Silent Snow?

S OME red faces at the Ministry, I hear. It has just been discovered that if the vehicle noise regulations are enforced from January 1 next year there is likely to be chaos on......

Spice Of Life

A MERICAN consultants visiting Britain to give advice on increasing efficiency sometimes complain at the variety of our products, from car models to pints of beer. Public......

Bonanza For Brs?

T IMAGINE Mrs. Castle will be delighted to hear that the Nottingham branch of TGWU wants BRS to channel all road movements from the Stanton and Staveley works (CM, last week).......

Amateur Ruling

DROSPECTS of a new era in the certification of passenger vehicles are opened up by a provision in the new Road Traffic Bill (Northern Ireland) which passed its second reading......

It's Cheque-mate!

T HE amusing BBC-TV series Misleading Cases started off in fine style with an income tax debt for £68 being discharged by a cheque written on the side of a cow. I seem to recall......

Maxi-skirts

H OW'S this for a tricky short-distance movement (at Esso's Mode Wheel Terminal, Manchester)? With the aid of a segmented rubber skirt devised by Hovercraft Development Ltd. air......

Worthwhile

1..3 OME would have us believe that road transport is a secondclass service industry with a poor image. But the fact is that more and more people believe there is a worthwhile......