Company Cleared of Parking Charge

18th March 1955, Page 88

18th March 1955

Page 88

Page 88, 18th March 1955 — Company Cleared of Parking Charge

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AMEMBER company of the Traders' Road Transport Association has been successfully defended against a charge concerning a driver who left his vehicle in a yellow-band street.

The defence argued that the " nowaiting " regulations expressly trovided that no vehicle should wait in a restricted street during the prescribed hours, except to deliver to or collect from premises in the street "if it is not reasonably practicable to load or unload the vehicle in any neighbouring street, not being a restricted street."

Such a vehicle was entitled to wait up to 20 minutes, although a police officer might request that it be moved to prevent obstruction. The court accepted the submission that it was not necessary for the _driver to be loading or unloading, but sufficient if he stopped for that purpose. The charge was dismissed.

T.R.T.A. STUDY DOCK DELAYS

OFFICIALS of the Southampton A-/Section of the Traders' Road Transport Association have visited the docks to obtain information about the delays in unloading vehicles. The investigation was made at the request of the West Midland Area. A report has been sent to headquarters.

[A similar inquiry has been conducted by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, as reported in The Commercial Motor last week.]

Several members of the T.R.T.A. have reported that parking facilities f9r heavy vehicles are being withdrawn in a number of towns. More detailed information is being sought:

PAINT REPAIRS IN A DAY

TESTS made by the General Electric Co., Ltd.. Magnet House, Kingsway, London. W.C.2, have shown that paint-repair work, apart from final polishing, can be completed within a day, the various coats being dried by standard G.E.C. infra-red lamp units.

This equipment has been passed by the inspector of Factories Department for use except during the actual spraying of cellulose. Infra-red drying, it is stated, removes the causes of blooming. It is claimed that forced drying of each coat prevents condensation, and the metal itself can, if necessary, he preheated to prevent condensation before the application of the primer.

BIG DEMAND FOR VANS

TN December, 1954, a year-old van fetched only 22 per cent, less than its original purchase price, says the latest issue of Motor Business, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit. 22 Ryder Street. St. James's, London, S.W.1. This low rate of discount indicates that the domestic market for new vans is far from being satisfied, it is stated.

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