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17th October 1969
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Commercial Motor VOLUME 130 Na. 3344 OCTOBER 17, 1969 British

Road Services is not the first haulage company to start a transport consultancy service for its customers—indeed, most hauliers...

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Personal logbooks for drivers' records

MINISTRY REVEALS PROPOSED NEW RULES • The first major document to issue from the Ministry of Transport since Mr. Fred Mulley...

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SELNEC counts the cost

• Difficult decisions that will have to be made by the SELNEC (Greater Manchester) Passenger Transport Authority, as from...

Institute president answers the critics

• The dangers inherent in discussing the interests of the Institute of Transport over too wide an area were highlighted by the...

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Higher parcels charges forecast

• Increased rates of the order of 12+ per cent from January 1 were forecast at the express carriers functional group meeting...

Grants to offset SET

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board announced that after lengthy negotiations with the Department of Employment and...

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Build-up in Barking

• Almost exactly a year ago a one-acre plot of land on the industrial estate in Thames Rd., Barking, Essex, was mostly marsh...

Test date discs for trailers

• The Minister of Transport has circulated for comment proposals for regulations which will require goods vehicle operators to...

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CM sponsors transport seminars

• Following the success of the Transport Act seminars sponsored by Commercial Motor earlier this year, a series of seminars on...

Europeans approve tachos

• The European Parliament last week approved a resolution calling for the compulsory introduction of tachographs. The...

TIR licensing regulations laid

• The Goods Vehicles ICarriers" Licensing) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) Regulations 1969 were last week laid before...

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Container Transport

by David Lowe BEM for brave tanker driver • When his tanker, loaded with 9 tons of propane gas, caught fire, a driver for...

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Yeates 40th anniversary show

OPENING OF NEW PREMISES CELEBRATED • First in the field with the autumn coach shows was W.S. Yeates Ltd., which opened its...

Training conductors and instructors

• Two further sets of Training Recommendations are being issued by the Road Transport Industry Training Board this month. They,...

Anglo/US research co-operation

• Mr. John A. Volpe, American Secretary for Transportation gave a press conference at the US Embassy last week, following talks...

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Radio/computer bus control system

• A system which will provide the traffic controller of a bus undertaking with a continuously up-dated picture of the location...

1970 coaches on show

• Coach operators will have an opportunity to examine 1970 models at three exhibitions to be held by dealers during the next...

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Chas. Poulter inquiry concluded

• In London on Friday the Metropolitan Licensing Authority concluded his inquiry into the application by Chesford Haulage Ltd.,...

Bankruptcy case awaits decision

• The Western LA, Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, will give a written decision to the applications for five A and five B licences...

Reluctant grant

• Two Contract A licence applications were granted at Birmingham on Tuesday. Mr. J. Else, West Midland LA, explained the...

Scottish fares increases

• While the Commissioners are considering the applications heard at Perth last week by the Scottish Bus Group to increase...

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Milk switch refused

I Because of the objector's evidence, the Jorthern LA, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, said he was inable to grant a switch of two artics....

Financial difficulties led to 178 inquiry

• A breach of norrhal user was admitted by Mr. Peter Strain, of Newton Stewart, at a Section 178 inquiry in Glasgow last week....

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Leyland post for Arthur Fogg

Arthur Fogg, the former director and general manager of AEC Ltd., has been appointed director and general manager of Leyland...

'Start on new roads now'

• In a forthright and loudly applauded speech at the SMMT annual banquet on Tuesday, the president, Mr.. Douglas Richards,...

Blackwall Tunnel

• Work is to start on the construction of Blackwell Tunnel Northern Approach on Monday, November 3, and will last about 2+...

Contract misused?

• B. G. Stanton of Stockport, who applied for a new B licence for a 5+-ton tipper, in Manchester on Wednesday, was told to...

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8,992 GV9s

• Between October 1 1968 and August 31 this year. 354,126 tests and retests of goods vehicles were carried out at Ministry...

PM's clean sweep at MoT

from our political correspondent • The Prime Minister has carried out a Ministerial clean sweep at the Transport Ministry. A...

Power hydraulic brakes to come

• Power hydraulic braking systems, on the lines of present air systems in that they use reservoirs and valves but significantly...

BoT jibs at ' ITE'

• The increase in membership of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers during 1968—by 666 to a total of 4,672--was a source...

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Fodens feature new cab at Glasgow

• A new cab will be featured by Fodens Ltd. at the Scottish Show next month. A feature of the design is twin forward-sloping...

'Viva' award to AP

• The Worshipful Company of Carmen has recently presented its annual ''Viva Award for Transport Improvement" to the Automotive...

VW's pre-service diagnosis

• A full diagnosis system for vans and cars that is being introduced by all Volkswagen dealers in Britain should mean not only...

Van prices up

• An increase of approximately 10 per cent in the prices of Volkswagen vans, pick-ups, and Microbuses was announced last week...

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Loads and forces (22)

• The semi-trailer tends to be treated these days almost as some form of mobile loading bank, little thought being given to the...

Trailer Guide additions

• The buyers' guide to semi-trailers published in CM September 12 did not include entries for Overland and Neville. The...

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ALBION GOES TURBOCHARGED

FIRST USE of the turbocharged Leyland 401 engine in a BLMC truck is in two new versions of Albion chassis announced today. One...

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Bird's eye view

by the Hawk * Viewpoints A recent case at Durham magistrates' court threw up some classic examples of how personal convictions...

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Hauliers urged: raise roles

in step with costs • Reported by lain Sherriff. MITA and David Lowe, MInstTA. Essay winner replies to questions "THE...

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Five benefits of TMLs

ACCORDING to Mr. J. B. Wild, managing director of Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., the content of the draft syllabus /manual for the...

Road goods boom is coming

THE recent growth of British Railways' traffic will soon slacken off, and the road operator will once again enjoy a period of...

Relate Wages Council awards to real pay

ALTHOUGH Wages Councils were often the only stable institution in an industry made up of small units, they had their defects in...

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Reject cut rates: BRS chief

AT an open for - urn on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. L. S. Payne, managing director of BRS Ltd., asked hauliers for their...

Training and labour relations: a searching probe

AT an "interrogation" session on Wednesday, lain Sherriff, deputy editor, Commercial Motor, Arthur Sherlock-Mesher. editor,...

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11. Preparing to assemble the first month's results

THE SOURCE from which each monthly cost ingredient is calculated per vehicle has now been fully explored, particular attention...

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ulos

SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT FORMULA IN "UTO's African Saga"—CM September 19 a broad brush picture of the widespread activities of...

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Janus comments

Yes, but will it work? WHAT made the report of the Geddes Committee on road haulage licensing so memorable was the way in...

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BRS strides into the future

PERHAPS the most interesting feature of the current road transport scene is the way the industry is adapting itself to...

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

The next seven days from October 17—October 23 SATURDAY ITA (London) Ladies" Festival, Piantatior House, Mincing Lane, London....

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Q We employ a skilled fitter and a semi' 1 E 1 ' skilled fitter,

and one of their responsibilities is to test our vehicles for brake efficiency and steering after servicing and overhauls. In...

Q My company is getting demands for

bonus payments from the workshop staff, and I fear that unless we can put forward some really productive and comprehensive...

Q Could you please supply the answers

to the following points? When an existing driver of heavy goods vehicles claims a licence after February 2 7970, what evidence...

G Would having a gritting attachment fixed to the back of

a tipper enable it to be reclassified as a road construction vehicle ? A The Ministry of Transport tells us that whether...

G Would you be able to give me the names and

addresses of some makers of equipment fired by waste oil for garage and workshop heating ? A Two firms which manufacture waste...

Q I want to gat a job as a mate on

a lorry until I am old enough to drive one myself. Could you tell me if there are any age limits for drivers' mates? A There...

Q I have just started driving a C licensed

heavy goods lorry for an engineering firm. They say that I have to do a 14-hour spreadover every day for five days and a...

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Examples of management courses in road transport

SELECTING examples in the broad categories of short management courses in road transport, which I outlined last week, is...

Trailers (1)

Drawbar trailers are not very popular with commercial vehicle operators in Britain at present, chiefly because it is necessary...

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New from Kismet

Compactalign A number of new items of equipment were recently demonstrated to the Press by Kismet Ltd., Fenlake Works, Fenlake...

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KEEPING \\ THEM RUNNING , with Ron Cater!

A wide range of companies find their transport needs best served by purchasing ex-military vehicles and because many of these...