E XAMINING the Minister of Transport's contribution to Tuesday's Commons debate on transport caused our mental warning bells to...

'Nothing to hide—and no nationalization' says Mrs. Castle in heated debate on freight and passenger transport policy FROM OUR...

By lain Sherriff, MITA T HERE has been a gradual build-up of traffic passing through the London International Freight Terminal...

Qualification of six months for h.g.v. drivers By SAM BUCKLEY S PECIAL tests for drivers of heavy goods vehicles—over three...

is a 22 ft. road which shows every sign of congestion if something is not done very soon to redirect through traffic. Mr....

T HE chairman at South Hunsley Magistrates Court Alderman A. W. P. Newton, commenting on the case of Roy Kilner, of...

THE FLASHING of headlights by lorry drivers—frowned on by the MoT—was defended in the Commons last week. This was a common...

THE FORECAST of Ministerial support for a move to encourage night deliveries to High Street shops (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, June 30)...

A NOVEL feature of the Traders Road Transport Association 1967 National Conference (Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, October 11 to...

AT THE REQUEST of members, TRTA is repeating its one-day conference on braking, plating and testing, but this time at Belle...

by Carolyn Hyams PP \ SCUAL HERMANOS SRC, of Valencia, has inaugurated a weekly road deilvery service between Spain and the UK...

Anti -CTAs campaign 'gross impertinence' A FULL-SCALE campaign against the anti-nationalization activities of Midland Red and...

Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. and associated companies has been appointed deputy general manager. He is succeeded as traffic manager...

campaign "THE anti-nationalization campaign of the -IPassenger Vehicle Operators Association was attacked by Mr. Leslie...

VV IN a rticulated vehicles Transport Ltd. applied to continue its A licence for 27 ticulated vehicles last May it was refused....

"THE SCOTTISH Co-operative Whole sale Society Ltd., Glasgow, was called before the Scottish. deputy Licensing Authority in...

STOKE-ON-TRENT'S City Council is being recommended by its general purposes committee to oppose applications by the Potteries...

A DEVON coach proprietor was granted an extension to his excursion and tours services at an all-day sitting of the Western...

A N appeal by D. and M. Perrie against refusal by the Western Traffic Commissioners of an application for a stage service...

D ESPITE an advertising campaign costing many thousands of pounds, and including 150,000 brochures, covering a better choice of...

"T REALIZE the difficulty in getting I. support for applications", the Scottish Licensing Authority said in Glasgow on Tuesday...

TMPERIAL Chemical Industries Ltd did not send a witness to a public inquiry last week after a hearing earlier in the week had...

Anti-PTA committees mushroom B US AND COACH operators have formed more action committees to bolster the fast-mounting national...

non-availa bility of a rear-engined AEC double-decker has, I judge, lost this company more custom in recent weeks. Southampton...

A COACH equipped for full television reception was demonstrated last week by Granada TV Rental Ltd. The installation consists...

L EADERS of Manchester's busmen have accepted a scheme for drivers of one-man double-deck buses to get a 25 per cent pay...

E XAMINATION of possible rapid public transport systems for Birmingham is to begin in earnest soon. The Minister of Transport,...

A NOTHER CITY to take a radical look PS. at its transport department following a thange in political control is Leeds, where...

A DDRESSING the annual general meeting of Maidstone and District Motor Services Ltd. on Tuesday, Mr. R. P. Beddow, chairman,...

0 PENING the Scrap and Waste Exhibition at Olympia on Monday Mr. George Darling, Minister of State, said the display was the...

%/EHAVE SHOWN how to set up a preventive maintenance scheme and get it under way—we have placed the fleet into three categories...

rr EN new 30ft. general-purpose freight containers, incorporating Salwall lining which extends to the full length and height...

DELIVERY dates will not be affected by a fire which swept through the Danbury works of Hoynor Ltd. last week, causing £75,000...

and publications Tailboard loaders A RANGE of five hydraulically-operated Search-Teha tailboard loaders is marketed by Wm. G....

I N COMMON with other British manufacturers of mediumweight goods chassis the Rootes Group has made alterations in gross weight...

THE public image of the road haulage industry is compounded of many things and its service to trade, industry and the community...

iew BY THE HAWK Bingo! T HE ROYAL Society for the Prevention of Accidents has presented safe drivin g awards to 79 drivers of...

a la per cent, 30 per cent. And that's from a tyre that costs no more than an ordinary tyre. A quick calculation will show you...

Views expressed in letters published are not necessarily those of the editor Beating the pirates COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S article...

the daily routing of a container prime mover providing a service with 20 or more containers in a densely populated area, the...

THE three parts of the guide to 24-hour and Iemergency service for commercial vehicles which were printed in issues of...

OMISE of a "new approach" to road safety in Mrs. Barbara Castle's latest White Paper can hardly indicate a change for the worse...

carry during the period from commencement of plating (which is understood to be in July 1968) until the vehicle is actually...

A As stated in the Motor Vehicles (Con struction and Use) Regulations 1966, No. 1288, the maximum overall length of a public...

delivering coal fora local coal merchant and he would support me in applying for a B licence. If I wanted to haul other goods...

of petrol injection. Who are the leading makers of petrol-injection equipment and what are the prospects of its being applied...

Scammell trailer which is 15 years old Although the tractive unit was new in May 1966 it is of the old type with...

ordinary roads and motorways and does one always have to carry a mate? A The speed limit for a goods vehicle towing a trailer...

A For many years Oxan Oil has been used extensively on the Continent on concrete floors to obtain a smooth clean floor which...

mile for a 7-tonner and an 8-wheeler carrying a maximum permissible load 10 years ago? I am asking so as to get a basis for...

A COMMON way of entering the road transport industry is by buying a used vehicle on hire purchase. Many of today's large and...

purchase Initial and annual allowances are claimable against tax, the initial allowance being spread over the period of...

T SUPPOSE we have all had the horrific experience of accepting a lift in a friend's car, only to find that the same sane person...