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concessions for Other Vehicles
PERATORS of single-deck public service vehicles first registered are June 1, 1950, are to be allowed extend them to a maximum overall ;th of 30 ft. This concession is tamed in the draft Motor Vehicles nstruction and Use) (Amendment) ;illations, 1951, which have been ulated by the Ministry of Transport. be draft regulations make concesis in respect also of works trucks, estrian-controlled vehicles, street epers and certain trailers. The ating " regulation is to be revoked.
Concessions for Works Trucks works truck is defined as "a motor icle designed for use in private mises and used on a road only in Ung from one part of any such mises to another, or to-other private rnises in the immediate neighbourid." It is to be afforded the following cessions:—
(a) The overhang may exceed 50 Cr cent. of the wheelbase. (b) Pneutatic tyres need not be fitted. (c) /nly one braking system and one leans for operation need be proided. In those circumstances, it will e unnecessary to comply with the egulation requiring that if the brakes ail, it must still be possible to apply a at least half the number of wheels braking force sufficient to bring the chicle to rest within a reasonable istance under the most adverse conit ions. (d) No mudguards need be tted. (e) A speedometer need not e carried.
legulation 14, which requires the ler to have an adequate view of the d ahead, is not to be changed. The lister has not thought it advisable to 3nimend any special relaxation for -ks trucks in respect of vehicle excise y, lighting, third-party insurance. ring tests or driving licences.
le proposes, however, that where a -ks truck is used on a public road y between parts of a works, the ttification mark need be visible Ler only to the rear of the direction travel, in which case the mark must ays be clearly seen, or only on each
and the rear mark, if any. need be illuminated.
Pedestrian Control pedestrian-controlled vehicle not aeding 8 cwt. unladen need not carry iirror and, even if it has more than ie wheels and any brake shoe can be lied by more than one system, it d not have on all wheels brakes that be operated by only one means.
be Minister is to allow street epers used by or on behalf of a local aority to be built to a maximum rail width of 8 ft., to cover the jection of the brush and of elevator r for lifting refuse and depositing it he body.
:onstruction and Use Regulation 59, ch requires that the size of the tyres be fitted to the wheels of heavy iorcars shall be marked on the tels and that tyres of a greater size than that indicated shall not be fitted. is to be revoked.
The requirements of section 17 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, relating to the employment of drivers and attendants, will not apply where a motor vehicle is drawing a trailer weighing not more than 45 cwt., and fitted with overrun brakes and carrying plant or an appliance permanently affixed to it.
The Minister hopes shortly to revise fully the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1947, and the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1949, but the process will be lengthy, and he is
makingamendments already describedwithout awaiting the full-scale revision --
FESTIVAL TOURS FOR S.U.T.
AST week, Sheffield United Tours.
Ltd., applied to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority for permission to run tours to Leeds and Hull during the Festival of Britain. The application was opposed by the Railway Executive.
The company had had many inquiries about tours facilities, said Mr. W. R. Hargrave, for S.U.T.. but nothing had so far been published about proposed railway services.
Mr. D. Rodgers, witness for the applicant, said that he did not suggest that there were not good travel facilities between Sheffield and Leeds, but those to Hull were "not so bright."
The application regarding Leads was withdrawn and the Executive withdrew its objection to the Hull tours. The revised application was granted.