"Clear Departure from Normal User"
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AN application by A. Sanderson (Great Broughton), Ltd., for the addition of a 7-ton vehicle to their A licence, to replace one weighing 31 tons, was refused last week by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority.
"I would not say there has been a departure from normal user which would imperil the company if their licence came up for renewal, but there has been a clear departure," he declared. The vehicle they were seeking was also of a different type from the one they wanted to surrender.
Mr. T. H. Cambell Wardlaw, for Sanderson's, said the larger lorry would enable them to carry steel from Teeside to South Wales with greater safety. At present, vehicles were being used night and day on a trunk service for these loads, but the substitution would produce less than a 10 per cent. increase in traffic. No other independent operator could offer such a service.
For British Road Services, Mr. J. L. R. Croft said they could provide vehicles if requested.
NEW SMALLS SERVICE IN SOUTH
GIVING connections with the trunk services ofCusick (Oldham), Ltd., a new smalls organization is to be set up by the Parkstone Transport Co., Ltd., covering the south coast and spreading mainly eastwards from Parkstone. The company expect to open premises in the Portsmouth area and on the western side of London. In the New Year services between Southampton and Bournemouth will probably be inaugurated.
SNOW WILL BE BLOWN AWAY
FOUR giant snowplough blowers have been built for the Ministry of Transport by Steels Engineering Products, Ltd., Sunderland. They will be able to operate in drifts of up to 12 ft., clearing a lane 9 ft. wide. Snow will be blown 40-80 ft. away, at the rate of 12-22 tons per minute.
" L " IACENCE EXTENSION AS from March I next, provisional driving licences will be valid for six, instead of three, months. The Minister of Transport is now considering when to introduce Section 18(1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1956, which, in effect, limits the number of provisional licences that a learner may hold without taking a test.