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Employers Warned About Records Defence
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ANOTE of caution to employers over the operation of the " disqualification " section of the new Road Traffic Act was sounded by Mr. H. R. Featherstone, National Secretary of Traders' Road Transport Association, speaking at Stockton-on-Tees last week.
Mr. Featherstone was attending an inaugural meeting of the T.R.T.A.'s new Tees-side area, at which Mr. S. S. Robson, chairman of the Northern Division, presided. Mr. Featherstone said that no date had yet been fixed for the implementation of this section of the Act and this was clearly because the Minister wanted to complete his review of all the speed limits, both on roads and on vehicles, before he introduced the new provisions.
T.R.T.A: PROPOSAL The Association had originally opposed this section, not because they objected to the wider use of the system of disqualification, hut because the clause as then worded meant the courts would not have possessed power to take account of individual circumstances. In this connection, the T.R.T.A. had made strong representations and they, were now satisfied that the need to take into consideration mitigating circumstances had been secured.
Mr. Featherstone added: "For all transport managers or for those employers having responsibility for transport employees there is a very clear need to be familiar with the scope of this particular section. The Association has already published a guide and T do not think too much stress can be laid on the importance of the details contained therein being assimilated by those concerned."
He went on to advise that instructions should also be given to drivers who would need to know the effects of offences under the new provisions.
A GAIN the Common Market makes I-1 news, but this time it is in connection with the Turin Motor Show which opened today and closes on Sunday, November 11. So far as new designs are concerned, this is perhaps the poorest Turin Show for 'many years; but what is important is that there are signs of co-operation between Italian concerns and their contemporaries in other Common Market countries. For instance, there is the Sicca passenger model with German Magirus-Deutz engine and running units and, in the same vein, there are M.A.N. and Mercedes-Benz chassis with Orlandi and Menarini coach bodies, respectively.
The Common Market has also influenced the only really new design at the Show—the Lancia Esagamma fourwheeled goods chassis. This has been laid out to permit solo operation at 16 tons gross with a rear axle loading of 10 tons, in line with current Common Market vehicle regulation thoughts. in Italy, however, it can operate at only 14 tons, whilst provision has been made for countries such as France where 19 tons is permitted. Three-axled and tractive-unit versions are offered also and in all cases the new Lancia 187 b.h.p. diesel engine is employed.
New in a more specialized way is a Perlini 4 x 2 dumper which has a G.M.C. two-stroke diesel engine and can operate at 32 tons gross weight. .This is Perlini's first dumper, and it is unusual for a
vehicle of its. size in having semi-elliptic springs on both axles. As has been common in recent years, the Show bristles with threeand four-axle trailers, threeaxle semi-trailers and third-axle conversions of 4 x 2 chassis. Municipal vehicles are much in evidence also, 'whilst there is the usual number of extremely wellfinished coaches, many of which have air suspension. Britain has a toe-hold over here and our representation consists of several Bedfords, some light Thames models, a Land-Rover and an Austin' Gipsy.
Obviously, however, the „theme of the Show is consolidation with the equally important consideration of "getting to know one's neighbours." In this case, the neighbours most worth knowing appear to be the Germans. Admittedly. the Belgian-bodied Alfa Romeo coach should have appeared here, but it was not completed in time.
A fully illustrated technical report and review of the Show will appear in The Commercial Motor next week.
Bus Orders Worth £9m. 1-1 A FURTHER £300,000 worth of Bus Orders Worth £9m. 1-1 A FURTHER £300,000 worth of
orders have been secured from British bus operators by Leyland Motors Ltd., bringing the value of home and export bus contracts placed with the Lancashire company this year to over £9 million, it was announced by the company on Wednesday.
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