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13th May 1977
13th May 1977
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EsErtir ONG-HELD suspicions that ribery and corruption existed Dtween some police officers rid recovery operators were mfirmed...

Recovery Conference hears police view

Haunch of Newton Commercial Vehicles, said that only two weeks ago he had been approached by a traffic department officer and...

Anger over dery tax 'politics'

STRONG accusations that political expediency is being put before the needs of the country over tax increases on dery have been...

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MOTOR EXPORT SURPLUS 61.6m

BRITAIN'S motor industry showed a surplus of exports over imports of E1,600 million in 1976, said Society of Motor...

Back to school

AT BLACKPOOL, last weekend, members of the National Association of Co-operative Transport Officials met for a business seminar...

LT link-up plans

LESS than a week after the Conservatives took control of the Greater London Council in a landslide victory they began' to put...

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1 THREATEN HAULAGE...

c o SOARING vehicle replaci ment costs and increased ta ation are making it so difficu for operators to buy ne vehicles that...

Shelagh steps in

3NDON'S new transport lief is Shelagh Roberts, who kes over as chairman of the reater London Council's ansport committee from...

Employees to plan merger

LANS to merge Volvo and iab-Scania rest with the nnpanies' employees, who ill discuss the idea before it )es to the Swedish...

Sub-contracting code

NEW RULES on sub-contracting have been drawn up by the Road Haulage Association to help keep rates low and security high,...

Save on waste...

THE 16th International Mechanical Handling Exhbiition next week at the NEC, Birmin gham — May 16-21 — will cover all aspects of...

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HAY'S WHARF BID

£22.2 million bid for the ay's Wharf company from man Transport and Trading ts now been firmly rejected ( the company and its...

Ban lifted on 3 hgv drivers

DRIVERS who have held heavy goods vehicle licences prior to conviction and disqualification for driving with an excess of...

Scots firms penalised

STONEHAVEN firm lost the se of its lorry for a month her Scottish LA A. B. Birnie tld the Aberdeen inquiry: The evidence I have...

11111 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS COSTS

THE Institute of Road Transport Engineers annual two-day conference at the St Johns Hotel, Solihull began today, Friday. Dr A....

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ROAD HAULIERS are impo ing a £10 per container su

charge on movements into at out of the Royal SeaforI Container Terminal, Live pool, in protest at delays of u to 15 hours...

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FTA slams 'these shabby taxes'

HANCELLOR Denis Heay's motives for increasing ehicle and fuel taxation were thabby and unworthy of a abinet Minister." The...

M-Way deaths down

'EWER people are being Bled on Britain's roads than 'led in road accidents 40 years go — despite the fact that here is now...

WEIGHT BAN

WARRINGTON Borough Council is expected to begin legal proceedings to impose a weight restriction on vehicles using the A6144...

SHORT HAULS

New Highway Code A NEW revised Highway Code will be put before Parliament before the Summer recess, Transport Under-Secretary...

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A NEW direct express service between the Lake District and Manchester Airport was launched on Saturday.

The service is operated jointly by National Bus and the Mountain Goat Bus Co, of Windermere. It will provide a much needed...

Schools service blocked by PTE

A BID by the small independent, David Ogden Coaches, of Haydock, for a licence to continue the operation of a schools service...

A NEW minibus conversion based on the Volkswagen LT series

has been announced by the West German coachbuilders, Vetters of Stuttgart. There is room in the high top vehicle for 12 seated...

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Controlling the speed I f hydraulics

EFUSE collection vehicle ianufacturer Eagle Engineerig Co Ltd of Warwick has dapted a Holdspeed cruiser ontrol — a system...

SHORT LOADS MADE FAST

TO PROVIDE positive loadshoring for cargoes which do not quite fill out the full length of a vehicle body, Tautliner...

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ASX Root es

raise roof THIS DODGE (formally Commer) 2500 wheelchair-carrying ambulance is the first to be fitted with the new 305mm (12in)...

Enter. Mitsubishi

a t a anter DEMONSTRATION models of Mitsubishi's Canter lorry will be available in the United Kingdom in August. But pro...

Tensioner for curtains

A RATCHET tensioner is now fitted by Boalloy Ltd, Congleton, Cheshire, to the winding spools which draw tight the load-bearing...

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'Co-operation means peace'

Jack Male lays it on the line T WAS a ease of no punches milled at the Road Haulage fissociation annual dinner in London on...

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Rack axe taut* es tacitagutplia•••

In Commercial Motor of April 8, there was a letter from Mr Jackson Moore in response to mine of March 25. In his letter, Mr...

Raitufrago luta

bub tad go.••• It is strange that Mr J. C. Cooper and his associates should produce a paper with the negative title "Railways...

Coy pakkiug in Bog Kin • • .

Some operators mistakenly believe that the London Road Coach Park, Bognor Regis, is some distance out of town. By coach from...

Foga. x 4 We would like to make it clear

that the Foden 8 x 4 used for the road test ("Rolls power for Foden tipper" CM April 29) was one of our 30-tonners....

Co* otitsia

I really must correct the news item on page 19 (CM April 22). It is not true that the relatively small reductions in the bus...

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CM launches Recovery Association

'HE FORMATION of an Assoiation of Recovery Vehicle. )perators made a fitting climax o last week's highly successful wo-day...

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Lost 2, won 1

LAST WEEK, LIKE MOST WEEKS AT CM, started quietly and grew to a crescendo on press day, but there the similarity to other weeks...

Elsie is back

Clearing house used to be a naughty phrase in transport terms. They were accused of capturing traffic, locking it behind...

Fuel thoughts

Iwo weeks ago, after reading 'resident Carter's speech about mergy conservation, I >uggested that the Americans ;ould save a...

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Q We have a recovery vehicle which is classed as a

light locomotive. I know that one attendant is required in general, but must we provide two attendants when a broken-down...

Cl I have a DUKW which I keep for private purposes

and I want to move it to another beach. Could I tow it with an artic tractive unit taxed as a private vehicle or will it be in...

We operate vehicles which are under 3 tons unladen but

over 7.5 tonnes gross and they bear no reflective rear plates because under the former regulations governing the classification...

Q If a vehicle is fitted with a scissors-lift platform, can

it be classified as a tower wagon and therefore exempt from Excise Duty? We have such a vehicle which we use for work on...

As the owner of a brand new heavy goods vehicle

driving licence (though limited to vehicles up to 10 tonnes gross) I am interested, naturally, in preserving it. I know that...

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LkLA fie L L V IL L EMPIRES come and go almost with the regularity of the ebb and flow of the tide, and like the receding tide...

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LE LE 11 ilk

IN ALMOST every country visited by CM staff we have Found Bedfords delivering . Coca-Cola. Jacki Passmore tells how the...

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UMW Li/i

LL i LøL ARL k!iiA JRAL SURREY is far removed every respect from the sticky at of Kuala Lumpur. More ecifically, Dennis...

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LILLEVILL 111 RLLt The Sandbach firm is providing a number of special order vehicles THE South African vehicle market is in a...

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VIL ELL Li /IL 11 LORD PALMERSTON descriL Hong Kong to the House Lords in 1840 as "a ban island with barely a house it". The...

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Care & Maintenance Sure way to stop jack knifing

Girling demonstrates a jack-knife situation. SKIDS can result just as easily from an incorrect adjustment or bad loading from...

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SEVEN basic right-hand drive models comprise the Leyland Marathon range. Five are tractive unit variations and two drawbar...

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IT'S nearly four years since Commercial Motor tested a

Leyland Marathon so to try a truck to the latest specification I drove an example belonging to Federation Breweries on one of...

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12,11311J12 Jai FIVE basic models of Marathon tractive unit are available. The shortest wheelbase 4x2 version of these, fitted...

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4 VILI •JJV THE FIRST of what was to become a fleet of 24 Leyland Marathons was delivered to the R. J. B. Neale (Transport)...

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Lii JJJ1i MARATHONS are becoming a familiar sight on the two main trunking roads from Mumasi, Ghana's big cocoa town, to the...