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13th July 1973
13th July 1973
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Living with public opinion

The excellent report, "Living with the lorry", published this week not only provides independent evidence of the lorry's...

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Ford's 42-tonner

for Europe by the Technical Editor • Ford is to enter the top-weight European vehicle market with a brand new "corporate Ford"...

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Living with the lorry: a call or a square deal

fassive report spells out the indispensable nature of road .ansport and challenges DoE estimates of road cost for eavier...

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• The "Blue Flash" leaflet reproduced here is likely to

find its way to many parts of the country, writes John Darker. The action committees set up by the TGWU in various areas...

Garage guide

• The first addition of an Official Garage Guide has been published by 1PC Business Press Information Services Ltd in...

Metric special types

• The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1973 SI no. 1101, comes into operation on July 15. This...

Coil container

• The payload capacity of an ISO container fitted with one of Winn International Container's coil-carrying inserts is 17 tons...

News in brief

"Le Club" gets new AP An order worth E2m a year has been won by Automotive Products for brake systems and clutches for "Le...

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Jack Jones wins his battle

with the militants by John Darker • The TGWU biennial delegate conference at Brighton this week was a supremely political...

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LT busmen want better hours

• London Transport busmen are pressing for improvement in working hours. The Transport and General Workers' Union has presented...

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Speedbus the answer to London's problems?

• A plan for a network of limited stop bus services using reserved lanes has been drawn up by London Transport and submitted to...

New livery for Glasgow PTE

• A new livery is being introduced by the Greater Glasgow PTE. It will retain the basic green and orange of the old Glasgow...

Six extra on TGWU list

• Six coach firms have been added to the list of operators approved by the TGWU. The union's "Fair List" is provided for unions...

Bus company right to sack clippie

• A conductress who admitted that she had been "too soft hearted" and allowed passengers to travel without paying fares had her...

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LA considers NCL's priority conflict

• A conflict on priorities between the operating and engineering departments of the former South Eastern area of National...

South Wales LA prescribes for Beechams

• The Beecham Group, holder of operators' licences for more than 2000 vehicles in 11 traffic areas, appeared before the South...

Court sympathizes with haulier's 'weight' problem

• Gloucester Crown Court Recorder Mr Victor Watts sympathized with hauliers who had no proper weighbridge facilities to comply...

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LA hears of Munson's 38 hours and records offences

• A company with a record of 113 convictions against itself and drivers employed by it over a five-year period appeared under...

Driver cleared of triple death

• A Blackburn lorry driver was cleared at Leeds Crown Court of causing the death by dangerous driving of three people at B...

GV9 a warning in itself'

• Commenting that every prohibition notice was a warning in itself, the Western LA, Maj-Gen Sir John Potter, curtailed the...

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Works express refused by Commissioners

• Doig's Tours (Greenock) Ltd was refused its application for authority to switch three existing workers' express services to...

PEOPLE

G. S. Taylor becomes chief mechanical engineer of Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive on September 1. Mr Taylor, now group...

SELNEC to raise fares

• Despite objections from 22 local authorities, the North Western Traffic Commissioners on Monday granted an application by the...

Application refused following missed appointments

• Mr E. S. Heywood of Lydford, Devon, had his application for renewal of his operator's licence for two vehicles refused by the...

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Wet-waste tanker with safety features

• It is significant that the valves of a new 4000gal vacuum-filled wet-waste tanker, built by Fusion Ltd of Ravenshaw Lane,...

Environment and transport

• A symposium on the environment and transport technology is being held at the University of Technology, Loughborough,...

Dyson loss

• A trading loss of £10,141 is recorded by R. A. Dyson in its annual report for the year ended March 31 1973. The biggest...

Dates for your diary

Saturday July 14. IRTE (Essex). Coach Outing to British Grand Prix. Silverstone. Coach leaves Southend 7.30 ern, Tuesday July...

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How high trailers increase roll-over risk

Safety conference hears of critical factors in artic stability • Roll-over of an articulated vehicle will occur at only 15 mph...

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Cost tables and the small haulier

The advantages to be gained from a continuous cost record far outweigh the tedium which might be thought necessary to compile...

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bird's eye view by the Hawk

• With love? John Murly's harrowing experiences of getting goods to and from Russia by road (this column, June 29) are about...

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How does the operating cost differ?

THE two DAFs-FT2200 DU and FT2600 present an interesting opportunity to compare operating costs. Although there might be little...

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meet

Roy Leighton • About a year ago when Roy Leighton joined William Nuttall Transport as deputy managing director, he moved to...

topic

Post-war planning ONE distinctive feature of Dr Clifford Sharpe's book of the lorry is the absence of proposals for drastic...

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a British premium tractive unit

By D Lloyd BSc Part 3: Selecting a transmission system TRANSMISSION includes not only the gearbox but the whole driveline of...

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Britain in the EEC The implications of CMR (2)

A REVIEW of leading clauses in the CMR agreement applying to transport for hire and reward within the nine member countries of...

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n I am forming an express delivery business. It is

my intention to use an Austin-Morris 250.IU chassis /cab unit fitted with a Luton body. It will be of 500ft capacity and carry...

n I am employed as a heavy goods • C

vehicle driver and would like to know my holiday entitlement. I have worked for the present firm for six years and get three...

Q I have been ca ll ed to a public inquiry by a

Licensing Authority under Section 69 of the Transport Act 1968 because of a number of prohibition notices issued against my...

Q I am engaged in the transport of agricultural produce and

I find it difficult to keep within the 11-hour working day because of the delays caused by congestion at markets. I understand...

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management

matters by John Darker, AMB M Employee participation: Some labour relations dynamite from the Liberal Party ALL political...

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know the law

by Les Oldridge, Tang (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE The Attachment of Earnings Act (2) WHEN a court orders an employer to deduct a...

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road and workshop

by Handyman Vibration is still a major problem These days the trouble is not caused by rough roads but is generated inside...