, Fifth Edition of World-famous Book
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T ODAY the fifth edition of " The .1 British Commercial Vehicle Industry" is Published by Temple Press Ltd. This indispensable work of reference for buyers of commercial vehicles throughout the world incorporates all those features which experience has shown to be valuable, and, includes several useful additions,
Among them is an article explaining how, by using simple formul2e, an operator can calculate the performance of any vehicle, and thus ensure that the model he buys is most suited to his .requirements and territory.
The layout of former editions, in which a colour code is used for easy reference to sections of the book, has been preserved, but the text has been extensively re-written and many new pictures have been introduced.
The book is divided into main sections dealing with goods vehicles, coaches, motorb.uses and trolleybuscs, municipal and specialized appliances, bodywork and proprietary units. Each is subdivided as far as possible for easy reference. For, instance, bodybuilders are split into two distinct sections. goods and paS.senger, and a code system enables the type of work undertaken by each bodybuilder to be ascertained at a glance.
As in previous editions, headings of specification tables and captions 'to.. pictures are printed in English, French and Spanish. Weights and measures are quoted in English and Metric units.
One of the most valuable sections of the book is the 25-page geographical index, which shows the location of manufacturers' overse a s factorie.s, agents and distributors in all corners of the world.
This splendidly bound work costs 42s. net from all booksellers or bookstalls, or 44s. by post from Temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, F.C.1.
TO SPEEDING: 1205,969 LINES totalling £205,969 45. 6d. were I paid last year by drivers who were convicted of exceeding the speed limit. In 2.783 cases coach and bus drivers paid £8,703 9s. in fines, and goodsvehicle drivers paid 155,549 19s. 6d. on 21,865 charges.
Weight-limit offences cost £2,651; obstruction, £67,061 lls. 4d., and offences in connection with records, £9,482 is. 2d. The total of fines imposed for offences relating to motor vehicles was £812,102 9s. 5d.
These figures are contained in "Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles" (Stationery Office, 2s), published last week.