Police Officer Supports Lorry Drivers
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THE suggestion made at a Road Safety Federation meeting at Bromsgrove last week, that commercial-vehicle drivers should travel slower and not so close behind other vehicles, was strongly countered by Supt. Cunningham, of Warwickshire Police. It was an outrageous and somewhat slanderous statement, he exclaimed, and added that he considered commercial and particularly cementlorry drivers, were the best on the road.
Cilr. J. D. Beard (Oldbury) replied that, although commercial drivers might be skilled, they did not always show consideration for lack of skill in others.
LEEDS-BRADFORD JOINT WORKING TO CONTINUE?
INCREASED competition by the diesel 1 rail service between Leeds and Bradford has led Bradford Transport Department to the view that the through bus service between the two towns should he discontinued or modified. Leeds Transport Committee, however, are prepared to run the service, even though receipts were down.
Takings since the diesel rail service started have been reduced by £5,000 a year. Bradford had suggested that instead of the existing double-decker through service, the two corporations should each operate as far as Stanningley, or that there should be a through service of single-deckers.
Leeds, however, thought the route was used by many intermediate passengers and a break at StanningIey would mean the payment of two fares. A singledecker service would prove inadequate at peak hours and it was recommended that there should be no alteration to present arrangements.
NEW B.R.S. DEPOT ANEW parcels depot has been opened by British Road Services, Ltd., in the former Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd.'s premises at Bracebridge Heath, Lincs., to replace those at Newark and Scunthorpe. Five thousand sq. ft. of loading platform has been installed to make the new depot capable of handling 20 vehicles simultaneously.
Trunk parcels services will be operated to and from London, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Northampton and Boston. and 20 vehicles will also be operated on collection and delivery in Lincolnshire.
B.T.C. VISITS THE SOUTH
IVIEMBERS of the British Transport Commission are today visiting the British Road Services depot, vessels and quay used for traffic to the Isle of Wight. A visit later in the day to the bus station of Hants and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd., at Bournemouth, will conclude the Commission's three-day tour.
It included visits to several transport installations, meetings with local civil, trade and industrial personalities and a formal business meeting, under the chairmanship of Sir Brian Robertson, at Southampton yesterday.