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21st September 1934
21st September 1934
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Panic Legislation

T HE speed at which legislation is being introduced to slow down road traffic is almost bewildering. If it be continued it will...

The Restrictions on Drivers' Hours

rr HERE is no doubt that the present restrictions on the hours of driving are causing a great deal of difficulty and...

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Passing Comments

T HE approach of dark evenings raises anew the problem of lights on the road at night. The confusion of lights of different...

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One Hears

That road 'engineers are setting out as vehicle de signers. That it might be better if they "took the mote . . • etc." Of a...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY

"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport, at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS

South Kirkby Joint Ambulance Cc,mmitteo has purchased an Austin 20 h.p. ambulance. Ragrisr Regis Urban District Council has...

Tyre Developments Surveyed

A Brief Review of Present-clay Tendencies, Indicating the Increasing Popularity of Lowpressure Pneumatic Equipment for Goods...

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An Analysis of the

Registration Returns for July A CCORDING to a Ministry of Transport return, the number ól motor vehicles registered for the...

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How Modern Equipment Reduces Maintenance Costs

The Direct Economies of Using Appropriate Tools for Servicing and General Maintenance are Shown in this Article to be...

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A Tyre Industry for the Irish Free State

1 N the absence of the Irish national daily newspapers, the recent Orders prohibiting the import of pneumatic tyres into the...

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The EFFECT of E LAMLE\ "F on VEHICLE EFFICIENCY

How the Use of Special Equipment, such as Insulators, Refrigerators, Ramp Controls, Moving Floors, Shutters and Sliding Doors,...

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Goods-transport Operators' New Duties Explained

Two Associations Convene Important Meeting to Advise Hauliers on Records and Other Regulations O NE of the largest meetings of...

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Traffic Signal Systems

to aid the road user , The Wide Adoption of Automatic Signals Throughout the Country Merits this Brief Survey of the Various...

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ENSURING TYRE RELP BILITY AND EFFICIENCY

p NEUMATIC-TYRE production on the huge scale carried out by the Dunlop Co., Ltd., necessitates constant attention to detail....

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The Vital Impoi

of Lubricat: ft/IANY failures, both in the engine lifianct other parts of commercial vehicles, are finally traceable to either...

A NEW RAWLIN,GS HALF-DROP WINDOW

S EVERAL usaful features are embodied in a now design of half-drop window produced by Rawlings Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 1-29,...

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MAJOR UNITS

How they have been Improved The Power Unit and the Apparatus for Employing its Energy for the Propulsion of Road Vehicles ;...

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AIR TRANSPORT NEWS

INQUIRY INTO MANCHESTER'S £180,000 AIRPORT SCHEME.. On September 11, the Minister of Health announced that he would hold a...

A Portable Crane for Vehicle Use

A PATENTED portable crane for mounting on lorry bodies and having a number of interesting features, has recently been placed on...

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Retarding Chassis Depreciation in Maintenance and Overhauling Advantage Can Profitably

be Taken of the Facilities Offered by Welders, Cylinder-borers, Bearing Makers, etc., and of Parts and Equipment Produced for...

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Salvaging how it is made easy

The Leading Makers Stock Wide Ranges of Equipment for Breakdown Work and We Describe Briefly the Principal Types of Apparatus...

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TIPPING GEARS

as an Economic Factor Some Particulars of Tipping Gears of Diverse Types Designed to Give Speedy Working at Low Cost; Weight...

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AUXILIARIES that aid ENGIN

E EFFICIENCY Increased Power Output, Higher Speeds, Alternative Fuels, Weight Reduction, etc., Demand Improved Auxiliaries. _A...

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Modern ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

for Many Uses T HE reliability of the electric - al paratus plays a large part in the successful operation of the modern...

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The Latest in

EQUIPMENT for BUSES and COACHES Amongst Important - Recent Developments are the Increasing Popularity of Radio and Sliding...

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OPINIONS and QUERIES

RESTRICTIVE AND GRANDMOTHERLY REGULATIONS. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [4385] Sir,—Having studied the forms issued by...

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A Six-wheeler Conversion

A N interesting six-wheeler conversion unit is being built by Southern, North and Barker, Ltd., Atlas Works, Brighouse,...

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The Road Congress from the View-point of the Commercial User

S PECIAL Regulations for motor vehicles and traffic-control prob. 'ems were prominent in the discussions at the . Seventh...

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Fresh Evidence Refused on Appeal

Road and Rail Cross Swords Before the Appeal Tribunal, this Week WHEN applicants for licences under VV the Road and Rail...

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Meeting Present-day

The Problem of BRAKING NEEDS Braking as Presented to Chassis Manufacturers, with an Outline of the Four Main Systems now...

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Operating Aspects of

PASSENGER TRANSPORT IMPORTANT PROGRAMME FOR M.H.C.S.A. CONFERENCE Well-known Personalities to Speak on Vital Subjects A N...

THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

DARLINGTON'S TROLLEYBUSES • DO WELL. T HE municipal passenger-transport system of Darlington is maintained solely by...

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Experimental Trolleybuses for London

TN order to ascertain the most suit'able type of trolleybus to operate over the routes which it is proposed, in the near...

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Proprietary Parts Chassis Make-up

I T would be hard to find an industry, coming under the general heading of engineering, in which a more diverse variety of...

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Recording Instruments that Assist Economic Operation

TN order to obtain economic operaIlion of commercial vehicles' scene means for checking the distances and times of running and...