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1CKS of the World Highways ndford Press, £4.95) edited 1rthur Ingram, offers value noney considering its size, printing and number of tographs, including some in The chapters include sport background for each ritry and then mostly go on a :e by make survey, including le former marques.
le areas covered are Britain; th America; Australia; ;tern Europe; Greece, the em Bloc and the Soviet an; Middle East; North
Ghana, Central Africa and th Africa; and Cuba — plus a ater called the Truck Hobby. Jba, it suggests, is probably nost interesting transport le in the world today
Rise of its variety of ipment. Pre Fidel Castro il 1959) most vehicles came the USA — Mack, White, rnational, Ford and
vrolet. Then along came iian commercial vehicles — rly Maz, Gas, and Kraz, alemented by the Praga and a from Czechoslovakia, the 3 nd GrObe from East
nany, little Stars from nd, and Ebros and Barreiros Spain.
:day, we are told, the king industry there looks thy, with the many old 'ions now joined by Fiats and cedes from Argentina, 3sos from Spain, Nissans Hinos from Central America, bonneted Berliets,
umably straight from aparently, it is not only sh and Continental lufacturers who are worried omplex webs of regulations. e USA some states allow ales, tractor/semi-trailer/full :r, or even triples (same plus her full trailer) over certain ways; others are seemingly ased to high-capacity cles.
hile, as we know, the Middle haulage boom has passed, 3 big export market. The ors — Neils Jansen, Colin and Martin Phippard — tell at there has been
ulation that road transport ngapore will be the next target for Western European hauliers, although Far Eastern roads are appalling. Besides this, they suggest the police focus attention on Western drivers because of pornography, cigarettes and whisky. "Corruption is the order of things, too: no money, or gifts? No stamps to proceed — that's trucking Asian style."
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Principles
THE Principles of Transport (Ian Allen, £8,95) is the successor book to Elements of Transport, first published in 1964, and is in its third edition, which appears in a different form. One reason is that the examination scheme of the Chartered Institute of Transport has been restructured and revised coverage by the author, R. W. Faulks, Lecturer in Transport at Sheffield University, was necessary.
It is, then, a book for students, who are told that they must appreciate the "amodal" nature of transport. Hence, in the chapter on trade organisations, besides the familiar contractions — RHA, FTA, CPT, BRF, IRU, for instance — equal spaces are devoted to the UIC (International Union of Railways), IMO (International Maritime Organisation), IATA (International Air Transport Association), the Baltic Exchange and so on.
It is a good reference book, and the index shows up references enabling the reader to find an explanation of what, say, public ownership means, or read up on the development of industrial relations.
All Acts of Parliament to which reference is made are listed on one page in chronological order.
On current development the author suggests that while in the UK train miles have fallen and the number of road vehicles has risen, "this very distinct trend with its demands on road space and the inevitable congestion is a reason in itself for suggesting that this way of life cannot continue" — oil problems apart. Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey.