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Lorries Cannot be Certified

14th February 1958
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ASEVENFOLD increase in the number of examiners would be necessary if the issue of certificates of fitness for goods vehicles were required and the work would be impossible. This point was made by Mr. W. P. James, West Midland Licensing Authority, when he and Mr. L. C. Jacobs, chief certifying officer, addressed a meeting of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers in Birmingham on Tuesday.

Mr. Jacobs said that defective brakes and steering gear were the most common reasons for prohibiting vehicles, Mr. James gave warning of drivers who refrained from reporting faults so that they would not lose bonus payments when their vehicles were docked for repair.

Allowing for road conditions, a Tapleymeter reading of 30 per cent. was considered satisfactory for the hand brake of a vehicle when unladen, and about 22 per cent, when laden, said Mr. Jacobs. Automatic lubrication of universal joints would greatly reduce transmission troubles. " Clinical " vehicle inspection, based .on the use of instruments, was showing good promise in America.

A Canadian operator had significantly improved the fuel-consumption rates and engine life of vehicles by these latest electronic methods, said Mr. Jacobs.

HAULAGE DEPOT TRANSFERRED

THE depot and haulage work of Messrs. A. Mason and Sons, Engine Street, Smethwick, Staffs, has been taken over by Leonard Green (Haulage), Ltd.. Barber Avenue, Parkgate, Rotherham. The depot, which will hold 18 vehicles, has been acquired by Green's following the transfer from a former depot at Tydesley. The work consisis of the transport of steel and tubes.

This development follows the recent take-over of the Mason fleet by T. J. Richardson and Sons, Ltd., Oldbury, Birmingham, as announced in The Commercial Motor last week, REES JEFFREYS GRANT PPLICATIONS are invited for a In. Rees Jeffreys studentship, tenable at London School of Economics, to enable a suitable candidate to devote a year or more to full-time research into transport economics. The studentship is open to any person who has been engaged in transport administration, or the production of transport equipment or facilities. Value of the studentship is £500, and it will be tenable from October 1. Application forms can be obtained from the Registrar, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, Aldwych, London, W.C.2.


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