More Special Types Amendments

THREE months ago (as reported in I The Commercial Motor of August 21) the Minister of Transport announced that he was considering amending regulations to reduce the number of......

Ministry Pressing For Quick Decision On Artic Braking...

IT is understood that a sub-committee of the S.M.M.T. meeting in London this week I had the specific task of arriving at definite proposals for articulated vehicle braking......

Special Gear Drive For Mixers

G EAR drive for the mixer drum is used in a range of truck-mounted concrete mixers now being made by Davies Brothers (Denton) Ltd., 42 Hyde Road, Denton. Manchester. The mixers......

Oil Company Fine D After Accident

T Hornsea (East Riding, Yorks) Magistrates Court last week a fine of £20 was Imposed on Mobil Oil Co. Ltd., of London, for using a tanker with a tyre in a dangerous condition. A......

Heavy Fines For 'shocking' Maintenance F Ining A Haulage...

total of £489 I for 27 offences arising from the condition of nine of its fleet of 25 lorries, Mr. S. J. Hardy, presiding at Loughborough Court, said on Wednesday: "it is the......

Minister Considering Lorry Meter Objections The Minister...

has under consideration the objections, understood to total 156, which have been lodged against the City of London's proposals for lorry parking meters in a section of the No. 4......