C RITICISM is a rather relative thing, because sideswipes are easy things to bowl and very difficult to bat away. But there is...

THIS is the space which The Commercial Motor had reserved, albeit 1 with considerable misgivings, in order to congratulate the...

WHY does a man agree to sell a thriving business? Well, Y I suppose there are a lot of reasons—which vary from case to case. I...

arke W HO is the new managing director of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd, whose appointment was announced last week? His name is...

tax. And Mr. Lamborn caught the sympathy of such a C-licensed meeting when he claimed that, notwithstanding his sex, Mr....

Bus Operators and B.T.C. Fight Air Board's Ruling A BATTLE of principle is at present being fought out in London, the outcome...

From our Political Correspondent IN his Budget speech on Monday, Mr. i Selwyn Lloyd consolidated the 10 per cent. surcharge on...

A VIOLENT attack on the road haulage industry was made last week in "The Railway Review," official organ of the National Union...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT S PECIAL heavy goods vehicle licences for drivers of vehicles exceeding three tons unladen...

A N application by an airline operator to carry freight by road between Portsmouth and London was adjourned by the...

1 --,RDERS for 131 single-deck, 36-ft. x 8-ft. 21-in: bus bodies have been received by Willowbrook, Ltd., from companies...

Sir Patrick Hennessy, chairman of Ford of Britain, announced last week the following changes in the board of directors: Mr. C....

WE deeply regret to record the sudden IT death on April 5 of Mr. Horace Bottomley, general manager of Ribble Motor Services,...

Mr. Speir Withdraws His Diesel Fumes Bill FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT A COUNTRY-WIDE check on vehicles with smoking...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE long-drawn-out battle for higher pay and better conditions for Britain's 200,000 busmen...

F 01 falsely stating in an application form that he dwnecl a vehicle or was in possession of it under an H.P. agreement, Mr. G....

A NEW road service licence permitting Mr_ H. Cook, of Thornton Road, Bradford, to carry Pakistanis from Bradford to Dover, en...

A N extendible single-axle semi-trailer with a capacity of 12 tons has been introduced by Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd. It is...

this week the secretary of the Traders Road Transport Association, Mr. H. R. Featherstone, gave the Association's views on the...

D EMONSTRATIONS of a Land-Rover converted to perform partly as an air-cushion niachine were given by Vickers Armstrongs (South...

L ' MITED action has been taken by the Minister of Transport toward curbing the powers of State-controlled companies tci...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE steadily growing earnings of road haulage employees is forcibly brought out in a new...

A VERAGE weekly output of commer1-1 cial vehicles during January, 1962 (8,348) was equal to the weekly average for the...

TH E last seven trolleybus routes in London, all in the south-west, are to be converted to bus operation on May 9 under the...

in the haulage industry cannot VT look forward to European competition in transport with much hope against the background of...

THE latest version of the .Guy Arab 1. double-decker bus chassis, the Mark V model, has a modified frame design to permit the...

E IGHTY-NINE Atlaritcan rear-engined double-deckers, 5.1 Leopard singledeckers (of which 44 are to be of the 36-ft.-long type)...

FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT M OST, if not all, of the goods vehicles parked overnight in London's residential streets...

Striking Growth of Trade; Interesting Developments in Operating Methods " WOULD like to see more body ' builders who are...

s 'Strong Appeal . THE new services offered by the Caledonian Princess . vehicle ferry . between Stranraer and Lame have been...

examine the question of the emission of smoke from diesel engines, I, and, of course, others, have taken considerable interest...

general view of the members of the vehicles committee from the constituent associations of the Federation was that very few...

A SAVING in weight of 2 cwt. to 61 cwt. and a reduction of floor height of 6 in. to 8 in. have been achieved by Sheppard...

O NE popular impression that has stayed remarkably fresh over the years is that the lorry driver, and especially the...

T J NFAVOURABLE comment has been made in certain quarters over recent years about the quantity and quality of young scientists...

A PART from it being a legal requirement, it is a matter 1-1 of common sense that folk should keep some record of work done...

T HE results of an informal survey carried out among four bus companies were disclosed to members of the Scottish Road...

1962 edition of the Passenger Transport Year Book has now appeared. It is published by Berrow's International Publications,...

A T first glance, the appearance of the Fiat Bianchina is deceptive, for the well-proportioned body lines give the impression...

A FURTHER stage in the development of the Foden FD series of two-stroke diesel engines is marked by the introduction of the...

A N integral-tank vehicle is being developed which, it is envisaged, will give a load factor of 70 per cent. for a gross weight...

D EMONSTRATIONS were given in London recently of a diesel-engine immobilizer developed by G. H. Wood and Co., Ltd., Glebe Road,...

'THERE are a number of substantial I applications this week, the largest of which appears in the South Wales "As and Ds."...

Associated aspects of consequential loss incurred by transport operators following an accident could substantially and...

O N Tuesday, J. G. Bisiker and J. L. Barford, field motor engineer, southern division, and motor engineer, head office, motor...

D IESEL engines have been known to run backwards at alarming speeds because the usual type of suctionoperated governor is...