When the Parliamentary draughtsmen were framing section 61 of the Transport Bill, it is unlikely that they realind the...

bus strike tangle from our industrial correspondent • The threat of a nationwide strike by Britain's 77,000 municipal busmen...

MoT, BR,RHA, POLICE, EMPLOYERS AND DRIVER BLAMED OVER LEVEL CROSSING DISASTER from our political correspondent • The immediate...

by John Darker • After a series of prolonged meetings extending over several months agreement was reached on Wednesday in the...

During her visit to Glasgow on Friday Mrs. Barbara Castle congratulated Mr. Alex. Kitson, general secretary of the Scottish...

• The firm of Taskers Trailers is now in full production of 40ft skeletal chassis capable of carrying one 40ft or two 20ft ISO...

• As reported in CM on July 12, in Common room, a committee has been formed to develop and present to the Minister of Transport...

• Minor amendments to the Goods Vehicle (Plating and Testing) Regulations, 1968 were laid before Parliament on Tuesday bringing...

• Last week's decision to clear the Aberfan tips will entail the mounting of a massive tipping operation. An estimated 2',-rn...

• A specialized milk collection tanker—the only one of its kind in the British Isles—is solving a problem which faced the Milk...

• Following a recent meeting between representatives of the Road Haulage Association in the North Western and the North Western...

• The Government is urged in a report published on July 29 by the British Road Federation to plan for a £70m extension of...

• Facilities at the MoT's Shrewsbury goods vehicle testing station are now available (by appointment with the station) until...

• The heading "Autumn start for Nine Elms market" in a special report in last week's issue may have lead some readers to assume...

i ▪ nquiry? • No date has yet been fixed for the public inquiry which is expected to result from the application by certain...

• Driving with only side lights showing on roads with no street lighting will be prohibited by regulations to be made later...

• The Minister of Transport is introducing a new type of push-button controlled pedestrian crossing. to be known as the...

• Bulkmobile Ltd., mechanized handling engineers of Sudbury. Suffolk. is terminating agreements with Duramin Engineering Co,...

• Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co. Ltd. will introduce an o-m-o. single decker on its Service No. 8—Brighton Station to...

• On Sunday Coventry Corporation Transport is to make two innovations which, it is claimed, will form one of the most important...

• Following the threat by busmen at the Rhyl and other depots of Crosville Motor Services Ltd. to refuse to charge passengers...

from our Parliamentary correspondent El Mr. Stephen Swingler, Minister of State for Transport, last week refused to be drawn...

Newcastle upon Tyne traffic, highways and transport authority last week turned down a proposal by the Ministry of Transport to...

continued from page 15 mg incident at the Leominster crossing over a year previously, they failed to inform Wynn of the...

• A Yorkshire private hire coach operator applying to run Continental tours had made out a prima facie case. There was an...

• At Ulverston last week the Northern LA, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, heard an applicant admit to operating outside both his Alicence...

• The Northern LA, Mr. John Hanlon, on July 26 declared war on overloading of goods vehicles. He said 26 cases had been...

How the LA Decides • If there are no objections to an application for special authorization the LA will grant it...

• Because passengers wished to travel on the day ferry and a Polish/English speaking courier was essential, the North Western...

• Following negotiations with the objectors, Bolton Roadways Ltd. agreed in Man chester on Monday to reduce its application...

• A recent product of the King's Lynn works of Bopen Ltd. is a Roadliner type CF bulk pressure tank, complete with pneumatic...

• Mr. Ronald R. Jackson, the South Wales LA, refused the application by R. G. Dugmore of Abercan for a new A-licence for an...

by Tony Wilding • An additional Volvo model is to be introduced into Britain by Ailsa Trucks Ltd. This is the FB86 six-wheeler...

• A new company has been formed to market specialized Atkinson heavy commercial vehicles in Belgium, Luxembourg and the...

by Ron Cater • Eight minis and a van exemplify the load potential of the Carrimore Mark VI car transporter, 24 of which are...

by Paul Brockington • Three anti-skid braking systems and a novel handbrake mechanism are included in recent inventions that...

• New premises for the commercial vehicle service depot and coachbuilding works of Joseph Wilkinson (Motors) Ltd. will be...

• C.V. (Sales and Repairs)Ltd., Basildon, has acquired the adjoining works vacated by Albert Mann Engineering Co. Ltd., and the...

• Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. has secured an order for refrigerated van semi-trailers worth over £250.000 from a Hungarian...

Side repeater-lamps A reduction amounting to 3s 6d has been made to the price of the all-plastics side repeater-lamps produced...

A vehicle washing device designed to overcome the problem of cleaning where no water supply or hosepipe is available has been...

Although specifically designed for the Do-ItYourself market, a new range of hand tools to be introduced by Aven Tools Ltd. will...

with Ron Cater There can be little doubt that vehicle cleaning is fast becoming a recognized part of operational scheduling. To...

A steel-jointed van bodyframe which it is claimed can be erected in 2 hours by unskilled labour is now marketed in kit form by...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (3) • Never before have we been so poorly served over the supply of spares and...

* Chicanery Talk about knocking 'em in the Old Kent Road. This southern exit from London, numbered A2 (A20), is ill-lit enough...

Cattee: The proposals for transport managers' licences in the Transport Bill are so vague that their acceptance by the...

When the Ministry of Transport discontinued its p.s.v. minimum ground clearance requirement on June 19, it opened the door to...

MILD almost to the point of blandness the Ministry of Transport's green paper How Fast? is nevertheless liable to provoke an...

single-deck bus WHEN at the 1964 Commercial Motor Show the rear-engined AEC Swift passenger chassis was announced it was...

Your business as a road haulier is expanding fast. How do you set about planning a larger depot? What are the crucial questions...

Could I raise the braking power of these vehicles if I fitted brake drums to the second steering axle which would result in the...

A COMMON--and unfortunate— tendency is the inclusion of Northern Ireland by implication when discussing road transport in Great...

I HAVE DEALT (CM July 26) with some aspects of limited trade licences and explained who those persons are who may be carried on...