Four P.S.V. Rules Changed
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THE Conditions of Fitness Regulations which came into force last April have been amended in four respects. The changes, which came into operation on March 16, are:
(I) New vehicles constructed to comply with the swept-circle requirements for vehicles registered on and after April 1, 1959, which are quite different from the swept-circle requirements for existing vehicles, can be put into service before that date.
(2) A fuel tank may be fitted under a passage leading to the third (emergency) exit, where a third exit is required on account of the vehicle's high seating capacity.
(3) Any space betwedh two facing longitudinal seats at the end of a gangway (such as where the cowling projects from the floor behind the driver's bulkhead) is excluded from the requirements as to width and height of gangway.
(4) New vehicles constructed to comply with the latest requirements relating to the distance between one transverse seat and the seat in front can be put into service before April 1.
These changes are made by the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness) (Amendment) Regulations, 1959 (Stationery Office, 3d.).
FORD SALES UP
TOTAL sales by the Ford Motor Co.,
Ltd., rose from £165.9m. in 1957 to £206.6m. in 1958. The number of vehicles sold increased from 338,421 to 421,572. Home sales rose from 153,752 to 202,133, and exports from 184,669 to 219,439.