Nationwide Warning On Bans by T.R.T.A.
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QCORES of trade bodies and industrial organizations throughout the country who op Irate vehicles under C licence are being alerted by the Traders' Road Transport Association. They are being told of the danger of a new clause dealing with loading bans in the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Bill, which was adopted in the House of Lords, last week. The effect of the clause, put forward by Lord Lucas of Chilworth, is to empower local highway authorities to prohibit loading and unloading anywhere in their territory for as long as they wish.
If it becomes law it will nullify a section of this year's Road Traffic Act which gives permission to local authorities to introduce lengthy bans only on condition that reasonable access for vehicles is maintained. This "reasonable access" safeguard is removed by the present clause.
• BONUS SCHEME FOR B.R.S. BANK STAFF
OPERATING staff of British Road Services, other than drivers, are to have a bonus scheme taking effect from August 8. On the understanding that present work will be performed in fewer hours—generally one hour less a day— they will receive a bonus payment of 15 per, cent. on basic rates.
B.R.S. drivers already have a similar bonus, and the new arrangement applies to the balance of staff who are covered by the B.R.S. operating grades agreement.
As reported in The Commercial Motor on July 1 and 8, some bank employees of the B.R.S. parcels organization have been staging a " go-slow " movement in protest against what they claimed to be undue delay in concluding the agreement.
NEW BRAKE SYSTEM FOR THAMES 7-TON RANGE A NEW braking system, which incor
porates an increased lining area of 480 sq. in. and flydrovac constant vacuum servo assistance, is now being fitted to vehicles in the Thames 7-ton range at no extra cost.
Time lag between pedal application and brake operation is negligible, and pedal pressure is considerably reduced by the Hydrovac's constant vacuum, it is claimed. If pedal pressure exceeds a certain level, the Hydrovac's two-stage system comes into operation and provides additional servo assistance.
ASSEMBLY IN ISRAEL
FOLLOWING agreement with the
Studebaker Packard Corp., of America, commercial vehicles of tip to 7 tons are to be assembled by KaiserFrazer of Israel, Ltd. The Kaiser-Frazer organization has been granted exclusive rights to export Studebaker -Packard vehicles to Algeria, British East Africa, Burma, Cyprus, Ethiopia, French West Africa, Ghana, Iceland, Iran, Mozambique, Nigeria, Turkey and Yugoslavia.