Think Again On Hgv Bans

If the Government's proposed Enterprise Zones are created in city centres, councils may have to think again about bans on hgv in towns. As firms that set up in business in those......

Mind Boggling Economics

SOME CHANCELLORS of the Exchequer think the answer to inflation is to rob the rich. Not so the bold Sir Geoffrey Howe. His approach, so far as I can understand it, is more......

Branching Out On New Line

A SHORT LENGTH of the old LNWR Coalport branch in the centre of Telford is being developed as a 60cm-gauge tramway with a Shrewsbury-built Sentinel 0-4-0 steam locomotive named......

Will Drivers Feel Pinch?

INTERNATIONAL lorry and coach drivers who visit Italy have to contend with a new hazard. Everyone eating in catering establishments of any kind must now have a numbered receipt......

Councils' Role In Transport

- PERHAPS [local government] should be thought of not so much as a local authority but as a local responsibility," Ken Rogers, a vice-chairman of the Road Haulage Association,......

I Ran From This Joke...

THE EXALTED Saudi Arabian Sheikh has allowed BL Cars to make a pun of his name with the advertising catch-line for the Mini: "At 57.32mpg it'll give you a run for Yamani."......

Memorial Fund For Johnny

A CHEQUE for 000 has been subscribed to the memorial fund to the late Johnny Johnson, who distinguished Commercial Motor for some years. That is the measure of the popularity of......