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1st August 1975
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Freight rates climb by CM reporter

to beat price spiral EAVY INCREASES are being Laced on freight rates in a 3 , sperate bid by operators to eat soaring costs....

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'Defer tachos and hours cuts'

Minister's appeal to EEC DR JOHN GILBERT, the Minister for Transport, is to make representations to the EEC Commissioners in...

Tribunal upholds NCL appeal

AN APPEAL by National Carriers Ltd against a decision by the South West Licensing Authority to renew its 263 vehicles and 411...

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The Foden Affair . . by CM reporters

lack on the road to recovery ODENS are set for a :covery from their econnic ills following a £3m Lsh injection by the City...

250 buses a year

FODENS are in possession of a letter of intent from a company to buy 250 buses a year when their new double-deck chassis goes...

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NFC will grow in Scotland

THE NFC has plans in the pipeline for Scotland, the Corporation's chairman, Sir Daniel Pettit, told a Press conference in...

Freight Integration Council: the end

from our parliamentary correspondent THE DAYS of the National Freight Integration Council— which has met only twice in the past...

No truck with public ownership

The news that Foden have placed their dependence on thE shareholders rather than on part public ownership h probably more...

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Heavy fines for drivers who falsified records

HEAVY FINES were inflicted upon three lorry drivers who were convicted of falsifying their drivers' records by Chorley,...

A lorry

driver's ransom PRESTON-based lorry driver Alan Irwin, held by the autho rities in Iran for seven weeks since being involved...

Stalag Nig(

A SITE for the Colditz-style loi park (CM July 18) to be bt. near Aberdeen has been sett. on by Grampian Council's rot and...

Trans

Pennine run MORE than 220 old commerc vehicles will be taking part this year's Trans-Pennine run 64 miles from Manchester...

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Operator behind with trailer care

['HOUGH the tractive units rated by wastepaper mernt John Ford (West Bromh) Ltd were in a satisfacr condition, it was a...

lore labelling of tankers

E labelling of road tankers rying dangerous loads is to extended—and made cornsory. Ar Harold Walker, Under:retary for...

Showing lorries the way

PLANS for a lorry routeing system through West Sussex have been unveiled by the county council. A draft map showing the...

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'Mecca is now in sight for hauliers

A PLAN which will bring organisation and co-operation to hauliers and forwarding agents operating on Middle East routes and...

Hire firms need protection

UNLESS hire operators take steps to protect themselves they could be liable for fixedpenalty fines incurred by their customers...

Bumpy ride

ROAD MAINTENANCE is be cut, perhaps by as much 20 per cent. Dr John Gilbert, •the Tra port Minister, said in I Commons that he...

Making the going easy

GO through Eastern Europe to the Middle East and avoid the shortage of West German and Austrian permits, the FTA has told its...

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;rants aid

;YSTEM of Premium Grants o be introduced by the Road insport Industry Training ird to safeguard against a ere shortage of...

Govt to meet rail losses

FACED with a £70m loss on its freight services, British Rail plans two price increases this year and investigations of...

PEOPLE

MacKinlay, who joined tish Commercial Transport Co L in March, has now been iointed manager of the freight warders' newly...

CIT subs up THE Chartered Institute of Transport is to

increase its subscription rates from October 1 because of the impact of the "very high current levels of inflation." When...

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Southdown runs into licensing trouble

JUST AS Maj-Gen F. J. Elmslie was about to close a hearing of the South Eastern Traffic Commissioners at Eastbourne last week...

Safety moves aftei coach tragedy

TWO MEASURES will be introduced by the Government to tighten up on safety following the Dibble's Bridge coach accident in which...

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lares marathon

FARE increases up to per cent for Greater Manster PTE were granted by Traffic Commissioners 1' a five-hour session. be...

:leared driver claims unfair dismissal

lRTY-EIGHT hours after a uble-decker bus had plunged wn a 6ft embankment causg injuries to most of the 40 .ssengers on board,...

Bus stops

CITY of Nottingham Transport Department is taking delivery of 10 Duple Dominant Expressbodied Leyland Leopard PSU3C/4R...

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Cause for concern

Report highlights link between maintenance and accidents A LINK between falling maintenance standards and rising accident...

Highland bus co aims higher

A BOOMING bus firm in Dingwall, Caithness, has just gone limited, and the Muir of Ord hotel interests of bus proprietor Mr...

Lei4 coachin ventur

A NEW VENTURE for Lei ter City Transport has the purchase of this Duple coach, the undertaki first coach and also the manual...

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D erated 1010-k .4,06.0

for economy by Trevor Longcroft F'S new B-Series truck ige was put under the spotat at a show for Midland;ed operators last...

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Keep cool gain power

by Graham Montgomerie DAF have kept their cool with the 2800 truck—and come up with a much more powerful version of this...

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Toyota's new 4•x 4 pick-up

'OTA'S four-wheel drive 1 Cruiser pick-up is launchn the UK this week. The (9ft 8in) wheelbase cle can carry up to 1.2...

lasysheet wraps it up

F. FIRST two production ;ions of the Samson Easy?.t mechanical sheeting ipment for open truck ies have gone into service . 1...

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As independent as they come

by Martin Watkins "PEOPLE around here need a bus service," Bernard Cheek, joint owner of Harrow-based Elmtree Transport, told...

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Wasting away

This must be waste paper month at the DoE since it has launched on an unsuspecting population two tomes, both out of date and...

Now read on

The DoE's second effort almost matches the first in historical insignificance. It is the Reports of the Traffic Commissioners...

Off the rails

What is even more disturbing is that British Rail's E300m loss for last year is likely to be succeeded by one of over £400m...

Patching up

While the Treasury was handing Richard Marsh £312n to balance his books, Dr Gilbe was announcing a cut-back in trunk road...

Carmen

In 1517 when the Worshipful Ccimpany of Carmen was formed they lived in the peaceful pre-rail, horsedrawn days. Between then...

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Driver participation aids intensive vehicle

Paul Brockington utilisation HTEEN MILLION gifts are ributed every year by the en Shield Trading Stamp Ltd-95 per cent by...

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Home to roost

LOCAL POLITICIANS who have trimmed their sails to popular clamour against the heavy lorry are now beginning to see the...

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Fire watching

At. I ER A TEN-YEAR lapse the International Fire Exhibition and Conference has been revived to provide predominantly UK...

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Some time ago you answered a question from a reader

about renewing his psv driving licence and said that, in general, Traffic Commissioners insist that the holder should have...

Q If my drivers fail to hand in log sheets to

me within seven days as required by law, am I liable to prosecution for failing to see that they do so ? A The requirement for...

Q In a recent magistrates court case a lorry driver was

convicted of two cases of careless driving and fin and disqualified. In givii judgement, the chairman magistrates said that t....

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hat gap

"Ith regard to your recent litorial concerning the " gap " eween road hauliers and eight forwarders. I consider am able to...

'Curtail the RTITB'

Since the inception of the RTITB I have been very concerned by the requirements of such a body, both administratively and...

The real cost

VIr Harvey's letter (CM June 27) s a good example of the nuddled thinking on transport iroblems so prevalent even unongst those...

MetroCard and fare dodging

The West Yorkshire MetroOard Is equivalent to the West Midlands Travelcard introduced in October 1972 and still priced at £4...

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Recovery Transits at a 'premium'

by Gordon Murray MEMBERS of the National Breakdown Recovery Club join for the reassurance that if they have a breakdown or...

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Motorway rules

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE.1), mall, AlvmvrE IN the case of Higgins v Bernard, which I referred to last week, it was held that...

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Baseless newcomers under scrutiny

RHA takes tougher line on 0-licence applicants without suitable centre by Gordon Murray THE Road Traffic Act 1974 requires...

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Cost comparison is an aid to decision making

by Johnny Johnson TO DISCUSS the comparative courses of action when an operator is offered rather more traffic than the...

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Operational safety in the United States

by John Darker, AMB' TRANSPORT MANAGERS in Britain sometimes suggest that they are burdened by more controls and regulations...

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3auging water

gauging paste for indicating e presence of water in petrol oil storage tanks has been roduced by A. Levermare. When applied to...

Low

aretch lope pw-stretch rope made by )rdes Europe France from Du mt Kevlar 29 and 49 fibres now available from John W. orris....

Pressure washers

rom Reekitt Industries comes Hydromics range of pressure 'ostlers developed for the =sport industry. They can perate with or...

Cold clean

A new model cold pressure cleaner, the Lightning Maxi Plus, has been introduced by Contractors Pumps (Tamworth). The Maxi Plus...

Auto oil drainer

For the past year WMP has been marketing for most makes of car a sump-oil draining unit. The company is now entering the...