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9th October 1953, Page 31
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Light Chassisless Coach

rffilaunching last week of the new Olympian coach built for Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd., was attended by many well-known personalities in the sphere of road transport, including many managers of important bus undertakings as far afield as Scotland.

Great interest was displayed ,in this remarkable product, which is a single-decker with 44 seats and has an unladen weight of only 5 tons 4 cwt. Fully laden with highly critical passengers, the coach proceeded from the Weymann Works at Addlestone to Hampton Court, on the way passing over a long stretch of ground full of potholes and ridges, alongside the river at Walton-on-Thames, finishing with a sharp incline on to the road leading from the bridge.

There were many favourable comments upon the stability of the vehicle and the comfortable riding afforded by its excellent suspension, despite its light weight. Its good controllability was also well demonstrated and the combination of M.C.W. chassisless construction with the Leyland Tiger Cub engine and transmission units seems to be a happy one.

Russia's New Ministry

IT was announced last week in this journal that the I U.S.S.R. has formed a Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. This is of particular interest, as it indicates that Russia is placing great importance upon this method of transport and the development of the highways upon which the vehicles are run. Yet Russia is a huge country, in which it might have been thought that road transport would be a secondary consideration and railways the predominant means for transport.

In Britain, all transport by road, rail, sea and now by air, comes within the purview of one Ministry. Whether or not this is preferable to more individual treatment is a matter upon which opinions may well differ. Some may think that a Ministry devoted to road transport and highways alone might result in increasing restrictions and more red tape.

Proud Owner ol a .Crock

THERE is a large number of old vehicles on the road, but not many arc in the condition referred to in a recent case before the Horsham magistrates. The example concerned had the upper half of its body cut away, leaving jagged edges. The doors had been weakened by this crude operation, whilst the propeller shaft was showing through the floo-r. The running boards were loose, as were the head lamps, which had no glass. There was no effective warning instrument and no 'rear-view mirror, the steering gave play up to half a turn on the wheel, and the brackets of the gear were loose. The proud owner, however, assured the court that an insurance agent had approved the vehicle as being in a roadworthy condition. The view of the bench took the form of penalties amounting to Ll 1 10s.


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