Manchester Area To Have First Dimmed-lamps Trial ?
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L-1 A LARGE-SCALE road-safety trial of
is new dimmed-headlamp system developed by the Road Research Laboratory is planned by 42 local authorities in the Manchester area, including Stockport, Safford, Bolton, and Oldham. Starting date is October 6, and many thousands of leaflets and posters are to be used to encourage support for the campaign, *bile it understood that certain motor agents will be carrying parts for converting vehicles to the new dimming system.
Developed asi a solution to the problem of whether or not to use dipped headlamps in built-up areas, the R.R.L. system is intended to operate in such a way that, when a vehicle's sidelights are switched on, either dimmed, dipped or full-beam headlamps are also in use whenever it is moving.. In the dimmed condition the face of the headlamp shows as a non-dazzling glow.
The Laboratory has introduced the system largely as a result of the Birmingham dipped-headlamps scheme in which most of the objections were to the glare. Under the new system, sidelights are used for parkingbut as soon as the ignition key is turned (with the sidelight, still switched on) the dimmed face of the headlamp appears, so making it far easier for pedestrians and others to see an approaching vehicle without other drivers being affected by the glare associated with even dipped headlights. As soon as the main headlights are turned on the dimming systeni is cut out..
A simple change-over is not possible on vehicles with sealed ignition systems but the automatic illumination of the
dimmed headlamps (in the manner outlined above) with more common ignition systems can be reproduced with dieselengined 'vehicles by linking the dimming units with one terminal of the master switch instead of the SW terminal of an ignition coil. Diesel-engined vehicles without a master switch would have to have manual control of the dimming.
Although no change-over kit, as such, is available it is estimated that £3 would cover the fitting and material charges for a typical petrol-engined vehicle, The R.R.L. recommends the use of a Lucas (33213) or Bosch (SH/E13/2/12/2) relay and Zenith (PT1H-L/B) resistor, which reduces the wattage to about one-tenth of normal. Wiring is simplified by fitting the relay and resistor close together; the Laboratory advises the joining of one of the relay contact terminals to one end of the resistor.
Joseph Lucas Ltd. is expected to announce a complete conversion unit at the end of this year.
High Output TN the first six months of this year, I 244,957 commercial vehicles were produced in Britain, compared with 203,612 in the same period of last year. This is not quite a record, as the equivalent 1961 figure was higher.
Commercial vehicle exports in the first six months of 1964 totalled more than 89.000, which is 10 per cent higher than for the comparable period of last year-and a figure beaten only in 1961.
FAWCETT PRESTON TAKE OVER A METAL INDUSTRIES group .1—k member, Fawcett Preston and Co., of Bromborough, Cheshire, has bought Walkers and County Cars Ltd. from County Commercial Cars Ltd., of Fleet, Hants.
Fawcett Preston and Walkers and County Cars developed the MPL (maximum payload) system for bulk refuse transport, which Fawcett Preston will now manufacture and market.
Walkers and County Cars will be incorporated with Fawcett Preston's organization at Brom borough.
Butterfield Profits Up: Group net profit, after taxation, of W. P. Butterfield Ltd. for the year ended March 31 last was £180.176 (compared with £107.521 in the previous year), with a net profit to the parent company of £145,633 (£91.848). (Above) Geo. Sickfoll (Trans-port) Ltd. of Matlock, Derbys, operates this new E.R,F. 68G X3 with Carmichael tipping tank for bulk powered lime. By using light alloy for the tank, a capacity of 700 cu. ft. is achieved. Twin-rain tipping gear and a p.t.-o.-driven We//worthy WS5 pump aid the discharge through the Carmichael pneumatic system at the rear. The eight-wheeler has a Gardner 6LX, a David Brown 6-speed overdrive gearbox and a Kirkstall double-drive bogie.
New Plant Hire Services A NEW company, Conveyancer Plant Hire Ltd., has been formed to make available for hire the wide range of materials handling equipment marketed by Conveyancer Fork Trucks Ltd. Equipment for hire will consist of diesel or petrol fork trucks with capacities from 4.000 lb. to 12,000 lb., battery electric trucks with capacities of 1,500 lb. to 7,000 lb., powered pallet trucks, ConveyancerScott electric tractors and platform trucks.
The hire service will operate from centres located at Warrington, London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, 61asgow. Bridgend and Belfast, and will be backed by the comprehensive facilities and materials handling advisory service of Conveyancer Fork Trucks Ltd.
Brewery Lorry for Show rtA LIGHT-ALLOY brewery lorry body on a Morris 5-ton chassis-cab will be exhibited at Earls Court by Appleyard of Leeds Ltd. It has been built for Charr:rigtons United Breweries Ltd. and has detachable stanchions carrying steel chains along each side of the body and double chains across the rear.
As well as such conventional features as brackets for the barrel slide and crate truck, the body has a rear locker to take 10 carbon dioxide cylinders.
Appleyard will also show an ambulance.