Mr. Quin Has Praise for Haulier
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A HAULIER was congratulated by 1-"V Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at Glasgow last week, for applying for a more suitable vehicle before acquiring it, rather than first putting it on the road and then seeking approval.
Mr. Thomas McMillan, Newton Mearns, wished to replace a vehicle of 3 tons unladen weight by one of 5 tons. He proposed to buy an Albion Reiver to carry heavy agricultural machinery and equipment. Such loads overhung his present lorry.
A larger vehicle, said Mr. A. Jones, director of the Scottish Adhesives Co., Ltd., Glasgow, would provide better transport for drums of inflammable material, which the railways would not carry.
It was pointed out for the British Transport Commission, who objected, that the bigger vehicle would have 4 tons more payload capacity. Mr. Quin said that he proposed to exercise his discretion as" the applicant had had the " good sense" to ask for a heavier vehicle before libtaining and operating it TOWING IN IGNORANCE
AKESWICK garage proprietor, who had used his light cross-country-type vehicle for towing caravans without knowing that he had to have a B licence. was granted a licence for a radius of 20 miles by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, at Penrith last week.
For Mr. F. Hinde, Crosthwaite Garage, the applicant, Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw said that his client was under the impression that his C licence covered the towing of caravans. He had been told that this was in order by someone at the office of the Licensing Authority, in Newcastle upon Tyne. His business was concerned mainly with towing caravans locally, although he did sometimes go farther afield.
Mr. W.13. Tyson, one of two objectors, said that he had one of the six vehicles licensed in Cumberland to tow caravans. He was concerned with towing only new caravans for longer distances.
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ALONDON lorry driver was fined £.5 for parking on the verge-of the MI, at Ampthill, Beds, last week. It was believed to be the first case of its kind. Regulation 9 of the Motorways Traffic Regulations, 1959, lays down that no vehicle shall be driven or stop on any verge on the motorway except in an emergency.
ENFORCING WEIGHT LIMITS WITH a view to enforcing the maxiVT mum laden weights prescribed by regulations, Lancashire County Council are being asked to re-establish the vehicle weighing section of the weights and measures department. Operation of the section was suspended during the war. E 10