HE TIRADE of ill-informed comment which followed the ransport Secretary's 40 tonne announcement in the House of :ommons does...

I-IE TRANSPORT SECRETARY is not required to put his proposals increase vehicle weights before the House of Commons in deate....

)' COINCIDE with the Parhmentary debate on heavier rries which was held on Wedtsday, two lorries were parked Parliament Square...

THE OPPONENTS of the heavi lorry, including many MPs, see determined to ignore al distort the facts, according Hugh...

THOUGH THE Department Transport has lost 590 staff b tween April 1979 and October this year, another 27 have joini during the...

NAL CARRIERS has Fleetcare repair and entre at its Reading re, opened by actress ichmond, covers has two inspection draulic...

VOLUME of freight traffic passing through Britain's docks has t dramatically during the autumn. mmercial vehicle traffic ing...

WEST MIDLANDS haulier Joe Brandrick Trucks Ltd, has bought 125 vehicles from Hertz Truck Rental, which is pulling out of the...

BRITAIN'S roads are among th , safest in Europe, according to , survey carried out by the De partment of Transport. Onl. Norway...

REGULATIONS concerning the issue of driving licences to suf. ferers of epilepsy may be changed, Transport Secretary David...

A CONTAINER repair and refurbishment unit has been opened by Berry Wiggins Ltd at a £1.75m centre near Rochester, Kent. The...

FICULTIES over arranging for the vehicle of a Yorkshire operator be inspected by a vehicle examiner were more of a bureaucratic...

IITTEN evidence of some Co rham coal hauliers' alleged ure to pay agreed wage els is being submitted to the tional Coal Board....

A LORRYORIVER who was sacked after falsifying his log sheets one night was not unfairly dismissed, a Manchester Industrial...

LORRY DRIVER who was proud to be known as "Knight of the Dad" ended up being disqualified from driving after taking his...

NIGHT time closures of the L don end of the M4 will contin for about another six mont according to Junior Transp Minister...

Nearly one foreign goods vehicle in six checked in this country prohibited. Mr David Howell„ the Transport Secretary, told the...

,LACKWALL Tunnel users can ow get up-to-the-minute in3rmation on tunnel and aproach road closures from a lreater London Council...

_ONDON Transport has made like Hawkes assistant claims and insurance manager. He will )e responsible for claims and . ealted...

31/ DRIVER William Guild who was dismissed by Mac Mix Ltd of affen Street, Motherwell from its Dalkeith depot has been warded...

THE LORRY problem area Archway, North London, may I sorted out if proposals put ft ward by Transport Secreta David Howell meet...

f-PASSES mean a better life for town folk according to a report by e Transport and Road Research Laboratory. The report...

THE PERCENTAGE of heavy goods vehicles which failed to pa their test took a sudden drop last year — and the number test....

Larkshall Road Park is closing because of heavy maintenan costs and general usage. The other park for closing is Gainsborout...

r HAS never been easier to y a tractor. Prices have been Id down and there is no end of N cost finance and deferred yment...

ARCLID TRANSPORT Sandbach has added a fuott two Foden Haulmaster 8 MO ers to its 16 strong, all FOd bulk tanker fleet. The new...

Motor Manufacturers a Traders has released the late digest of recall campains und the Code of Practice of Vehic Safety Defects....

A NEW quick-release coupling suitable for hydraulic and pneumatic hoses was exhibited at the Smithfield Show last week....

IDEPENDENT coach operators three areas of Britain have ined together to produce a tries of summer holiday exended tour...

NEXT YEAR'S coach operato symposium run by the Coa and Independent Bus Sector the Confederation of Briti Road Passenger Transpo...

FAILURE TO notify the trig commissioners of a fares i crease by National Travel (Wed Ltd led to fines and cos totalling £50...

DFORD is reported to be planning to phase out its naturally pirated 'blue series' engine used in its Y . series bus and coach...

E MECHANICAL Engineering Laboratory of GEC Power Engiwing has been awarded a £54,000 development contract by the itary Vehicles...

IF THE 40 tonne proposals are accepted, Michelin sees nc change in the tyre sizee popularly used on tractive unit; such as the...

PERKINS ENGINES has extended the product education given to operators at its Peterborough headquarters with the construction of...

IE NAME Grammer is virtually known in the commercial hide industry, but if the West orman company Bostrom and inghausen has its...

THE TIME has come to brir some sanity back into pricir according to Phil Ives, managir director of DAF (GB)) Ltd. Speaking in...

kRAGRAPH 29 of the Governent's White Paper on Lorries, ?ople and the Environment, intains the vital piece of inrmation for UK...

:ENTLY you published a er from K. J. Arnold, product na g er of Al Industrial of npisford, near Cambrid g e. It -red to...

FOLLOWING a recent experience July/Au g ust, I felt a word of warnin g to other hauliers was needed. I had an empty five-ton...

FROM Fleet Plannin g Ltd comes The Transport Audit Manual by David Lowe. It is intended to provide transport mana g ement and...

WHILE several manufacturers of commercial vehicles were associated in their early years with steam, few carried on with it into...

MOST people like a g ood fire, but it's less anti-social to take a interest in fire bri g ade appliances, and it is at those in...

IOES the Road Haulage ,ssociation, by the way, believe let it is now necessary to escend to euphemism to ersuade unemployed...

DNDON Transport chairman r Peter Masefield quips that e organisation's next ivertising slogan will be _ondon Transport serves...

ANYWAY, who would be a bus driver? Cardiff busmen have had not only to suffer police brutality on the football field, as I...

NOTEBOOK in hand, I dutifully sat in front of the television on Saturday morning, for the first time in my life, waiting to see...

The Bedford UK range covers all the lorry and psv categories except the 30 ton eightwheeler market. Graham Montgomerie looks at...

The Bedford 3250 has undergone a variet), of design changes and has a brand new power unit. Bill Brock took one for a test...

An operator tells David Wilcox why he opts for the more expensive IL rather then the TK. Its easier access cab is a big factor...

There is a growing civilian demand for the "go anywhere" vehicles favoured by the military forces so CM sent Steve Gray and...

CM technical editor Steve Gray tackles the Bedford's world marketing director, Des Savage, engineering director Ian McEwan and...

by Douglas Ainley IPLOYMENT contracts genery require proper notice to be . minated lawfully. The length notice required varies...

JASTY INJURIES can be caused I/ the improper use of hand aols, using tools of poor quality r tools not quite right for the )b...

E LAWS requiring employers provide first aid facilities for :ir workers are contained in ir Acts of Parliament and 40 ferent...