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A System for Supervising Drivers.

15th February 1917
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Means by which a Haulage Contractor Keeps Touch of All Expenses in Connection with Motor Vehicles Hired Out.

The running of motor vehicles without a system is like trying to walk without legs—there is nothing to stand on. In consequence, the commercial-vehicle owner or prospective owner will do well to apply himself seriously to the study of existing systems or model systems with a iew to making a selection of one adapted to his own use. The subject of the present article is a method evolved by the Rapid Motor Transport Co., Ltd., a haulage contractor of long experience, and possesses several points worthy of note.

Hiring of Motor Vehicles: Running of Chars-a.

banes.

The hiring out of motor vehicles has been a successful business during war times, most haulage contractors having had their hands full from the beginning. The running of chars-à-bancs also received a, considerable impetus during the first part of the war, owing to the largely-increased wages given to munition workers, and people not possessing enough money to buy a car, but enough to have a good holiday in a district far-removed from their working places, and perhaps inaccessible by railway this latter industry, however, has been hit badly by the petrol restrictions. Consequently, additional interest is lent to this system of control of both drivers and vehicles.

The instructions to drivers aro divided into several headings. With regard to passengers, two classes only are allowed to be carried, viz., fare-paying passengers in the chars-be-banes, and paid employees of hirers in the motor lorries. There is to be no joyriding.

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Precautions Against Overloading and Overspeeding.

Instructions are given to' the drivers to take care that the vehicles are not overloaded. If an effort is made by the employer to put an overload on the vehicle, the office is to be 'phoned at once. When in doubt of the weight of a load, it should be weighed. Over-speeding is also prevented by fitting each vehicle with a speed governor, and there are strict injunctions not to tamper with these in any way.

Fuel Economy and Daily Duties.

Fuel is to be economized as far as possible, by stopping the engine when convenient, by using extra air as soon as the engine is warm, and running the engine very slowly when the stop is short. Those should not, however, be any "free-wheeling" down hill.

The daily duties—cleaning, etc.—are as follow :— The vehicles to be greased and oiled, brasses polished, petrol replenished on entrance to garage, chains and oil tanks seen to at end of day, gearboxes lubricated, vehicles washed when possible, overhaul of all tools and reports of missing ones. The vehicle tools are not to be used when in the garage, but those belonging to the garage The driver also has to see that the report, reproduced in our illustration (the small tablet), is filled in each day. On this he makes a brief summary of the day's trips and the materials used. The details on these reports are entered on two sheets, the Daily Record Sheet and the Motor Spirit Account. The driver is told to be careful in giving the actual time of starting the job. not the time when he should have got there, and he has also to remember that the

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