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28th July 1978
28th July 1978
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Small expectations

Stage four of the Government's pay policy sets a five per cent guideline on pay increases. This was expected, and, predictably,...

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IOck Act defeat Commons revolt

Government Dock Labichen - ie that would have n dockers the right to heavy vehicles arriving irts was thrown out folig a...

ewards e happy

T op stewards are fled by the conditions at Ich livestock fattening )ns and do not intend to traffic in livestock at sh ports....

Well done!

THE MOTOR Industry Research Association's crash test work has been rewarded by the presentation of the Worshipful Company of...

n plan: urt fight

NSjP ORT industry trade associations are to fight a High • ction against Berkshire County Council over the coon pin to ban...

Pay more

TYRES should cost more according to Derek Walters, the UK marketing manager of Pirelli. Mr Walters told CM this week in Milan...

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Wage council to go: protest storm mounts

NEWS that the Road Haulage Wages Council is to be finally wound up has brought a storm of protest from the industry. The...

Pressure on grants

THE GOVERNMENT has been criticised for refusing to make funds available for a railway siding at the Nypro chemicals plant at...

Changes to Bill coming?

A WARNING that it might well be necessary to put down a series of Amendments to the Transport Bill came from Tory spokesman...

CM

BUSINES NEWS Substitute ERF INTENDS to concen its immediate sales effort the home market to col foreign competition, ac ding...

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Electric van plan

MORE: than £2m has been made available by the Government to support the Lucas electric van development programme. The E2.26m...

LC is eaper!

) R Secretary of State for n port John Haram has at the cost of running river and Vehicle Licen Centre at Swansea are asing...

WESTM NSTER

HAUL /I Lord Lucas of Chilworth is no slouch when it comes to road transport. After all, he served an apprenticeship with...

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I orator may shut: I arms new vehicles

lOU WALES meat her xpects to go into datio over brake faults in ford M tractive units .th h ye meant that the has n laid up —...

ad cuts are m• threat road safety'

safety is not being ate ed by current levels of rite ance expenditure, ; ransport Secretary Rodgers. a 'tten reply to a quesfr...

Wife was left to hold the licence

A HUSBAND who represented his wife at a public sitting of the South Wales LA when he wanted to renew their licence, which...

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Early goods entry speeds port system

CUSTOMS at Dover and Harwich are hoping to clear some perishable goods in less than two hours. This prospect was put forward...

Yak is off -roac beast of burdel

AN OFF-ROAD vehicle costing 0,000, based on Ford Es , parts, has been developed by Manchester Garages Ltd. Fifty-three of the...

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orators' ropean null haul

RE details of revised road lage permits for travel to from West Germany and tugal have been anneed by Secretary of State...

M1 resurfacing: Midland delays

WORK on resurfacing a 6.25-mile stretch of the M1 in Leicestershire and Derbyshire began this week. The Elm job on the stretch...

Road-rail split OK Rodgers

TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers last week rejected a suggestion from a Tory MP that he should seek an assurance from the...

locly swop It a stroke of the pum

CIALIST demountable pment manufacturer, Systems, has developed a swop-body system ially designed for small cies including the...

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Draw- bar brings

licence jeopardy PROBLEMS over the operation of a draw-bar trailer led to J. R. Young (Transport) Ltd, Consett, being called...

Going dovn

OPERATING costs to be borne by the Transport Departmen 1978/79 in administering the Road Fund and Driving Licence estimated at...

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ichool buses For country Nark and ride

qATIONAL Bus Company isidiary has thrown its ght into the North Wales unt market. :ro ; ville Motor Services, in Lju nction...

• ok-thru hannel ervice

IONAL Travel is roving vehicle utilisation its London-Dover service roviding through booking ilities to more distant...

Go-ahead for Oxford fare move

NATIONAL Bus Company subsidiary City of Oxford Motor Services started its "farreaching and changed" bus services in Oxfordshire...

Grey Green T-up

TWO 1-REGISTERED coaches were displayed by Grey Green coaches at its first London Bus Rally at Brockwell Park, Brixton last...

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Redferns win Mansfield direct tours

REDFERNS Coaches (Forest Town) Ltd have won their battle with National Travel over the introduction of a programme of British...

Aberdeen's fare appeal

BUS FARES in Aberdeen city — for many years the envy of other Scottish public transport authorities — are being pegged at an...

BUS STOPS

Artics en route ANOTHER articulated arrived in Britain to take p in experiments and monstrations for an extern period. Among...

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V National's ove to rigids

iE ew Leyland Terrier assis, with the latest ab pecification and fitted • s ecially designed box ies, have been chosen Na tonal...

improve drive line

A NEW design for drive couplings between the Gardner engine and gearbox in the Fleetline bus has been produced by Silentbloc of...

Hyalite eel built

LE Charrold Ltd of Mansfield have built 26 steel Ultralite e for Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son Ltd. • y are steel variants of...

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Reheat system tanker trailer

BITUMEN is heated by oil burners and a heat-exchange system in a 22,700 litre (5,000gal) tanker semi-trailer built by Whale...

Puncture rate cut bi tube buffei

ACCORDING to a price vey carried out by Mop Tyre Protectors Ltd of E kins Road, Hanworth, F the real cost of a punctu just over...

Van-height trailer

DURSTON Plant Contractors Ltd of Bristol are expanding their heavy haulage operations with two new Tasklift low loaders...

Safer low-loader

A NEW trailer, at 30 tons gross the largest of its type ever] by Eezion Ltd of Bedford, has been manufactured for expo the...

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ermans face xport quandary

ENT REPORT from the i mist Intelligence Unit e tly states that West n commercial vehicle tion dropped by 3.5 per tween 1976 and...

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Veterans for sale

Transport nostalgia is becoming big business and the Transport Trust, whose patron is the Duke of Edinburgh, is doing its best...

Standing ovation

Jack Brown, managing director of Atlas Express Ltd and chairman of the Road Haulage Association's Vehicle Security Committee,...

Black lists blacked

What will happen to the Government's blacklist of companies alleged to have infringed the pay code when the currency of the...

Getting up steam

August 26-28 will be drooling weekend for steam buffs in particular and vintage vehicle enthusiasts in general. The Leeds and...

Have a go

Jack will be inviting youngsters to have a go at three escaping thieves in the 22,400sqft security display at the final of the...

Steeped in his tor!

Veteran, vintage and classic will be auctioned also on Au 28, the third day of the T and Country Motoring Fes at the Royal...

Gallant attempu

First-aid training given London Transport to s between shifts was turne account when a 56-year man had a heart attack 224b bus....

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onverted Transit r outings in style

oel Milner test drives Tricentrors conversion N4 coach operators ine in their fleets at least tvVelve-seater coach and e...

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Suceenfl uE

On behalf of us all here at RH M Foods, may I express our delight in winning Class E of your vehicle Livery Competition The...

Flak ad

I cannot let "'Willing Workhorses - . (CM Editorial, July 7) pass me by sans admiration. Congratulations tor your frankness....

I wear an open-face helmet because I like the fresh(!)

air, which meant that I could smell the diesel as it hung in the early morning stillness on the way Into that roundabout. I...

Mike Taylor's attitude (CM, July 14) is typical of many

ownerdrivers, which is a pity, because they all stand to benefit from the efforts of the dedicated few_ I know time is a...

I am a psv licence holder and have recently been

told that in the not too distant future it will be possible for psv licence holders to be eligible for hgv licences,...

I liked Noel Miller's article ' way drivers must give a take,'" but it contained c catastrophic blunder.

I refer to the photogra captioned: ''Cars travelli away from the picture „ Highway Code states ti drivers should keep to the nE...

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Wh yte 's

are fl high Pictures by Commercial Motor photographer irimovv Airport is not an airport: it is, writes I IVIillier, a...

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Whyte's are flying high

journeys. The landside operates on the public side the Customs area. The airs bus is for passengers who do wish to clear...

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Vital role o

'I have a feeling that the CPT has become so familiar with regulatory framework and working patterns that it is terrified Cie*...

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SIMPLE MECHANICS

Propellor shafts and universal joints Precepti On a conventional vehicle the drive is taken from the rear of the gearbox to...

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KNOW T AW

V Les Oldridge, T.Eng (CEI), MIMI, AM IRTE Minibuses: check the new rules before ordering HE Minibus (Conditions of Fitness,...

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Whatever happene

Noel Millier and Alan Millar look at some of the revolutionary bus designs that never made it THROUGHOUT our long history, we...

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LT capitalises on I

rist S by the Passenger Editor —pictures by Dick Ross WHILE the British Tourist Authority tries to persuade tourists to visit...

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Always say

YES to a customer Alan Millar meets a Yorks operator whose coaches travel far afield SIXTY years ago or more, some buses and...

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Ken Turner resigns

Road Transport Industry Training Board chairman Kenneth Turner is not to seek re-appointment when his term of office expires in...