RE , ORGANISATION of the Road Haulage Association's tipping service will be completed within a year, the RHA national council...

AN EXTRA 350 international haulage permits for Hungary have been obtained by the Government for this year — but operators have...

LORRY DRIVER was acquitted on a charge of causing death r dangerous driving after his employer gave evidence that the tries he...

RIGS ATTACK , COMMON MARKET committee has attacked proposals put )rward by the European Commission on the harmonisation and...

ATTENDANCES at the Commercial Motor Show dropped by around 14 per cent compared with the 1974 show but exhibitors say that far...

THE PRIME MINISTER has defined the areas of responsibility which the Department of Transport will be shouldering — but it could...

A BLOCK release course for 12 youngsters who are taking part in the Young Driver Training Scheme is being held at the North...

indust ,went back to work on Month to start clearing the massi , backlog of finished vehicles. The strike of 80 drivers w....

HERE IS no doubt that transport managers licensing will be itroduced in Britain — but who it will apply to and how the /stem...

HE METROPOLITAN 'OLICE have revealed an nterest in the Kienzle nicroscopic evaluation of achograph charts to provide nore...

The Tory party policy statement reported in CM last week that "transport should be paid for by the user" deserves a closer...

A SERIES of transport legislation seminars to be held in the Midlands has been organised by the West Midland Productivity...

LEADERS of the three main rail unions called on the Government to honour their election pledges on transport at the Labour...

LEYLAND have introduced a new computer system to back up their parts dealers network with instant information about prices and...

BRITISH hauliers are at a severe competitive disadvantage when they send trucks abroad because of the maximum lorry weight...

Record books THE Freight Transport Association is ready for the compulsory changeover to EEC type drivers' record books on...

WHAT were described as merely breaches of one of the most complicated sections of the law, rather than a case where there was...

A NEW umbrella operation to help owner drivers going to the Middle East has been started by freight forwarders, Davies Turner....

A SIMPLIFIED two clause Transport Act has been put forward by Hugh Featherstone, director general of the Freight Transport...

WORK within the five mile corridor around coasts and waterways will only become dock work under the Dock Work Regulation Bill...

Depot opening WILKINSON Transport's new £250,000 depot at Leeds was opened by Home Secretary Mr Merlyn Rees last week. The...

AN EAST ANGLIAN transport firm must wait at least six months before learning the outcome of an action against its 0 licence. At...

HAULIERS must keep a close watch on their charges if they are to remain solvent — that was the message from Road Haulage...

and Bus Group. He took over from the company's personnel chief Pat Lowry. Mr Lowry has been the stand-in head of Truck and Bus...

'OST OFFICE drivers are to ry out two revolutionary ypes of crash protection sysems for van drivers. Both are iassive restraint...

VOLVO is launching a 250 bhp version of its F88 model, it was learnt this week. The go-ahead for the new option was given...

A COMPUTER readout system has been developed for analysing tachograph charts by Smiths Industries Ltd. Called CTS, the system...

THE BRITISH company Girling Ltd has joined forces with the American MidlandRoss Corporation to launch a new range of air...

A CALL for London Transport to use conductors stationed at busy bus stops has been made by the London Transport Passengers...

A NEW COMPANY known as London Transport International has been founded by London Transport to take over its consultancy...

LONDON TRANSPORT workers are to be encouraged to give their views on worker participation in the management of the company....

A FODEN-Northern Counties double-decker has been ordered by the National Bus Company. It will join the tests being carried out...

bus ha now been put back to mid 1978 at the earliest. It is the latest in long line of postponements for the bus originally...

decker are very slow — and MCW are known to be working on a new design of decker using Rolls-Royce power units. But in such a...

A NEW BUS chassis based on components from the Leyland National bus is now being produced in Britain. The first 27 chassis...

EIGHTY PER CENT of orders taken by Duple since the announcement of its Dominant II coach last month have been for the new...

CONCERN about the uncertainty, on many issues of transport legislation and government intention following the publication of...

design, according to Mr Barrie Allbert, development manager of truck tyres, Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd. In his paper on Saving Tyre...

THE GREATEST single influence on truck design according to David Rees, chief engineer of Bedford, is legislation — both known...

THE new employment and safety laws are heavily loadei against the employer claims solicitor John Lawton who is au industrial...

DELEGATES heard Mr F. Clish, Veeder-Root Ltd; Mr R. Davidson, Smiths Industries Ltd; and Mr F. Kay, Lucas Kienzle Instruments...

Normal wheel-nut tightening is a common, but little-known, cause of brake-drum distortion ME distortion of the Ike drum is...

R0 7[= Our financial correspondent looks at the various activities of Mitchell Cons which are leading to economic recovery...

EEC conference report by John Darker WE FRONTIER DELAYS' id imposts are unjustified, :cording to both a British rerator and a...

:Vs Lorry Driver f the Year, George illot, visited the :ornmercial Motor ;how on Saturday. fere he states his iews. HINGS...

both the British and the EEC version? My drivers each have their own ideas of how this should be done and it is impossible to...

bought a vehicle and two trailers from an auction and, because one of the trailers was unroadworthy, we carried it on the other...

by Les Oldridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AIVIIRTE LAST WEEK we established that a trade licence can be obtained by motor...

THE NEW Secretary of State for Transport has taken office in the middle of the controversy revived by the determination of his...

GASKET failures almost invariably disrupt the operating schedules, so once /he fault has been found, pressure is put on the...

Our advertisement people are pretty pleased with their achievements, not without some little justification I suppose, says he...

Schenkers, as many TIR operators know, handle most types of cargoes to almost any place in the world. So what's so unusual...

Two men who never lose an opportunity to do a quiet promotion job on their products are Ron Whiteside, the md of Rolls-Royce...

Irene Dunn is an attractive, intelligent blonde, with what appears to be one of the most unfeminine jobs in the industry. She...

Alan Westwell, the director of passenger transport for Tayside, is deserting his Dundee office for a few days soon to pop over...

Another Ailsa first is operating in Hong Kong. Its yellow and orange livery blends in beautifully with the exotic colours of...