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Driver schemes

worry TGWU by John Darker THE apprentice training scheme for heavy goods vehicles made possible by the recently passed Road...

Tribunal confirms the power of Law

THE ABSOLUTE power of Alan Law, the Midland area officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union, has been confirmed by a...

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Rate cutting a recipe for disaster, says RHA chairman

"THE operator who cuts rates first is the man who goes out of business first." This was the message given to hauliers by Road...

Sir Reginald Wilson retires from TOG

SIR REGINALD WILSON is to retire as chairman and from the board of Transport Development Group on December 31. He will be...

Dockers impose no-name ban

DOCKERS in Hull have warned haulage companies that they will refuse to load, unload or be involved with any heavy goods vehicle...

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British makers to press for 38 tonnes

BRITISH truck manufacturers have decided to seek an increase in the gross weight limit to 38 tonnes for the 1978 model year. '...

PVOA agm to be on October 1

OCTOBER 1 is the date fixed for the extraordinary general meeting of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association which will be...

On the eve of the Earls Court Show, which will

focus attention on the industry's essential equip/net - it, it is salutary to be reminded b) the I.Dolr championships that only...

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Hauliers forced to buy abroad

LAST WEEK British Road Services announced that it is being compelled to buy foreign trucks because British manufacturerers are...

Nek tasks for transport and distribution managers

WHEN Mr Bob Beckham, the new president of the Freight Transport Association, spoke at a senior transport management course for...

1976 Show — where?

The SMMT has no idea where the next Commercial Motor Show will be held. Director John Beswick said this week: "We are over a...

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Own-account operators should furnish proof of need, says John Wells

by CM reporter MR JOHN WELLS, whose terms of office as national chairman of the Road Haulage Association jttstly earned him...

America's champion talks to CM

NOT DOUBLE but triplebottoms with a gross weight of up to 90,000 lb (just over 40 tons) are likely to be the norm in America if...

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Transport in tomorrow's world

by John Darker Report of a weekend conference at Lancaster University arranged by the North Western section of the CIT. WITH...

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Collection for driver's children

NEWS of the death of LDoY finalist Mr Derek Bland, killed with his wife when a tree fell on his vehicle on the way to the...

RTITII approves grant

for next year THE Road Transport Industry Training Board has approved next years' Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year...

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Union campaign against 'cowboys'

LOCAL authorities in North Wales have been asked by the Transport and General Workers' Union not to award school bus service...

Van Noel for Eire

TWO COACHES which will be on show at Earls Court next week on Van Hoots stand are the pre-production models of a revised series...

coaches' Call for SBG inquiry

after higher fares plea A CALL for the Secretary of State for Scotland to mount an inquiry into the affairs of the Scottish...

A fare explanation

A CIRCULAR letter recently issued by Greater Manchester PTE explains that although bus fares in its area are to be raised from...

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Revised KL system for Moseley

COACHES on the Moseley Continental stand at next week's Commercial Motor Show will be fitted with an improved version of the...

Fares applicationlerrifying4r Birnie

AN APPLICATION by a bus company on the Outer Hebrides island of Lewis was described as "terrifying" by Mr A. B. Birnie,...

Success for Post-bus

A SUCCESS is reported for the only Post bus which operates in the London area. The service, to and from the isolated Surrey...

LT tender names Bristol chassis COACHBUILDERS are• now studying a

tender from London Transport for the supply of 95 single-deck bus Dodies for delivery late next year. The tender advises...

1000 lob applications

MORE than a thousand would-be employees have sought information about jobs with London Transport, in the past month, a report...

iln plus

for LT's Metropolitans AN ORDER from London Transport for 164 Metropolitan double-deckers has been confirmed at a price said...

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South Eastbrn LA criticizes BRS system*

FOR the, second titrk Within a year, Southern British Road Services Ltd last week had five vehicles curtailed from its...

Defective tyre two vehicles suspended

A STRICHEN firm which admitted it had been fined £15 for running a lorry with a defective tyre had two of its 15 lorries...

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Primrose blossoms with new ideas

'RI MROSE has .nnouneed four surprise xhibits for Earls Court. First, it has launched a QS egmental production kit vhich is...

Leyland van prices

THE PRICES for Leyland's new light van range (full description page 83) have now been innounced and are as Follows: 185 van:...

Tie life

NETEEN out of Fife Fire igade's 29 appliances are er their useful life of 15 ars, warns Firemaster 3nk Partington in his nuel...

York to replace suspect Big D's

TO AVOID the possibility of failure in a component used in a batch of its Big D fifth wheel couplers, York Trailer Company is...

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Leyland's Wenner for the National

ANNpUN4D today is another no -bus version of the Leyland National. After the Business Commuter — shown last year comes the...

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Leyland pick-up on the Marina

TWO YEARS after the introduction of the Marinabased 7cwt and 10 cwt carderived vans, British Leyland have this week announced a...

BASED on the same running gear as the standard Simca

1100, the 1110 high Top Van — announced today — is intended for operators with loads which are bulky rather than heavy and who...

A NEW, and compact, fourwheel-drive tractor has been introduced by

MercedesBenz, based on the company's Unimog vehicle. The vehicle is dedigned for moving very heavfloads on special drawbar...

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Smooth ride into the future

A FUTURISTIC alicl luxurtrt ious cab mounted ahead of the power unit and front wheels of a mock-up vehicle front and featuring...

Guide to workshop equipment

A NEW book dealing exclusively with the subject of garage equipment has been published by Autobooks Ltd of Brighton. The book,...

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Cornishman takes the cream again

by Gordon Murray and Anthony O'Toole . orry Driver of the Year for 1974: H. L. Richards, Heavy Transport (E.C.C.) St kustell,...

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Long-awaited light

van from Leyland by Graham Montgomerie BRITISH LEYLAND has announced a new range of light vans and deliveries designed and...

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The Leyland 240 van

by Graham Montgomerie DESCRIBED on the preceding pages is the new light van range from the Austin Morris division of British...

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Earls Court Preview

New and not so new models at the Commercial Motor Show IN SPITE of the dubious economic climate many manufacturers are...

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How to get to Earls Court

and where to find CM IF YOU PLAN to attend the Earls Court Show, it would be wise to work out your travelling arra'ngements...

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Safety and comfort the main accessory interest

SAFETY and driver comfort continue to be the main areas in which accessory manufacturers are concentrating their efforts at...

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On the components scene

NAME ANY COMPONENT and it's a fair bet that it will be on somebody's stand at Earls Court — that is, if you can find it....

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Better ways of keeping them running

EQUIPMENT to help operators keep their fleets in top-notch order will be displayed on Earls Court's first floor in the...

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New Dunlop and Pirelli tyres for Earls Court

Trend to tubeless radials—but far fewer tyre exhibitors at this year's Show ON the tyre front this year, the main trends are...

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Buying a new vehicle •

should be a calculated choice The temptation to own a brand new vehicle can be almost irresistible, but ignore the appearance...

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Trying Ailsa's decker in London by.....yes

FOR MANY bus operators these days driver reaction can be all-important when specifying new vehicles. Cases of crews and their...

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• Willowbrook brings back the curved treatment

by Martin Hayes WILLOWBROOK today announces a brand new luxury coach body which marks a major change in thought by the...

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A 20-seat baby Faro from Moseley

WHAT IS claimed to be the only 20seater coach body designed for full psv operation on the UK market is announced today by...

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Evenin'all

I think Fords have always been secretly tickled that the Transit has proved so publicly popular with the modern criminal —...

Dangerous fruit

After the clockwork orange the .xploding banana. All you hauliers waged in the carriage of fruit had better be careful that...

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First British Dial-aRide Symposium

Important role for the demand-responsive bus AN IMPORTANT step in the development of a new form of public transport in Britain...

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Don Critchley

While Don Critchley, the recently appointed general manager of British Vita subsidiary Blue Dart Transport, has spent most of...

Hardy perennial

IT IS NOT DIFFICULT to forecast the general lines of the letter which the chairman of the Road Haulage Association will shortly...

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lam taking my A levels next year and must apply

for entrance to a University shortly. If I am successful in obtaining a degree course in transport s say at the University of...

QQ What is the retrospective period for which a Licensing Authority

can take into account convictions in relation to the holding of an 0 licence, and what are those convictions? A in directing...

Q For the past five years I have been operating

two lorries for the same company. Last month there was a lack of work and only one of my vehicles could he loaded. The manager...

Q I am employed as a driver by company delivering nes

imported vehicles from their port c arrival to virtually anywhere in th UK. I am concerned because m employers tell me, that I...

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Form filling

I have not followed in close detail he progressive development of the 3oard's administrative policies in . ecent years. It is...

The formula

The calculation of levy rebate is by formula: Sum of weightings for each significant occupation with satisfactory training...

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Trade licences (3)

by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE FURTHER restrictions on the use of trade licences to those already discussed are...

Niggardly

Opinions may differ as to th( wisdom of a grant of money to ar employee with the staying power tc achieve success in a...