Flexibility of service has contributed more than any other single factor to road transport's success. One of the biggest aids...

Although CM increases its leadership year by year, we don't believe in resting on whatever laurels we may have gained. This...

Another turbine on trial for trucks By A. J. P. Wilding, AMIMECHE, MIRTE • A prototype gas-turbine power unit for commercial...

• Development of hydrostatic transmission for commercial vehicles took another step forward last week with the announcement of...

by our Industrial correspondent • Busmen's unions will go ahead with their efforts to sue 97 local authorities despite the...

• An invitation to operators to make use of goods vehicle testing stations to put their vehicles through the test free of...

• Before the Hixon level-crossing disaster on January 6, Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd. had asked British Railways for details and a...

TRTA LAUNCHES FORMIDABLE BACKED-BY-FACTS ATTACK By John Darker • Staggering cost increases if the Transport Bill was not...

From a Special correspondent • Increases of as much as 56 per cent— and an average increase of 34 per cent—in transport costs...

NFC COULD SUPPRESS COMPETITION • "Entry into the road transport industry should be free and each firm should be allowed to...

• A mass meeting of Tees-side hauliers under the chairmanship of Mr. Joe Williamson last week decided unanimously to rally all...

result in higher carriage costs for a vast range of goods. The prohibition list in particular will have a most severe effect...

• Quotes—from Mrs. Barbara Castle addressing executives of the railway unions on Tuesday: "Integration means a lot more to me...

by John Darker • Top managers are often out of their depth when negotiating transport rates by road and rail. And most business...

• As stated on page 55. some surprise was caused at the opening of the Hixon level crossing inquiry by the revelation of four...

by John Darker • The Greater London Council is supervising a pilot study of all-night parking of commercial vehicles in...

on short-term hire by S. Buckley • As from today (February 2) operators can obtain a Ford D1000 tractive unit for £12 a day...

• British Road Services salaried staff required to work twoor three-shift rotations are to receive an additional payment of 7+...

• The standard working week in road haulage will be cut from 41 to 40 hours from February 26- - but hauliers are warned that...

• A do-it-yourself goods vehicle check system to enable operators to comply with the inspection and maintenance record sections...

Mrs. Castle rejects free choice for customers • The first attempt to make a fundamental change in the Transport Bill failed...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • The Tories are furious over what they consider to be the Government's undue delay in...

from our Political correspondent • The Conservative front bench has mounted its first big attack on the new licensing proposals...

• In Liverpool on Monday a haulage firm, which had supplied vehicles for operation under C-hiring margin, was granted 12...

A complete review of Sunderland Corporation's fares system will result in some "harsh medicine" for the public later this year,...

Mr. L. A. Wells, Scottish deputy LA, suspended six vehicles for one year at Aberdeen last week. The vehicles were operated by...

• "It seems a little odd that the public will not know the exact times when coaches will run", said Mr. J. Else, chairman of...

• Although driving tests for heavy goods vehicle drivers will not become obligatory until January 11969 the Ministry of...

• In a written decision D. Wilcox, of Sandbach, and D. J. Barrett, Nantwich, who, when applying for a 50-mile radius to carry...

• Although the Metropolitan deputy LA, Mr. W. G. Levitt, expressed the greatest doubts about the application made by Mr. P. J....

• C. A. Hume Ltd., Liverpool, was granted a four-vehicle A licence with normal user: "building and roadmaking materials and...

• A new A licence for the carriage of bulk liquids was granted to J. M. Horrocks and Co. Ltd., Irlam, in Manchester last week,...

The LA's new role • When the Minister of Transport announced her proposals in July 1967 for the future of carriers' licences,...

by Derek Moses • Hartlepool busmen passed a resolution this week not to sue the Corporation for the non-payment of the £1 per...

• Company bus employers had talks with Ministry of Labour officials on Tuesday about their pay negotiations for 100,000 drivers...

• Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. will be operating eight 3911 44in.-long p.s.v. on its EdinburghLondon service by this autumn. The...

• The first new single-deck buses designed expressly for one-man operation to be operated by the North Western Road Car Co....

• Leeds City Council hopes to prevent the establishment of a Passenger Transport Authority in the Leeds area, it was revealed...

• The go-ahead to send a three-man deputation to see Mrs. Barbara Castle for talks on the proposed Tyneside Passenger Transport...

Thomas G. McLaughlin, an Armagh businessman, has been appointed chairman of the Ulster Transport Authority in succession to the...

has been appointed director of marketing, BMC. He remains a member of the BMC board of directors. G. J. Minch has joined the...

• In my interviews with leading commercial vehicle engineers for the Next Ten Years series now running in CM, the potential of...

• The Steel Barrel Scammells Group has produced for its own use a semi-trailer truck carrier. Built along the same lines as the...

motorway runs IRTE lecture on ergonomics • "Give yourself a fresh-air bath when you come off a motorway", advised Mr. J....

• A RESIDENTIAL lecture course on "Developments in containers and container handling" has been arranged by the Institute of...

Seddon-Shark refuse collectors take the road • Deliveries have commenced of the Seddon-Shark refuse collection unit, the first...

NEW ENGINES SOON HE REVEALS • "To impose legislation which extends an already top-heavy bureaucracy, by making traders and...

• Production of commercial road vehicles in the UK fell by 53,000 in 1967 from the previous year, reveal figures released by...

• A York Freightmaster van, which is one of a batch to be used by John Feaver Ltd. to deliver metal drums and containers from...

• Dennis Brothers of Guildford, who this year celebrate their diamond jubilee as fire engine manufacturers, have again been...

with Ron Cater Not even the most elaborate maintenance set-up will enable a fleet to be kept running successfully if the...

Exhausters for milk Two sizes of exhauster both of which are suitable for use with milk-collection tankers are now available...

tricks, trucks and tactics by Handyman What does the term "vehicle recovery" bring to mind? Is it the outlook of earlier days...

R. D. Cater, AMInstBE examines the bare bones of container-carrying trailer design THE MOVE to containerization has...

The presentation to Sir Reginald Wilson (CM, last week) of a certificate of honorary membership of the RHA was more than a...

Western Welsh Omnibus Co. Ltd. will not lose its identity when the State takes over the BET bus interests for absorption into...

Plenty of good verbal bowling at Lancashire County Cricket Club's Old Trafford quarters last week when the NW section of the...

Judging from the number of my friends and acquaintances who will admit, when pressed, that they listen to schools broadcasts...

Has anyone present got any memories or factual information about the pair of 25-seat coaches built in about 1913 by Thames Iron...

Man I don't envy this week—or for many weeks to come: Wing Commander GrantFerris, MP, who is chairing the committee on the...

The motoring associations have to gang a bit warily on transport policy as a rule; they represent so many diverse interests. So...

VEY A buyer's guide to trailers and semi trailers ARROW BRAMBER Arrow Construction Equipment Ltd., Cowpen Road, Blythe,...

ONE of the biggest problems an attic driver can encounter when he picks up an unfamiliar semi-trailer is coupling the brake...

Whenever a Conservative politician hears the word "integration" he reaches for his dictionary. There must have been scores of...

engineering—truck director and A. P. S. AINSLIE product planning— truck director, Rootes Motors Ltd. COMPETITIVENESS of...

I have read the Road Test report on Bedford VAL and VAM coaches (CM. January 12) and would like to add my own comments. The...

to be exceptionally noisy, although, as I remarked in the test, it is a bit noiser than its predecessor in this model, the...

I would like to refer to the "Question and Answer" reply (CM. January 19) to the question: "I am 18 but intend to drive heavy...

I was interested in the "'Road and Workshop" article ''Safety measures: (7) A doubtful GV10" (CM, December 29). One answer to...

As garage manager of a reasonably large fleet of commercial vehicles, I am writing to ask if you can bring any pressure to bear...

'Crystal-gazing: testing: training • Three important features in COMMERCIAL MOTOR, February 9. The road test report on a new...

answer to two points: Is it permissible to carry goods on a Contract A licence for another removal or haulage contractor? Is...

my multi-wheelers is more important than balancing the front wheels. Do you agree with this advice? / A It is debatable...

a trailer which was specially built for traffic which occurs at irregular intervals totalling in all some 12 weeks per year? A...

A A useful reference book entitled Pallet stacking patterns illustrates optimum ways of arranging common sizes of packaging on...

lorry running an average 400 miles a week? How are these costs made up? A At this average weekly mileage the total operating...

above its manufacturer's recommended weights, providing that it meets tyre and braking specifications? A At present there...

To assist readers who wish to retain certain regular features for reference, CM is now offering an editorial folder (see page...

economics HAULIERS and carriers are words so commonly used that their basic functional meaning is often forgotten. But the...

SINCE the preliminary announcement in August that a transport managers' licence would be part of quality licensing reform,...