Two Mirrors Needed : New Trailer Plates
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AT least two rear-view mirrors must be fined as from January 1, 1958, to every goods vehicle, dual-purpose vehicle and passenger vehicle carrying more than seven people excluding the driver. This is laid down in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957.
One of the two mirrors must be fitted externally on the off side: the other may be either inside or externally on the near side. Mirrors should be constructed and fitted to assist the driver to see traffic to the rear and on both sides rearwards. Vehicles excepted from this rule include pedestrian-controlled types, works trucks on which the driver can see easily to the rear, tractor-trailer outfits with an attendant on the trailer in communication with the driver, land tractors, land locomotives and motorcycles with or without sidecars.
Triangular trailer plates, as specified in the Construction and Use Regulations, 1955, replace the existing " T " type on January 1.
EIGHT-WHEELERS CAN USE QUICK-WASH BAY
L'IGHT-WHEELERS, Luton vans and 1-4 double-deck buses can be accommodated by a Tecalemit all-purpose quick-wash bay, which has been installed for Syd Abrams, Ltd., Manchester. It occupies part of their newly opened extensions. The washing arch can be raised or lowered according to the size of the vehicle. Additional washing arms are provided for vehicles above normal height. Vehicles weighing up to 20 tons can use the equipment. In the same building is a rapid lubrication bay, fitted with up-to-date Tecalemit equipment, where up to four vehicles may be serviced simultaneously. Abrams' expansion began in 1953, when they were appointed Vauxhall and Bedford agents. Their premises now occupy 22,500 sq. ft.
INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST UPS AND DOWNS
" N°period in my experience has been attended by such extreme fluctuations of demand or fraught with so many uncertainties," says Sir Leonard Lord, chairman and joint managing director of the British Motor Corporation, Ltd., in his report for the year to July 31 last. Production fell from 439,558 units in 1955-56 to 352,855 in 1956-57, but output was raised from 51,407 in the first quarter of the year to 123,341 in the last. Fifty-one per cent. of output was exported. Sir Leonard appeals to the Government for a better understanding of the home market's function as the foundation of the motor industry's economy. Government policies that reduced home sales must be revised to provide parity of home-market conditions with those of Continental manufacturers. "It must make trade free to meet free trade," he says.