'Sheer hypothesis' this figure, say hauliers LORRIES were in debt to the British taxpayer to the tune of £110 million during...

STRIKING lorry drivers paralysed the ports of Avonmouth and Tilbury on Monday when they called a lightning stoppage over the...

by CM reporter THE "foreign permits loophole" was thrown into confusion this week by a fresh version of the story from the...

FEWER commercial vehicles were sold in the United Kingdom during April this year compared with the same period last year and...

THE Government is taking action to bring the 11-hour maximum driving day in Northern Ireland into line with the standard 10...

when the railways decided to stop carrying pigeons in baskets on trains. South Yorkshire pigeon fanciers went ahead and bought...

LOCAL authorities should be responsible for integrating transport systems and should have control of all forms of transport...

THE SOUTH WEST is pressing the Government to build and improve roads in the region. SWORD—the South Western Organisation for...

FREIGHTLINERS are to provide Orient Overseas Container Lines with a complete transport package from ships docking at...

LIMITING access to town centres to vehicles up to 3 tons unladen would mean using four vehicles in place of three as at present...

TRUCK tracker Mr Fred Topham is a thorough man and already his investigations on his route overland to Teheran (CM last week),...

TRUCKS over 3 tons are banned from using the centre of Beverley, Yorkshire at any time—except for calls. The order by...

Cumbria RECORD numbers were competing at the Cumbria heat of the CM LDoY contest. The 81 drivers—including two women —fought...

THE Licensing Authorities' tough line with operators who fail to appear when called to disciplinary inquiries was continued at...

AN AGREEMENT allowing Irish and French hauliers to get permits in Dublin and Paris before setting out for each other's...

PROPOSALS to impose an 8tonne weight restriction and an 8ft width restriction on vehicles on the Island of Mill have come in...

Round town WORK is to start on the new 0.8m East Dereham by-pass on A47 Norwich to King's Lynn route. The new route will mean...

THE FIRST of two Foden rearengined double-deckers has now been delivered to Greater Manchester PTE and will soon be in...

WHY WERE two Eastern Counties bus drivers out last week knocking on doors in villages to the north and east of Huntingdon?...

A STANDARD for safer coach seats which would reduce the effects of the impact when passengers were thrown forward against them...

bigger loss, fewer passengers, fewer buses and more staff THE SCOTTISH Bus Group had an operating deficit of E1.7m after...

THE Northern Traffic Commissioners considered revoking the road service licence for a route in Hartlepool operated by United...

Durham numbers AGREEMENT has been announced by Durham County Council with most bus operators in the county to display route...

THE South Eastern Traffic Commissioners, in a written decision, have replied to "monopoly" allegations made on behalf of...

N. F. Raven is Tankfreight ops director THE National Freight Corporation has appointed N. F. Raven as operations director of...

by the technical editor RISING FUEL costs have prompted many operators to look at LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) as an...

EQUIPMENT for recycling engine oil has been designed by the Midlands Postal Board's mechanisation and development division,...

by John Darker WHEN Sir Dan Pettit discussed the National Freight Corporation's annual accounts for 1975, revealing a E31...

Britain does not yet appreciate the potential contribution to public 'transport systems offered by better use af taxis, This is...

by Bill Godwin Zipper rules, OK? Despite the declared aim of EEC member countries to harmonise road traffic regulations—the...

The Europabus system of road services is now 25 years old— and still expanding. The network already covers more than 60,000...

by Martin Watkins BOB KELLY—owner of Cotswold Courier Services—is a man who knows what business he wants to attract and how to...

One bodybuilder thinks all-aluminium bodies will survive only for specials GOING back to the early postwar days, the...

SPECIAL the leasing charge on your vehicle and (c) your productivity, ie the number of loads delivered." Better worker The...

FRANK SPEAKING or permissiveness in one direction is invariably countered by reticence in another. It is no longer considered...

by Stephen Gray THE operator with up to 10 vehicles often has a problem over servicing his fleet. Should he set up a repair...

by Trevor Longcroft photographs by Dich Ross DESIGNED for operation at 7.5 tonnes (7.38 tons) gvw, the Terrier TR738 fills the...

by Les Oldridge, rEng (CEO, num, AMIRTE THE Motor Vehicle (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1976, which came into...

by Graham Montgomerie AN air crash happens so frighteningly fast, rescue services have to count the seconds — usually because...

virtually to sheet and rope every load. Does this mean that the former C and U Regulation about safety of loads has been...

drivers' licensing; they are below 3 tons unladen but over 7.5 tonnes gross. I understand that I can get an hgv driving licence...

by Johnny Johnson THE ACCOUNTANT chosen by Chris to look after the financial side of his proposed business, being a keen type...

The -Tanktector is an instrument designed for the detection of cracks or holes in non-conductive linings of steel tanks or...

The heater itself is an Eberspacher cylindrical unit about 2ft long and 7 inches in diameter. It has an electrically driven...

Portable and self-contained the ' WEB Intruder Alarm is designed to look like a radio or intercom speaker. No special wiring is...