ime coach drivers by CM reporter 3UAL coach drivers are no e of an accident risk than men who drive coaches as ill-time job....

Y hauliers have learnt the 1 way about the new elecic weighing equipme nt :11 is now being introduced. nes totalling £3,000...

soon? by CM reporter A FINAL decision on the recommendations of the report produced by Mr John Wells on the future of the Road...

from our political correspondent THE Government's plans for a White Paper on transport policy are now nearing completion and it...

Gloomy predictions about future passenger levels on bus services—with an alternative of astronomical subsidies—are made in one...

1y CM reporter L TOTAL of 907 vehicles are sted in the vehicle orders for 976 lust released by the lational Bus Company—a drop...

L LOAN for the ailing DAF ruck-building concern was his week promised by the hitch Government, writes our )utch correspondent....

.EVENUE support for buses nd Underground train serices will be reduced by the rovernment from £103m to 91m in 1976, the second...

BRITAIN is mounting a strong challenge in the world commercial vehicle market—and doing so with a great deal of success. This...

More power from Scama A NEW RANGE of mediumweight trucks from . Scania makes its debut at the Frankfurt Show this week....

It is not often that an industry can produce evidence refute allegations as swiftly as Britain's bus and coach r have done this...

SCHEMES where drivers buy vehicles from their employers to become owner - drivers are fraught with difficulties. Men who are...

THE SHADOW Minister for industry, Mr Michael Heseltine, will open a conference on "Road transport efficiency" at the Cafe...

OVER 200 companies have expressed interest in the RTITB young driver training scheme and 16 companies have paid their fees and...

A NINE-month study ol Middle East route has Leigh, Lams, freight for ing company to set up a voy system for its t going to that...

ALL delegates to the CM Management Conference have received their docume now, including prop.: papers and entry tickets. D last...

DW at TUC ERCE row on the relative s of road and rail freight port broke out at the :a Union Congress in pool last week. Mr...

THE first of a new series of road tankers meeting draft Home Office regulations on the transport of corrosive chemicals has...

"TRADE CARAVAN" ped with central heating ir-conditioning and hauled British Leyland Marathon he World Trade Centre...

PROTECT against the modern highwaymen and "Guard your goods." That is the message to lorry drivers in a British Insurance...

TRIALS of a new anti-lock braking system have revealed that a test vehicle was in a potentially dangerous situation a...

A FIRE JACKET to put out tyre fires was demonstrated at the works of Monsanto Chemicals, near Wrexham, last week. The device,...

FOR the third year runnin the apprentices taking p cal training at Livin MOTEC and further educ courses at West Lothian lege,...

ED primarily at ownunt operators who are v to find the coming fur restriction on drivers' s and mileage a problem, Parcels...

N GmbH, the German alist builder of construevehicles, airport crash .1rs and municipal equip, is participating in meethe giant...

THE TOP haulage driver in Ayrshire is George Cunningham, the 25-year-old transport manager of his family's Galston-based...

Ward has been appointed West Midland area secretary. He takes over from J. T. Parnell who is retiring. Mr Ward, 41, has been...

CLAIMS that the Traffic Commissioners were 'threatening to decimate Southdown's tours operations were made at a hearing at...

DENNIS Brothers at Guildford have bought a 1963 Daimler CVG6 to use as a mobile testbed for the components to be used in their...

ALTHOUGH Ribble has as1 Cumbria County Council provide £48,000 in extra si 'sidles this year for °pent :services in Carlisle,...

'ying Britain's first DAF coach Martin Hayes )tographs by Harry Roberts TISH OPERATORS may n be able to order DAF 3h chassis:...

LY about 20 per cent of operating costs of the HarDial-a-bus experiment are ered by the revenue. a mid-1974 prices total ual...

Model: DAF MB200 DKL. Engine: DAF DKL naturallyaspirated six-cylinder developing 140kW/ton (192bhp) at 2,000rpm to BS AU141a....

A FREE bus service being offered to holders of Access and Mastercheque and Eurocards while Edinburgh Festival is on has been...

LONDON Transport is aiming to develop a multi-ride ticket that can be bought and used anywhere in its area. Passengers in Wood...

tacho FIRST British-designed 'Britt/I-made tachograph leen given a green light. iced by Veeder-Root, the lee-based in strument...

'ING the ranks of the :s intended especially for Ie East operation is a la modified by B and W In (Manchester) Ltd, and ;tied...

ZEW suspension system Led to provide more ort was announced by motive Products Ltd at Sunday's National Associ of Ambulance...

SUCCESS or failure of an idea Often depends upon who puts it forward and in what circumstances. 7f the original regulations...

By Tim Hoare THE announcement this week of a new battery electric vehicle, from a John Ratcliff (Tai(l-lifts) subsidiary,...

The converter is housed in a standard Model 65 Borg Warner 'automatic transmission housing. On the Marina the second gear band...

?. is a Morris component rig a ratio of 6.2:1. The es are unmodified, being drums all-round. riere are 18 batteries weigh s...

THE AVS Marina provided an interesting comparison With the Post Office Lucas Bedford that I drove last week (CM September 5),...

- ish Rail's track maintenance had its critics but I don't 11 anyone ever alleging that ons became derailed while ionary. Yet...

nits by the mil brigade on " free " track provided for I hauliers have an increasty hollow ring. Ever sinoa a ristry...

The transport Press is always warmly welcomed at local meetings of the FTA, What a terrible dilemma then faces the CM man who...

The recent report on Rural Transport in Wales—rejected by the Welsh Council who commissioned it — was the subject of a critical...

As my work is in some ways indirectly connected with road transport, I am a regular reader of Commercial Motor. I am also a...

by Trevor Longcroft photographs by Harry Roberts SO FAR AS British operators are concerned the short, 3.03m (10ft lin),...

Lorry driver of the year Colin Burrows and runner-up K. W. Duggan are leaders in a contest dominated by the big battalions by...

, phy donors in parentheses) t eliminating centre team (Amoco): Aberdeen. t driver from a Scottish centre (RHA Scottish...

Common Sense Plan You can get a Ford Van working for you now. This week. Without playing havoc with your cash flow. Ford Truck...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE WHEN A driver has been interviewed by the police about a road _ traffic offence he is...

By the Technical Editor FOLLOWING the same pattern as the test of the TR 280 Berliet (reported in CM June 27) the Euro Truck...

Articulated doubledecker at Frankfurt CONTINUING a tradition of producing unusual vehicles and bodywork in the huge exhibition...

that hazard warning lights could only be used in certain circumstances— which did not include being parked for unloading...

clearance in France? Can 1 transport the necessary plant to France on the tippers which I would use there? All paper work such...

commercial vehicles? Especially during school holidays I see children in the driving cabs of heavy goods vehicles and they seem...

vehicle on which is mounted a scissors-lift platform. Can this be considered a "tower wagon" and can we claim exemption from...

using towing ambulances. Can you tell me what regulations cover their use and what restrictions are in force? A . The use of...

by John Darker, AMBIM IN a talk with Mr W. S. B. (Stan) Jackson, head of personnel of BRS Parcels Ltd, I was given some...

ae oil Banded Fibre Fabric's ibtex range of industrial inlets are now available in form. hey are the Flame-Proofed le which is...

A rear mounted full torque power take off for Ford four, six and eight speed gearboxes has been developed by Jonas WebSter....

An "instant on "gas operated heavy duty steam cleaner has been added to the 1Fradic range marketed by Singer Products Inc. The...

ultra-fine filter version of its fti-nozzle forced ventilation t has been introduced by Automotive. The unit incorporates a...

nstrip has introduced a Le range of !inverters and rinaires designed specifidally psv and . cv application. • 'he...