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24th December 1929
24th December 1929
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Any Law to Restrict to Uneconomic Limits the Speed of Commercial Vehicles Will Be Unsound.

WE proffer no excuse for reverting to the V V subject of the drastic limits of speed which it is proposed in the Road Traffic...

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The Safety of the Pedestrian.

W E notice that the council of at least one local authority in London regards as totally inadequate the existing measures for...

The Arrangement and Installation of Automatic Traffic Signals.

F ROM time to time we have referred in the pages of The Commercial Motor to various aspects of automatic traffic regulation,...

T IELE work of the local taxation and Road Fund licences

branch of the London County Council continues to expand—in fact, the task of keeping pace with the development is one of...

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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 roughness of the roads over which...

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IN A LINE OR TWO

_ Statements have appeared to the effect that negotiations are proceeding for the sale of the business of the Barton Transport...

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MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS

A motorvan is to be purchased by SUNDERLAND Town Council, at an estimated cost of £250. The health committee of COLCHESTER...

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What the New

CHENARD WALCKER Will Do S INCE its appearance at the Olympia Show last month we have been anxious to test the...

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Exhibiting Household Appliances By Motorvan

,TT ig being increasingly realized that .1 the mobile showroom can be of great assistance to' those companios which have...

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Road -transport Activities IN PARLIAMENT

The House of Lords Enters Upon the Committee Stage of the Road Traffic Bill By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent T BE...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES The Coachbuilders' Difficulties. Due to Bus-weight Restrictions. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [29681...

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The Work of THE RADIATOR

F ROM experience of the hick of appreciation and, perhaps, understanding, of the work that is done by a radiator, no excuse is...

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Novelty in Engine-starting Mechanism T'

E are many reaSons why manual effort, as a means for starting large internal-combustion engines, is undesirable. A source of...

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Some New Ideas for Accommodating

PASSENGERS' LUGGAGE on the Long-distance Motor Coach T HE luggage problem is ever present with the longdistance-coach...

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Equipping a Steam Wagon

as a Mobile Workshop 6 1 MOST interesting type of mobile workshop has .L recently been delivered by the Sentinel Waggon Works,...

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DUPLICATED PROPELLER SHAFTS for Powerful Machines

A Method of Reducing Transmission Stresses. Two-stage Speed Reduction and Its Advantages M ODERN industrial conditions demand...

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Some Problems in

LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT How the Conveyance of Animals by Road Motor has Progressed, with Particular Reference to Developments in...

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Rumania as a Market for Commercial Motors

MHE demand in Rumania for cow mercial-motor vehicles has been phenomenal during the past two years. This is exemplified by the...

Agricultural Research in 1928

T EE fourth volume of the annual summary of scientific and economic research work in connection with agriculture, not only at...

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Phases of PASSENGER TRAVEL

1\TEGOTIATIONS for the biggest ,IN amalgamation scheme in the history Of Irish road transport were, writes our Irish...

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American Systems of OPERATING TAXICABS

ACONSERVATIVE estimate of the number of taxicabs in use in. the United States would place the figure somewhere between 800,000...

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THIS WEEK'S PROBLEM.

"I am considering the purchase of a 30cut. vehicle and am puzzled at the wide difference in prices. Of those machines that are...

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A Prominent Factor's Activities

(\NE of the essentials of a garage and I..../repair organization catering for the service needs of commercial-vehicle operators...

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN FRANCE through the Eyes of an Englishman in Paris

rillEIE development of the industrialJ. vehicle industry in France has proceeded on distinctly different lines from those...

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,RUNNING, UPKEEP AND OVERHAUL

Interesting Contributions from Maintenance Engineers, Drivers and Mechanics To Stop Window Rattle. R ATTLING windows in motor...

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An Automatically Tracking Six-wheeler

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications A PATENT concerning an intereZug vehicle, the first exampt of which has...