Gloomy forecasts about a limited road transport future for LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), made last year when an excise tax was...

Why do drivers prefer agency work? Will a test case settle the legal position of the 'user' under the 1968 Act? by Philip...

save on schools' transport by lain Sherriff Mr H. C. England • Devon County Council education committee, with a typical...

• A mock-up of a British Leyland double-deck bus design, in project form, is on show this week. It is one of a large collection...

And Russia plans a massive LPG switch • In an extension of field trials of gas-powered vehicles, Post Office...

• While the French three-line braking system is different in important details to the UK system, other countries of the EEC...

• At the agm of the RHA's agricultural hauliers' group on Tuesday, Mr G. W. Pell, chairman, said that hauliers in the group had...

• A new range of Bedford trucks is to be developed with the aid of a £25m investment programme, Vauxhall chairman Mr Alex D....

• The Barcelona Automobile Show which opened yesterday (Thursday April 5) includes new models from home manufacturers,...

Lorry as essential as housing, food and clothing • Although hauliers are under attack, unfairly and very foolishly, by the...

6 sensible restraints' • It was the job of the Freight Transport Association to assess what the effects of a prospective law...

Did you know that the only radio programme in the world devoted to heavy goods vehicle and bus and coach operation is...

• With the exception of hijackings, where the situation fluctuates from year to year, there has been a substantial and almost...

• According to a survey of employment prospects issued this week by Manpower Ltd, one of Britain's largest private employment...

• The issue of forms for reclaiming Selective Employment Tax, which came to an end on March 31, is being delayed because of the...

• Value-added tax has finally arrived, and from April 1 the standard rate of 10 per cent is chargeable by registered taxable...

by Martin Hayes • On the first few days' evidence, the restriction on the number of coaches entering London's Royal parks...

• A last-minute hitch in plans to absorb the 350-vehicle Belfast Corporation fleet into that of Ulsterbus Ltd has meant that...

• London Transport's collection of buses, trams, trolleybuses and Underground trains, dating from 1829, will be opened to the...

• London Transport is about to become the world's largest operators of quiet buses. Later this year — at a date still to be...

• Car users are not attracted to using buses regularly by unlimited travel season tickets. This is one of the main conclusions...

• What could be the only 7ft 6in. wide bus operating in the London area entered service this week. Operated by Continental...

• Bus crews serving the Glasgow Corporation Pollok housing estate were fully justified in imposing a 6.30 pm curfew on...

• At a public inquiry in Leeds last week, five Yorkshire tipper operators, mainly owner-drivers, were called before the deputy...

C. S. Williams has been appointed managing director of Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd. Mr Williams joined Smith's as general...

• London Country Bus Services Ltd is to operate 11.3-metre Leyland National buses in the Potters Bar area — despite police...

• A warning to site agents on civil engineering projects, that the daily inspection of tyres of vehicles operating in and out...

• in view of the fact that the fleet of vehicles and trailers operated by Peak Trailers Ltd, Stockport, had received a total of...

• An appeal by Salopia Saloon Coaches Ltd against the decision of the North Western Traffic Commissioners to allow Smiths'...

• An estimator for a removal company had given an estimate for a household removal from Hertford to Torquay but while the...

• Rescuing the occupants of cars involved in a bad accident is a more frequent necessity than rescue operations in burning...

• The Canadian company CanAm Transport Systems Ltd is in the final stages of licensing a British company to build its Tiltscoop...

suitable for drawbar operation, by extending the chassis is a service that is now offered by the York Trailer Co Ltd, truck...

• Vehicle designations in the Foden range have been changed to improve the processing of factory data. The new designations are...

SATURDAY 7th. Biackpoof Coach Rally, Blackpool. ,M ONDAY 9th, IRTE A/vest London) meeting. "Brake lining characteristics by...

• The whispering forties There's more to these quiet heavy lorries (CM last week) than has so far been said. Fodens' executive...

Competition policy THE ROME TREATIES seek to ensure economic and social progress by eliminating the barriers that divided and...

George Steele • G. L. Steele, who took over on Monday from R. H. Kitson as transport officer of the Southern Electricity...

by Trevor Longcroft BASS CHARRINGTON'S latest urban delivery vehicle is the fruit of a close liaison between operator and...

light bus by Trevor Longcroft WE have just tested a Commer 12-seat light bus fitted with the Laycock "J"-type overdrive unit...

Lessons in arithmetic BY THE YEAR 1971 it may be assumed that the road transport industry had largely settled down after the...

LOAD SAFETY is not simply a matter of ropes. chains and twistlocks. The first essentials are a sufficiently skilful driver and...

Your review of our new publication Dismissals, (CM March 2) gives a very good picture of what the study contains. But your...

In view of our increasing involvement in Continental road travel since Britain's entry into the Common Market. the necessity of...

With reference to the statement by Mr J. Burrell reported on page 50 (CM March 2, Management Matters), we thought that your...

One of the answers given by your 0. & A bureau (CM February 9) would apply to steam locomotives of which there are of course...

by John Darker ENTHUSIASM is catching! The Hull and District Road Transport Training Group is a fine example of a flourishing...

relating to the licence of a driver being able to drive a public service vehicle which is not carrying passengers. Would you...

which weighs 2 tons 19cwr ulw. Could this vehicle be used for drawbar trailer operation without the driver holding an hgv...

turnover in excess of £5000, therefore I am eligible to pay VAT. What would stop me from using my wife's name on some...

to 30cwt unladen in an area of 30 mph speed limit at night without lights, but what is the position for vehicles either over 30...

convey workers to and from their work every day except Sunday. I follow the same route and use the same pick-up points each day...

matters by John Darker, AM B M The Miles Druce invasion of the parcels market IT IS a sound business maxim not to put all...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE Reporting of accidents SOME CONFUSION exists concerning the correct procedure to be...

workshop by Handyman Details to save down-time (16) The time to be saved through use of air tools can be a real eye-opener...