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Hauliers and Drivers Fined E894 on 382 Summonses
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TWO Burton-on-Trent hauliers, Little Haywood Transport Co., Ltd.. I and Fletcher and Co., Ltd., and 23 of their drivers, were fined a total of £894, plus £73 5s. costs, at Burton on Monday, on 382 summonses relating to hours of work by drivers, speeds of lorries and the keeping of records.
Little Haywood Transport Co:, Lto. were fined £486—£3 on each of 16.% offences, 34 of which concerned drivers hours, 76 related to records and 52 tc speed. The company was also ordered to pay costs of £52 2s. 6d.
Fletcher and Co. were fined a Iota. of £174—£3 on each of 58 offences, 22 of them concerning drivers' hours, 19 referring to records and 17 to speed The company were also ordered to pay costs of £21 2s. 6d.
The 23 drivers were fined a total of £234—for aiding and abetting in 74 record offences, 57 speed offences and 31 hours offences.
There were pleas of guilty, to all bu 14 offences.
Fletcher and Co. pleaded not guilty to seven speed offences. Two drivers each pleaded not guilty to three summonses of aiding and abetting speed offences, and a third driver pleaded not guilty to one summons of aiding and abetting one speed offence. The magistrates, however, convicted on all 14 offences.
3,000 Tons a Day Mr. C. J. Grey, defending both corn panics and the drivers, said that the hauliers were supplying a valuable public service, carrying coal from the Midlands to power stations in the South. Their lorries covered 11 m. miles in a year and recently had carried 3,000 tons of coal per day.
No driver had complained about fatigue or excessive hours, and the keeping of records had been tightened up.
HEADLAMP CHECKS BY POLICE
HIEADLAMPS of vehicles may be subjected to spot-checks this winter by Cumberland and Westmorland police patrols, who are being equipped with a Lucas beam-setter. The chief constable has explained that vehicles may be stopped at night and drawn into a lay-by for headlamps to be checked.
Drivers would be obliged to visit a garage if their lights were faulty. The A6 'from Kendal to Carlisle runs through the two counties.
B.M.C. OFFER TWO-PEDAL CONTROL 4ANU MAT1C two-pedal control is al now offered as optional equipment on all Morris J2 and Austin 152 light commercial vehicles. This was announced last Friday, the opening day of the Commercial Motor Show. Twopedal transmission systems figure prominently in the chassis technical review on pages 328-336.
Four New Bedfords Replace Two
FOUR new Bedford vehicles have been added to the home-marker range. These are a 25-cwt., 35-cwt., a 2-tonner and a 3-tanner. The 25-cwt. and 35-cwt: models replace the current 25-30-cwt. chassis, and the 2-tonner and 3-tonner supersede the current 2-3-ton model. On all four, the Perkins P4 oil engine is available as an alternative to the Bedford petrol engine.
With the exception of lighter springs, the 25-cwt. machine bears the specification of the former 25-30-cwt. model. Gross vehicle weight is 3 tons 7 cwt. The 35-cwt. chassis has heavier springs than are fitted to the 25-cwt. model, and 8.25-16-in. (10-ply) tyres are used, Gross vehicle weight is 4 tons 0 cwt. 2 qr.
Of similar basic specification to the existing 2-3-ton machine, the 2-ton chassis has lighter springs and 6.5020-in, (6-ply) tyres. It is available in longor short-wheelbase form and the gross vehicle weight is 4 tons 19 cwt.
Principal features of the 3-ton model include a heavy-duty front axle, larger brake drums at the front, heavier springs and 7.00-20-in. (8-ply) tyres. Gross vehicle weight is 3 tons 7 cwt.
PRIORITY FOR FIVE ROAD SCHEMES
rIVERRIDING priority is to be given \--/ by the Minister of Transport to five major road schemes. He made this announcement last week at the British Road Federation conference.
The roads are from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, largely following the existing Great North Road; London to Birmingham and to Preston and the north-west; London to the south-west, with a link to South Wales; and London to Dover and Folkestone.
M. Watkinson said that he attached as much importance to the expansion of the railways, as a means for balancing traffic between road and rail, as to the construction of new motorways.