WILL RATIONALIZATION BENEFIT GROCERS?
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CLASGOW grocers believe that the decision to discontinue the issue •of basic fuel rations for goods vehicles will mean little change in the situation with regard to deliveries throughout the city.
. Mr. John McConnel, secretary of the' Glasgow Grocers Association, stated that they did _not know yet on what basis applications would be considered. At present, deliveries were being made once weekly, and only heavy groceries and. weekly rationed supplies are delivered. Vans which normally carried 50 orders, now, owing to the cut in deliveries, carried only 20 orders. The grocers also felt that little advantage could' be obtained by pooling the resources of vehicles which are already working to full capacity, but they are considering the situation in an endeavour to assist the rationalization scheme,
FOR failing to immobilize three lorries at their garage at Skipton. Yorkshire, two partners in a local haulage liusiness, Roger L. Williamson and John Williamson, were each fined a total of 45s. at Skipton Police Court, last week.
21 PER CENT. FEWER ROAD FATALITIES DURING the last four months of 1941 there were more than 900 fewer fatal rofd accidents than in the corresponding 1940 period, said Col. Llewelfin in the House of Commons last week. That was a reduction of nearly 21 Ter cent.
This improvement was a result of the special campaign against accidents
now being -undertaken by his Department. It was to be continued until the end of February. He could not distinguish among the classes of road user to say -which was chiefly to blame. He implied that pedestrians, cyclists and motorists could.share responsibility equally. No specific reference was made to drivers of commercial vehicles.
TRANSPORT MANAGER AVAILABLE
ASUITABLE post is required by a man, age 39, who, following experience in machine and fitting shops with motor concerns and, later, as partner in an automobile works, held positions since 1933 as transport and engineering works manager or transport manager, for several concerns owning large numbers of vehicles. Letters should be addressed " Transport Manager," care of the Editor.
A.R.O. EFFORT FOR CHARITY
CONT1NU1NG its series of social '‘.....functions,. and following -a successful dancu recently held in the area, the North Staffs Suli.area of A.R.O. in the West :4fidlands is arranging a dance for March 5 at the Town Hall, Stoke-onTrent; in aid of the Sneyd Colliery Distress Fund.
B.R.F. TO REVIEW TRANSPORT LAW
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AREVIEW of the law relating to road transport, so far as goods and public-service vehicles are concerned, is to form the work of a: special sub-committee of the British Road .Federation, which was recently appointed. .
The purpose is the undertaking, at an appropriate time, of any necessary legislative. steps 'to bring that law into line with modern needs and developments. Amongst some of the points to which specially careful consideration will be given and (a) speed limits— with and without a trailer or trailells; (b) restrictions on laden and unladen Weight; (c) dimensions of vehicles and trailers; (d) vehicle lighting; (e).. requirements as to brakes on vehicles and trailers; (f) statutory attendants.
Operators will no doubt provide much useful material in this connection, arising from their practical experience of difficulties . caused by reitrictions.. The need may be shown for relaxing certain legal requirements during .the war, or permanent amendment of the law, J.I.C. DISCUSSES PART-TIME BUS WORKERS
T'HE question of introducing part1. time workers into the passenger .road-transport industry, more especially, to relieve the shortage of con. ductors, was further discussed by the Joint Industrial Councilfor municipal passenger-transport undertakings, in London, last week. It is understood that consideration of -the matter was again adjourned, ori certain points of difficulty.