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10th October 1975
10th October 1975
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HOURS

Revolt spreads but not to Ministers? A REVOLT against the EEC eight-hour driving day— sparked off by the French—has now spread...

RHA's 'no'

Dwn-account TMLs EEC PROVISIONS for licensing transport managers should apply only to hauliers and not to own-account...

Support for FTA line on EEC proposals

great importance to the owner of goods that the parties witl whom they enter into con tracts of carriage are: " person and...

Strike plan in Belgium

THROUGH their trade association, Belgian road hauliers have told the Belgian Government that unless action is taken promptly to...

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ASZ

Drivers' heart tests attacked TOP doctors have hit out at the present system of testing heavy goods and public service vehicle...

Doctors want better health checks

The working party said that since hgv and psv drivers spend a greater proportion of their lives on the road than the private...

TGWU demands full £6

LORRY driver members of the Transport and General Workers' Union are to press for full £6 a week wage increases under the...

PTEs to try Dennis decker

THE DAIMLER chassis prepared by Dennis as a mobile test-bed for the components to be used in the company's new design of...

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State bid for Felixstowe

by CM reporter AN OFFER worth £5.25m has been made by the State-owned British Transport Dock Board for the Felixstowe Dock Co...

No go to tachos

THE eight-hour driving day and the tachograph will zertainly not be forced upon as on January 1, 1976. This is the view of the...

Turk tax

A SPECIAL transit tax on vehicles passing through Turkey—imposed 10 days ago—only applies to trucks from countries without a...

Old customs die hard

If the bureacratic processes improved as fast as the free enterprise freight facilities, Britain's exports would flow quicker...

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Fake permits: DoE hits back

SUGGESTIONS that DoE attempts to stamp out forged international permits (Letters, CM last week) are against British operators'...

No escape, boss!

AN EMPLOYER does not escape responsibility for a licensing offence because he did not authorise his employee to drive a...

ALB

Short hauls THE British Association of Removers has protested to the Foreign Office because firms were given only 12 working...

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UlAW

Confusion over names ALLTRANSPORT Interna tional Group Ltd, of Church Street, Staines, Middlesex, was granted a temporary...

Are official tyre gauges accurate ?

TYRE GAUGES issued by the Department of the Environment to examiners could not be certified as to accuracy, it was admitted...

Dealer complains of impertinent survey

EXTREMELY impertinent is how one of Britain's leading commercial vehicle distributors describes a nationwide survey now being...

Scania sales hopes

SCAN1A expects to sell 750 trucks in the UK this year, and 900 next year. These figures were given by the new managing director...

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Ro/ro fleet grows

ANOTHER cross Channel vessel built specially for rollon/roll-off goods vehicles was expected to be delivered to European...

Roundabout cuts loading time

SUBSTANTIAL reductions in vehicle turn-round time at shops and depots are claimed for the Hydrauto pallet-loading system, now...

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(PEOPLE

Haulier to sit in judgment FOR the first time a haulier will pass judgment on other hauliers when Bernard J. Foster takes up...

MOVES TO BEAT

The I.Q. plan FREE travel late at night, cameras, piped music and more individualised buses could all help to reduce the...

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OOLIGANISM ON THE BUSES

and • • . The drinks ban "awareness of self" to the passengers. This is reported to have been successful in reducing vandalism...

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Laze PASSENGER

Take it easy replacing sar b e u s e s buses, one-third of the 48,000 NEW GROUND was broken by the specialist transport and...

Trying an IN with Sevcon

by Martin Hayes CHEAP WAYS of converting Britain's estimated 32,000 buses fitted with pneumocyclic semi-automatic gearboxes to...

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No problem!

Instead of shopping around for oil, air and fuel filters for your vehicles, why not go straight to your Purolator stockist, and...

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Where abnormal loads are normal

4,000 miles away. Just as important, he is also responsible for the profitability of his projects. Two aspects of EPH's modus...

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Oldies get the treatment

A RECONDITIONING scheme to bring any make of curtainsided trailer up to the same specification as the Boalloy Tautliner has...

Dodge heavy mods

A SERIES of modifications have been made to the Dodge 3820P tractive unit. Existing vehicles are being converted to the new...

Mazda pick-ups for farm trail

SPECIAL versions of Mazda's B1600 pick-up truck have been developed by a Mazda dealer in Hexham for carrying livestock and milk...

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or the road

operators tell CM how have beaten the 'bumps' I the Middle East road ONLY a brave man or a fool would claim that he could...

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THE AGREEMENT

THIS agreement is made this day of between (driver's name) whose address is (hereinafter called "the driver ") and RF Interport...

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Continental costing

continued from page 46 in certain other countries as Germany 71p, Austria 45p, Hungary 22p, Turkey 42p, Yugoslavia 47p and...

New regs are on the way

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE THE Transit of Animals (Road and Rail) Order 1975 regulates the carriage of farm...

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Perfecting the permit paperwork

The IRFO office in Newcastle can supply good advice as well as documents to international operators by Gordon Murray...

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Perfecting permit paperwork

continued from page 51 ?reviously used or expired permits have been returned. Me second quarter is issued when two-thirds of...

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Graham Montgomerie looks at cabs and in-cab equipment suitable for Continental runs and beyond

SINCE the arrival of the first Scandinavian imports from Volvo and Scania in the Sixties the truck cab has become more...

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INSIDE VIEW

Mindful of the need for protecting the food in hot climates DAF has provided the choice of a cooled food storage unit or a full...

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Will hauliers accept the discipline of 'Conference' rules?

SHOULD ROAD haulage operators seize the nettle of Conference organisation on the lines of Shipping Conferences? For...

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Unbeatable value for money!

The CF 'Special' is loaded with extras -and all at a special price. Here's a great opportunity to get yourself a limited...

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Tour drivers to Italy need plenty of lire

LACK OF CASH — that's the most likely reason to cause trouble to coach drivers on the Continent, once their vehicles have been...

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taly need Amy of lire

:ontinued from page 65 Although the driver can nanage roadside repairs, the ;ontinental vehicles carry only he minimum number...

Mulberry bushing

Whenever I attend a foreign transport conference my heart bleeds for those Britons whose jobs take them frequently to these...

Decisions? What decisions

The Continental habit of producing volumes of hot air is not simply an irritating source of conference boredom. It wraps every...

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Crossing Europe without

haulage permits by lain Sherriff PROVIDED 24 British operators co-operate, German Federal Railways could be running a trial...

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The next haulage frontier

NIGERIA has recently gone over to right-hand driving. Remember that if you go there. But equally remember that so many drivers...

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THE TIR trickle is becoming a flood and British haulage

vehicles now reach out into almost every corner of the Continent. With the new generation of cabs, British heavies can hold...

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The union view on part-time drivers

I would refer to the article on part-time coach drivers (CM September 12). The main argument apparently that the casual pay...

'Pluck out the commercial'

The EEC have already shown the -way to achieve some progress in the matter of managers' licensing .and there is a reference in...

Independent bus

contest I was somewhat concerned to see (CM September 19) that the organisation of the UK Bus Driver of the Year competition...

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How old is an old vehicle?

Some practical thoughts on bus replacement TRANSPORT managers in recent years have been subjected to a plethora of advice from...

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When is a vehicle causing obstruction? The other day I

left my delivery van in a fairly wide street for a few minutes-15 to be precise—and when I returned I was told by a policeman...

Q I have been asked by some members of local organisations—eg,

the Women's Institute and the Scouts—if they could use our 12-seater minibus and our driver. Do we need any psv driving...

Q I have just sold an artic tractive unit and I

have given the log book to the purchaser. Must 1 take any further action about notifying the tax people that I no longer own...

Management Matters

Neely was far from convinced that the bus company with 20,000 vehicles operating at an average fare of 10p and with a host of...

Doubles and singles

The acute difficulty of planning replacement in the bus industry is illustrated by the unresolved argument still raging round...