escape platform FIRES cost the nation about £90m a year. While this represents less than £2...

have found the articles on - Vehicle recovery: tricks, trucks and tactics" of considerable interest. I may say that I have...

method in use, but since the wheel studs can take the full weight and hammering of a bus at work there is not the slightest...

I have noticed with interest the reports appearing in the Press recently indicating that hauliers, generally, are having no...

I was very interested to read Tony Wilding's article about this year's HCVC London' Brighton Rally (CM, May 10). The...

I was surprised to note (CM May 10) that the Minister of Transport says he does not have a licence to cover heavy goods...

A LARGE PROPORTION of building and modernization projects in urban areas, no tably London, is undertaken by local authorities...

TEESSIDE AMALGAMATION MAY BE A POINTER TO THE FUTURE THE EXTENSION of boundaries and merging--or submerging—of local...

• Special problems arise when transport has to be arranged for handicapped children, and these faced Chailey Heritage (Craft...

by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE Petrol only up to two tons MR. R. L. WALKER, transport manager of the West Midlands Gas...

THE LAST petrol-engined vans were 'phased-out" of the 1,500-vehicle fleet operated by the Midlands Region of British Bakeries...

*64-dollar question The chairman of Transport Development Group, P. S. Heilman, who presided over the questions session at...

Are you really insured? INSURANCE as a subject is a closed book to many road transport operators. To them the conditions on...

A In the category of general goods vehicles, i.e. vans arid lorries excluding agricultural vehicles, the proportion of...

braking efficiencies but owing to the vulnerable nature of the goads carried it is difficult to test a vehicle fully laden....

A The European Conference of Ministers of Transport was established on October 17 1963 in Brussels. As distinct from Common...

A The amount of frequency of maintenance must obviously vary considerably between one operator and another. While many of the...

A Most leglislative powers as to transport in the Netherlands are vested in the • national authorities, and control rests with...

THE COMMON ROOM by George Wilmoi MANAGEMENT training in road transport has many tantalizing features. Since 1964 when this...

Wings and Springs REGULATION 10 of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 provides that every motor...