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20th January 1961
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The Law in Derision

Ni l v /HAT..can possibly be the point—assuming that the road transport industry must be subject to law enforcement—in fining...

Public Danger

Quite apart from other considerations a tired driver, who can have sole responsibility for the direction of a potentially...

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Horm William Heyman

B USINESS efficiency is a matter which most of us old muddlers are apt to associate only with the biggest industrial empires...

Non-attendance Discipline

T HIS is no new subject. It is, in fact, one that has been current almost as long as licensing itself. It is the case of the...

Half-crown Railway

THE rise, fall and second rising of the Londonderry and Lough Swill)? Railway Co. provide all interesting example of how...

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk

tered by the railway closures of the mid-II - in - ties. Now, I gather, 300 miles of road services are felt to compare very...

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New Traffic Court

I T seems likely that the new Air Licensing Court will develop along the familiar lines of " Goods " and " Passenger "...

Government Must Act to Cut Waiting Time

IN the drive to increase exports more attention should be paid to the disadvantages, 'including inflated transport costs,...

"No More a Tyre User Than Man in Moon"

NV HEN the hearing was resumed at Bristol Assizes this week of the case in which eight motor traders are charged with...

B.M.C. Boost Export Drive

iN a drive to increase exports, the I British Motor Corporation is to expand its foreign sales and service staff "swiftly and...

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C. Bristow Fail to Get All Vehicles Back

A LONDON haulage company which lost special A and A licences for 41 vehicles in 1959 still cannot have them back. It is C....

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Men in the News MR. P. M. KENNETT, formerly a

field service engineer of Leyland Motors, Ltd., has now been appointed sales engineer (Western Hemisphere) of the company. MR....

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Eye-catchers at the

Bru s sels Show From John F. Moon T HREE large halls filled with commercial vehicles from eight countries stimulate plenty of...

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Transfer

A N application to transfer four B vehicles to A licence in an endeavour to meet "urgent and unexpected demands," was made by...

New Transport Companies

Eathorpe Haulage, Ltd. Cap. £500. Dirs.: I. Ward and E. M. Ward, The Plough Inn, Eathonse, Leamington Spa, Warwicks, Sec.: J....

Cotton Rush Hour

T HE new shorter working week for cotton-spinning and weaving workers in East Lancashire started on Monday and local transport...

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Transcontinental Haulage Prospects

Italian Designer Gives His Ideas: Possible Future Developments A N articulated vehicle, towing an independent trailer, could...

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Witness Could Not Be Traced

D EFERENCE to a previous conviction IN. at Liverpool in October for similar offences was made at Thames Ma g istrates Court,...

Tippers and a Road Sweeper for Hull Haulier

THREE additional tippers on A licence L were granteti to Sayers Haula g e (Hull), Ltd., by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority,...

Seat-operated Ignition Switch

A CONVERSION has been effected on vans in the delivery fleet of the Carnation Co., Los Angeles, U.S.A., whereby the engine...

Municipal Opportunities

Birkenhead Transport Committee are to invite tenders for the supply of 15 27-ft, double-deck omnibus chassis and bodies for...

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Refurbishing Slippery Steps

A SYSTEM for refurbishing slippery bus or lorry-cab steps has been developed in the U.S.A., as an alternative to replacing the...

Haulage Business "Built Up on C Licence"

A . FLAGRANT case of a pseudo-farmer building up a haulage business by the . use of C-licensed vehicles, was how the Yorkshire...

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Strong Opposition to Route Change at Newcastle

P ROPOSALS by Newcastle Cori poration Transport Department to extend and re-route a service from the city centre to Ponteland,...

A New Lorry-mounted Crane

rLAIMED to be the lowest-priced equipment of its type in the world, the Kwiklift low-capacity lorrymounted crane has recently...

They'll Take The High Road T WO Nottingham operators, Barton Transport,

Ltd., and Robin Hood (Coaches), Ltd., were successful at a Glasgow sitting of the Scottish Traffic Commissioners last week in...

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Converted Gritter for Cardiff

CARDIFF Corporation officials hope to be able to combat ice and snow on the city's roads this winter by speeding up their...

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Leylanol Components Fitted in New Brossel Models

A COMPLETELY new range of goods chassis I -1 and a new integral rear-engined passenger vehicle have been developed by the...

European Production Increasing

A NUMBER of reports on production over the past year and plans for the future have already been issued by leading commercial...

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CONTRASTS

By JANUS W ITHOUT doubt, London Transport were resigned in advance to the kind of comment they would have to sutler folldwing...

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I N an attempt to assess accurately the relative fuel-economy merits

of comparative petroland oil-engined good vehicles, engineers of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., recently conducted some...

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TRANSPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT

How Badly is it Hampered by Lay Magistrates' Decisions? Examination of a Selection of Road Transport Cases Reveals the...

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New Anti-roil

Air Suspension New Heavy-duty Air Suspension Developed in America by Kenworth Motor Truck Co. : Anti-roll Prop. erties Derived...

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Novel Car-transporter

A N interesting design of lorry-and" trailer car transporter is the subject of provisional patent application No. 33213/60,...

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New Specialist Tyres For Swampland

A A BARREL-SHAPED, low-pressure The tyres, which are axle-driven and tyre for use on loose sand and axle-loaded, conform to...

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Long Wheelba! Tippers CAN be Safe

The Right Cornbinatior is the Best Answer A CCORDING to reliable reports, severe accidents to long-wheelbase multi-wheel...

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Dawley New Town Offers P.S.V. Scope

An Examination of the Transport Facilities, Both Passenger and Goods, at Present Serving the Area of What is Likely to be...

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• Semi-trailer for In Transport

Sealing of Load Conforms with TI.R. Regulations A N interesting development by Cain more Six-wheelers Ltd., London, N.12. is...

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How Usage Affects Profits

The Extent to Which Variation in Average Mileage Can Limit Overall Profitability is Exemplified Here by Comparative Operating...

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Combined Suspension System

A N unorthodox system of suspension forms the subject of patent No, 855,257 (Daimler-Benz A.G., Stuttgart-Untertiirkheim....