The concern shown by many owner-operators concerning their image following the CM article (August 12), "The Good, the Bad and...

NEW about-face by ansport Minister William dgers on tachographs now pans acceptance by the Dertment of Transport that the...

REGULATIONS to bring in transport managers' licensing were expected to be laid before Parliament this week — and they will be...

BRITISH lorry drivers on Continental journeys can expect heavy on-the-spot fines for not having a tachograph fitted in place of...

A CALL from the British Safety Council for more stringent measures to control the smoke output of all commercial vehicles has...

die 'is ign CLAIMS that some operators in the Kent area are using TIR registered vehicles on domestic haulage while paying...

GOVERNMENT transport policy has turned out to be a "watery creature" according to British Road Federation chief economist Shaun...

THE Department of Transport has published a draft Traffic Regulation Order to prohibit heavy lorries over 5 tons unladen weight...

WHEN MORE THAN 300 contestants take part in the Natio Finals of the Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Competition, on...

ID Transits using lpg will be used by ional Carriers for its new mail order eels delivery service called rieward. ne service...

AMERICA and Japan are on the march for big export orders — so Europe, beware. Otto Voisard of MAN, speaking in Munich last...

THE Department of Transport has published draft Orders under the Highways Acts relating to proposals to construct a by-pass...

Greenwoods Transport has spent almost 40 years building up a national transport system, stretching from Land's End to John...

JERLAND road transport im Pakistan to the UK and rope is being used experi!ntally to move cow and ffalo leather to overcome...

AN EMPLOYEE'S notice of resignation, if not put into effect, could not remain in the air indefinitely and must lapse after a...

CODE of rules for employers arings has been put together The guidelines included in e code, drawn up by a ulier who sits on an...

THE FREIGHT Transport Association in Scotland is concerned over Scottish Development Department proposals to implement a...

GENERAL and Municipal Workers Union Scottish regional secretary Alexander Donnet is to be the new chairman of the Scottish...

failed in its duty to cow drivers of their responsibi and prevent overloading. This was stated by Nort Licencing Authority B...

GLASGOW'S policies cri ing commercial vehicles ing overnight would appe be working, as there has no complaint from hat concerns...

A NEW £100,000 training centre for both drivers and transport managers was opened at Mendlesham, Suffolk last week. The new...

NATIONAL Carriers' headquarters have been moved to new offices above the Paddington Dept at 2 Bishop's Bridge Road, London W2...

THE FINANCE ACT 1977 increases the VAT registration and deregistration limits by 50 per cent. These changes will be operative...

DUBLIN local authorities have agreed, in principle, to allow private developer Tom Roche to build a toll bridge over the...

A GAMING table will soon be a feature on a ro-ro plying to Eire. The first gambling concession has been granted to Maritime...

Glasgow have launched a new Glasgow-London express parcel overnight service starting September 5 to be known as "Blue Parcel"...

THE DEPARTMENT of Industry's Committee for Materials Handling, in conjunction with Warren Spring Laboratory, is holding a...

WHY DO SOME businesses fail and others succeed? Mervyn Andrews, in his new book Business Finance and Taxation from Sewell's...

MACK TRUCKS has devised a new system to ensure that operators of vehicles engaged on long haul European and Middle East haulage...

THE MERSEY Docks and Harbour Company have won support from Merseyside County Council for a new plan to build a Freightliner...

A REGISTER for drivers needing work has been started by a Yorkshire couple aiming to help unemployed drivers. The Freight...

A CALL for a ban on hem vehicles in the village ( Croston, Lancashire being made by local re5. dents. They have prepared...

PONTYPOOL (Gwent) tch operator that had Been; for 10 of its 16 vehicles , oked by the South Wales If& Commissioners in Jatry...

IF JANUARY 1 is still the agreed date for the introduction of EEC "Social" driving hours regulations, it will have a disastrous...

TEN new Leyland National buses in the St Helens fleet of the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive are being fitted with...

ISLE OF MAN National Transport Ltd is soon to adopt a new livery comprising basic red with white window surrounds. This will...

Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive is to spend 000,000 on advance alarm systems for its six hundred buses after an attack...

THE KENT County Surveyor has recommended the County Council does not grant approval to the siting of a coach park off Military...

A NEW totally enclosed bus station for the new town of Glenrothes has been designed by the Glenrothes Corporation staff and...

S. HUGHES (Distributors) Ltd of Gomersal, Cleckheatori, West Yorks, has been appointed a Volvo distributor. Hughes, one of the...

TASSINS COACHES of Didcot, Oxfordshire, has just placed a VA million order for 10 coaches with the Moseley Group at...

HESTAIR DENNIS's recent "drive-in" at Goodwood Motor circuit provided my first opportunity to drive the new Dennis Dominator...

OW COST audio-visual ining for vehicle mechanics s just been approved by the ■ ad Transport Industry iining Board and is...

costs ore... IE TRANSPORT and Road asearch Laboratory this aek published its annual port for 1976. Alex Silverleaf, director...

GILBRAITH COMMERCIALS LTD of Botany Bay, Chorley, Lanes, has introduced price increases for its glass reinforced plastic crew...

SHATTERPROOF vehicle mirrors manufactured from acrylic are available from Impact Mirrors Limited. No problems from shattering...

A NEW idea in lubrication from Applied Chemicals Ltd of Uxbridge, Middlesex, comes in a handy spray on can which has three main...

THE Tecalamit High Speed Jacking Beam conforms to DTP requirements in providing a wheel free condition on vehicles undergoing...

be purchased by Overs of Camberley which have been built by Vanplan of Warrington to full TIR specification and are designed to...

STONEFIELD Developments of Cumnock near Kilmarnock is to produce a new range of 4 x 4 and 6 x 4 wheel drive vehicles with the...

wheel drive Ford Fiesta will go on sale in France, Germany, Italy and Spain later this year. As yet Ford has no plans to sell...

additions to the range test equipment produced by W. Eldred of Holderness Ro Hull. A large meter deflection a relatively low...

ORR Y BREATHALYSERS o reduce smoke emissions by oth lorries and coaches are mong new measures proposd by the British Safety...

I read the article quoting Mr John Silbermann, director of Brent Group and national-vice-chairman of the RHA (CM August 12)....

will( Ott Kaugkfij... After 24 year's involvement in the road transport industry and being an avid reader of Commercial Motor,...

growth in management training during the last two years is undoubtedly related to the increasing impact of legislation on...

by Preceptor Steering geometry 1. WHEN A VEHICLE is cornering, true rolling motion of the wheels and tyres, without any...

THE UK SIX-WHEELER • market is dominated ' by British Leyland's Beiver and Bison models, which, betweenthem, account for...

MANY fleet operators, both large and small, find the whole science of lubrication a black art: terms such as viscosity, polymer...

ALL the lubrication requirements of the various engine manufacturers, however long and complicated the individual...

A PLANNED lubrication system can help the operator combat the ever present problem of rising costs. Remember: the important...

LUBRICANTS and oils are used for a large number of diverse applications in transport today—far more than ever before, in...

BY FAR the biggest engine lubrication problem facing operators is dilution of the oil by the fuel. This dilution applies to...

THE introduction of multigrade oils has simplified the dispensing situation. In place of four or five different types of engine...

ALL SORTS of phenomenal between-service mileages have been quoted for oil changes. The point to stress here is that the idea of...

Whenever you take one of your vehicles off the road, it stops earning you money. Now, at last, there is one way in which you...

compressor and ancillary equipment permanently mounted in a 10ton gross box van. Could you tell us if the vehicle can be taxed...

licence, that he is a diabetic. He is now on insulin, but his condition is stable and well controlled and he has never suffered...

surgery to one eye. This mei that contact lenses are nec. sary, and would give me 6 vision. What is my legal requirem. for...

Is it permissible to tow an unregistered and , disabled vehicle on an ambulance or dolly? In moving old vehicles during...

Accounting I e smell haulier. ..I Eldon Bowden and Roger Lees of Tasc — Training assistance in small companies, part of the...

by Les OLdridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AM IRTE Powers of police and vehicle examiners IN THE LAST ARTICLE I discussed the police...