Spend A Little, And Stay Alive

ALTHOUGH no accident is acceptable in aviation and on the railways, says Barbara E. Sabey in TRRL supplementary report 581, "a substantial accident risk has always been an......

Belt Up: It's The Safest Policy

VIOST lorry drivers who dislike ;eat belts seem to have a greater ear of death from a forwarddiding load than from ejection rom the cab. They might ;hange their attitude if they......

Planet Is A Spin-off

MY paragraph about hauliers' house journals has prompted Mrs H. M. Russell to tell me that she has become editor of a guar terly newsletter introduced by the Peter Lane Group of......

Ford Should Turn To Drink

FORD of Britain had no hope of matching Japanese productivity, Sir Terence Beckett, chairman and managing director, sadly admitted to trades union representatives. Perhaps this......

Appreciating A Good Jam

ARTHUR JACOBS, of Hampshire, is one of the few county surveyors to have a good word to say for heavy lorries. Mind you, their virtues, as he sees them, seem to be limited to......

Human Touch Is Missing

SIX specialists can run Ford's huge new parts distribution centre at Merkenich, Germany. One of six cranes, acting on orders from a computer, can locate a part in any of 26,000......