Unfit Eire Lorries To Be Checked

• Government vehicle examiners are to investigate the condition of commercial vehicles arriving in this country from the Republic of Ireland. This promise was made in the......

Lorry Route Planned For Greenwich

• Proposals for dealing with the problems of heavy commerical traffic through Greenwich and Deptford would, if implemented. be one of the most far reaching schemes of traffic......

Signals At Fire Stations

• Signals to stop traffic on roads outside fire and ambulance stations, where there are special difficulties for emergency vehicles such as poor visibility and heavy or fast......

Vita Guest Of Honour

• Guest of honour at the FTA Yorkshire Division's first annual dinner, in Leeds on October 6 will be Mr Richard Teager, attending as managing director of National Carriers Ltd.......

Formaldehyde Is Not Dangerous

• The Home Secretary's Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances will be considering the exercise of controls over the conveyance by road of poisonous substances when......

Oxford St Closure

• Drivers are requested by the GLC to avoid Oxford Street, London, during the August Bank Holiday period. Part of the street, between New Bond Street and James Street, is to be......

Manchester

Sheffield trunk route chosen • After 2+ years of local study the route for the Sheffield to Manchester trunk route has been settled. On Wednesday of last week DoE Parliamentary......

Ombudsman To Help Jobless Drivers?

• Revised rules for hgv licences are being sought by Mr Ted Garrett, Labour MP for Wallsend, to assist unemployed lorry drivers. Remarking that under the present regulations a......