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a While I was employed by a national
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concern as a driver of heavy goods fehicles I took a voluntary hgv driving test vhich involved also taking the medical vhich the firm arranged. I have now left he firm. When I apply for my hgv driving icence as my ordinary licence expires, vil I have to take the medical again?
Lk You will need to produce a medical
certificate when you apply for your hgv 'riving licence, which should show that he medical was taken not more than three nonths before the date from which you want se licence to run. The hgv medical certificate ; part of the application form, and must be ompleted and signed by the doctor who xamined you.
Could you tell me where 1 can get some sheets to keep maintenance records ■ n? I seem to remember seeing them aentioned in CM sometime ago.
• We have mentioned a number of maintenance and record systems in ommercial Motor. Systems can be supplied ly the Road Haulage Association, 22 Upper Voburn Place, London WC1, (tel: 01-387 1711), or the Freight Transport Association, ;unley House, Bedford Park, Croydon, CR9 XU (tel: 01-686 0731), to their members alternatively, by one of the major fuel uppliers. For example, Shell, Esso and iulf all have excellent but simple systems and ve would suggest that you contact your Jcal fuel supplier for information.
▪ I would like to obtain a full list of haulage contractors and I wonder if here is a handbook listing them all There is no publication which gives a
complete list of transport operators -iroughout the country but one of the most omprehensive at the moment is the Freight idustry Year Book 1971. It is published by lodern Transport Publishing Co Ltd, Terminal ouse, Shepperton, Middlesex, price 5 uineas. This contains the names and addresss of both the hire-and-reward hauliers and the wn-account operators. Just published, too, a new edition of the ABC Goods Transport uide, listing many hauliers and their services. : costs 10s post free from The Cashiers, 40 owling Green Lane, London EC1.
The Road Haulage Association (22 Upper /alum Place, London WC1) also produces, irough its area offices, guides covering its iember hauliers, Q A driver with some past experience on Class 2 heavy goods vehicles has driven only Class 3 vehicles while in our employ and is using his current driving licence which does not expire for some time. On application, therefore, he can only be given a certificate covering the qualifying period (February 1969–February 1970) for Class 3 vehicles. Understandably, a test would have to be taken to qualify for Class 2.
In-the meantime, can this driver be allowed to drive Class 2 vehicles without supervision until the time comes to make application for the new licence?
AUntil the driver's existing normal licence
which is presumably for all groups, expires he can continue to drive heavy goods vehicles of Class 2 (or any other class). As you rightly say, he will then require to be tested on whatever class of vehicle he wishes to hold a licence other than a class on which he can claim exemption.
QSince the hgv driving test was first announced I have never seen the DoE advertising for examiners. One must wonder from where the staff are drawn. Could you please inform me on this, as my local employment exchange is unable to help? What are the qualifications required, where do I apply and what is the salary, etc?
A The Ministry has recruited its driving examiners from those who have already been engaged in the private car test.
These men have gone through an intensive course of training at the Ministry establishment at Harmondsworth, and any examiners which DoE has since recruited have been for private car testing rather than hgv testing.
You can obtain more detailed information about Ministerial recruitment by writing to the Department of the Environment at: Public Relations Office, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1.
Q Am 1 right in thinking that one member of the Wilberforce committee— examining the power workers' pay claim— is shortly joining London Transport?
AYes, Mr Jim Mortimer, formerly of the
Draughtsmen's union (DATA) and of the National Board for Prices and Incomes, is a member of the Wilberforce committee. He is shortly taking up a senior labour relations appointment with London Transport,
aWe run a 3-ton petrol-engined Karrier
Bantam truck for delivering milk. This truck finishes work at lunch time and then stands for the rest of the day. We have obtained an operator's licence and are planning to start some local haulage, deliveries, removals, etc, in order to fill up the day.
We intend to advertise this service but if we did get a customer we should not know what to charge for the job. Do we charge for the run, by the hours or by the mile? Could you advise on this as we don't want to undercut but must be competitive?
A It is certainly most important that before
engaging in road haulage you should be aware of the cost of operating your vehicle. The current edition of the CM Tables of Operating Costs shows, for this class of vehicle, a total operating cost of 29.64d per mile on the basis of 400 miles per week. We assume that you would not do much more mileage than this. On top of this cost should be added 20 per cent for overheads and if a further 20 per cent is added for profit (this figure is obviously up to you) then a minimum charge of 41.50d per mile is arrived at. However. as you are using the vehicle for your own work some of the costs could be borne by that work.
Working on a mileage basis is the more accurate way of assessing your costs and charges but your prospective customers may wish to pay on a price per trip or hourly basis in which case you can easily assess the mileage and the time for the work to be done; workout the total price by mileage and convert it to an hourly or total run price. If the work is likely to involve a lot of waiting time then an hourly charge may be necessary, in which case a figure of about 30s per hour would be suitable. But again you could reduce this somewhat if you chose because of your other work.
Q, am confused about the regulations
regarding the colouring of vehicle spot and headlights. Would you please clarify this because, as a shop steward, I feel I should know the actual interpretation of the law regarding this point so I can convey it to my branch members?
A Regulation 10 of the Road Vehicles
(Headlamps) Regulations, 1969 requires that every headlamp shall emit either a white or yellow light. Regulation 9 says that . matched pairs of headlamps shall emit beams Of the same colour. In other words, the lamps can be either white or yellow but they must be the same, and this now applies to spot and fog lamps ("auxiliary" lamps) also.