Marker-lamp C hanges Drafted
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THE Minister of Transport proposes to
amend the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations, 1964, so that front corner marker lamps can be positioned on the corners of the low Platforms of semitrailers constructed with narrow goosenecks for connection to drawing vehicles. Present regulations limit the position of front corner marker lamps to within 5 ft. from the front of the trailer and lamps fitted within this limit on this particular type of trailer fail to mark the corners of the low platform.
The proposed amendment to Regulation 32(1) of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1964 is as follows:— Regulation 34(1) to have effect as though for sub-paragraph (a) there were added the following sub-paragraph:— " (a) no part of the illuminated area of either lamp is more than 5 ft. behind the foremost part of the trailer, except that the said distance of 5 ft, may be extended to a distance of not more than 12 ft. behind the foremost part of the trailer if by virtue of such extension no part of the trailer to the front of either
lamp has an overall width of more than one half of the maximum overall width of the trailer."
The Ministry would be glad to receive any comments interested parties may wish to make on this proposal not later than January 1, 1966.
Bid for UTA Workshops
A CONSORTIUM headed by T. B. F. Thompson (Belfast) Ltd., the Albion, Leyland and Scammell distributor in Northern Ireland, is negotiating with the Ulster Transport Authority for the acquisition of their vast engineering workshops in Duncrue Street, Belfast. Leyland Motors and the Transport Holding Company are also interested parties to the negotiations, the latter primarily because of its 50 per cent interest in Northern Ireland Carriers.
T. B. F. Thompson (Belfast) Ltd. has extensive engineering interests in Belfast and Co. Londonderry, and a spokesman told "The Commercial Motor" this week that the initial plan is for Thompson to take over the maintenance of UTA p.s.v. and NIC commercial vehicles at Duncrue Street.
A meeting has already been held with UTA and union officials and senior representatives of the Ministry of Development.