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Permits rumpus
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The Department of Environment admitted this week that hauliers from abroad are able to use their permits time after time because no one has been stamping them when they land at our ports. p.2.
New chairman
Mr Jack Male has taken over as chairman of the RHA this week. He is looking to establish the reputation of hauliers as true professionals. p.3.
Non-starter
The proposed social tax on trucks is a non-starter, said the RHA's retiring chairman Mr Ken Hatcher at the Association's annual dinner in London this week. He said that more taxation would merely have the effect of pushing up all prices to the public. p.4.
Purged
A DoE purge on permits at Dover has meant conviction for two drivers, with more cases pending. The Department swooped on the drivers under the Road Haulage Permits Act, which came into force recently. p.4.
LT warning
Higher fares for years to come is the bleak prospect facing LT's passengers unless the Government can be persuaded to put more money into public transport, according to the London Transport Passengers Committee. p.5.
Young transfusion
Plans to set up a young executive section have been announced by the Road Haulage Association in an effort to introduce new blood. p.47.
'Slow roll'
Grimsby magistrates, who fined an operator and its driver for operating a vehicle with an insecure load, were told by the defence that the incident which led to the prosecution was a classic example of the "slow roll" syndrome. p.48.
The survivors
New safety legislation for transport was forecast by Mr Marcus Fox MP, speaking to the British Association of Removers. He said few small operators would survive beyond the next two decades because of the implications of Capital Transfer Tax. p.49.
Code search
The Health and Safety Commission is putting forward its ideas on new regulations to ensure the safe movement of hazardous loads, including coding loads in case of accident. p.49.
EEC regs
The FTA is not impressed with draft EEC regulations on standardising driving licence laws and has told the Department of the Environment that it is standardising for its own sake, p.50
Drivers' wages
Industrial relations have come under the spotlight in the FTA's drivers' wages service report which includes a breakdown of the formulation of wages, hours and subsistence payments. p.50.
Clamp down
Eight operators have been called before the East Midland Traffic Commissioners after a clamp down over maintenance in the area. p.51.
Paris coach
A regular coach service from Manchester to Paris in 14 hours is being launched next Friday. p.52.
Four winners
Four of this year's five awards from the Design Council for the British Motor Vehicle Industry have been won by the commercial vehicle sector. p.53.
Don't move
A new device has been announced which locks the braking system of a tanker as soon as the discharge or loading connections are opened and is claimed to stop drivers accidentally moving away from the terminal while still connected by the hose. p.54.
New truck?
A new range of trucks to take Leyland into the Eighties is on the cards and could use an American gearbox. p.54.
Selling repairs
When Co-op transport workshops have spare capacity it makes sense to sell repairs to outsiders, so enhancing the status of the transport manager and generating cash flow, the National Association of Co-operative Transport Officials was told at its conference at Blackpool. p.56.
Meet Alicia
Our Profile feature spotlights Alicia Gains, who runs her own haulage business and has recently completed a two-year stint as first woman chairman of the RHA's Central London sub-area—all accomplished not only in supposedly maledominated areas but also as a comparative youngster. p.57.
How much power?
The optimum hp requirement for 32 tons? 187kW (250bhp) —this was the answer given when the question was put at the IRTE conference at Solihull at the weekend. p.62.
Group test
CM's technical editor has tested three British eight-wheel tippers. To do so he fitted into a typical on/off-site operation at one of English China Clay's quarries. p.69.
Inside Leyland
Graham Montgomerie interviews Bob Beresford, BL Truck and Bus Division chief engineer (vehicle engineering): they talk of the post Ryder report spirit at Leyland and of attitudes to current development trends. p.75.
Nippy Bedford
The Bedford CF 220 with 1.8litre engine tested by CM proved to be a very nippy van for a vehicle with a gvw of 2.2 tons. Overall fuel consumption was 21.3mpg, p.79.
Buyers' guide
Our self-contained guide to the British commercial vehicle manufacturing industry and its principal products contains a four-page list of bodybuilders; two pages on vehicle and trailer manufacturers; and 24 pages giving detailed tables of chassis specification. p.82.
Bright future
The way ahead for a successful future for British hauliers was spelt out at Intertruck's Monte Carlo conference. Delegates were told that prospects for overseas operation, particularly to the Middle East and Western Africa, are especially bright. p.153.