Every time a regional labour dispute becomes heated, confused and personal it provides yet another reminder that the road...

CM's David Lowe interviews employers, officials, drivers and shop stewards in the Birmingham area and finds strong resistance...

• There was an unhappy ending this week CO the "birthday party" which lorry drivers employed by Tina Transport, of Terrington...

• Following discussions between the RTITB and the Department of Employment, agreement has been reached on the level of...

• The first production gas turbine engine to be built by Ford in the USA came off the assembly line on Tuesday August 10, at...

from a special correspondent • Scottish hauliers report a steady downward trend of traffic arising from the continuing decline...

• A new £160,000 end-loading terminal has been completed and put into use at Gourock to permit direct loading of transport...

• The Common Market, the use of land for transport purposes, the repeal of the special authorization procedure which still...

• Chrysler UK is supplying 166 Dodge trucks for refugee work in India. The vehicles have been purchased by UNICEF for use in...

• For carrying crated milk bottles a special version of the Tautliner curtain-sided body for heavy trucks has been developed by...

• The City of London Polytechnic is inviting applications for enrolment for the intermediate examination of the Cif and the...

• On Tuesday Eden Commercial Services Ltd, ERF vehicle distributor in Cumberland and North Westmorland for over 20 years, moved...

• The activities at present undertaken by the National Freight Federation (NFC) Ltd are being merged with those of the National...

• The road vehicles section of the 1971 Leipzig Autumn Fair, September 5 to 12, has attracted exhibitors from 18 countries....

near M6 • The Government should give the motor trade more support and the Press should be less critical, said Seddon's...

• The Industrial Relations Bill received the Royal Assent on August 5. The provisions of the legislation will be brought into...

• Mr Robert Carr, Employment Secretary, has reconstituted the Distributive Industry Training Board for a further three years...

• Braking system standards for motor vehicles, including commercials, are included in a package of directives to member states...

no quick changes • The Government is looking towards new legislation to cover the road transportation of dangerous substances,...

• Just published is a new edition of the best-selling FTA Driver's Handbook. It appears in an entirely new form, is fully...

• This year's FTA Conference, which takes place at the Grand Hotel, Scarborough, from October 13 to 16, will cover a wide range...

• Evidence of German transport expansion into other parts of the EEC is provided by recent developments in Holland and Belgium....

D. W. Maund. 31, for merly commercial manager of the BRSL Overnight Express Co at Bromford Mills, has joined Ralph Hilton...

• One man who thinks that post bus services are not the answer to the rural problem is Mr Leonard Conaway who is heading a...

• J. Lofthouse. Mickle Trafford, Chester, trading as Lofty's Tours, is negotiating for the day excursion coach business of...

• A corporation transport department that boasts the cheapest fares in the country has managed once again to make a profit....

• Three local councils in Northumberland which have refused to contribute towards an annual subsidy of £46,000 to help maintain...

by Derek Moses • A fleet of 10 Leyland Panther PSUR1B/1R 18ft 6in. wheelbase single-deckers with 70passenger bodies by Marshall...

• MPs from both sides of the House got little satisfaction when they urged Mrs Margaret Thatcher, the Education Secretary, to...

• There is new hope for the people of the Garnswllt and Hopkinstown district whose bus services are being withdrawn by the...

• So certain is a British coach company that the UK will be joining the Common Market that it has already started to co-operate...

• SELNEC Passenger Transport Authority has reduced by £1.5m the application it made this week in Manchester for an increase in...

• The first Metro-Scania buses to enter service with a British independent operator are now running in Winchester. the only...

• The abolition of half-price fares at peak tunes for schoolchildren using Eastern Counties buses was challenged by Norwich...

• Bee-Line Roadways Ltd.. Teesside. have won their appeal to the Department of the Environment against the refusal of the...

• Twelve new traffic commissioners were appointed in the year 1970-71, eight of them nominated by county councils and four by...

Several operators with licences authorizing small numbers of vehicles suffered curtailment, suspension or revocation when their...

• Objections by Norwich City Council to new bus services introduced on Sunday July 11 will be heard at a public sitting of the...

• An application of Sturnham Transport Ltd of Charlton to add to its licence of 13 vehicles and II trailers, four vehicles and...

• An Inverness haulier claimed sabotage was made when he appealed to the Scottish deputy LA to be allowed to keep his...

• Humber Warehousing and McVeigh experience shows that depots which follow the laid-down system for the control and...

• A novel form of drive is used in a vehicle planned by British Twin Disc Ltd, of Rochester. Kent, for use on airports. or for...

• A new type of Rent-a-Box multi-purpose site container that can be used as a workshop, store or site office is now available...

• More than 60,000 spectators are estimated to have watched the third Trans-Pennine run for historic commercial vehicles from...

• Ask a policeman Information-gathering is one of the essential elements of police work but I am always amazed at the depth of...

V. diesel by Gibb Grace, DAuE. CEng, MIMechE Choose diesel for economy and petrol for performance WE seldom have the...

• by T. A. Ennis A report of the Chartered Institute of Transport's 1971 study tour of Eastern Canada. ONE does not have to be...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations • THE Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations, 1971, which came...

by Handyman Benchwise: cool it (14) WHEN the thermostat is closed against water leaving the cylinder block, quite high...

Leaning on the haulier MANUFACTURERS were not expected to be enthusiastic at the request from the Confederation of British...

y our tax by R. H. Grimsley A watchful eye TWO main classes Of direct tax hit business:— (fl Immediate income tax and surtax...

by John C. Vann • Vehicle maintenance is obviously important. Insurance companies stress this by including a policy condition...

executive and deputy chairman of the National Freight Corporation removes from the centre of road transport policy-making a...

George Crawford • It is difficult to know whether to address George Crawford as a transport manager or Commodore; because...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

company operating 15 dieselengined 10/15cwt vans. Their average yearly mileage is about 20,000; the vans are maintained in the...

to scrap road service licensing for all services except stage and scheduled express bus services described in CM last week, and...

some time in 1964 an the Perkins differential diesel engine, the DOE. The system was not developed commercially and I have been...

interested in veteran cars and the history of the automobile. Obviously, the pneumatic tyre has played an all-important part in...

running on trade plates and displaying "1" plates. Obviously, it is necessary in hold an hgv licence while driving one of these...

Planning for profits, controlling credit and collecting debts by F. S. D. Davies and S. J. Rayfieid, MANAGERS. TASC, ROAD...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Educational bodies in transportthe Work of the...