41T ever it was true that time is money it is true 1. in the maintenance of vehicles, for transport Ls the most perishable of...

on by-pass rates BY IA IN SHERRIFF MITA • . . AND HAULIERS PRESS NCB FOR REVIEW "THE problem of tipping operators' rates...

T HE major problem of terminal delays, selecting the right vehicles, and the economics of operating articulated outfits were...

T HE shortage of skilled and reliable man power was the main problem facing the vehicle repair and service industry, the...

T HE Road Safety Bill, currently passing quickly and fairly non-controversially through Parliament, may be the reason why the...

THE Dunlop Maxaret anti-locking system provided better control than a sensing device, said Mr. K. Buckby, of York Trailer Co....

"T AM far from convinced that we are not tending to develop containerization to suit the present legislation of our country,...

O NLY one vehicle out of 80 goods vehicles of all types tested on a main road in London one day last month exceeded the latest...

As well as the road test of the Bedford KM 16-ton-gross rigid (pages 46-49) the tractive unit version has also been on test....

week completed 50 years of road passenger transport operation. Although 73, this veteran busman, whose operations were...

Haulier blames m nufacturers, repair shops, drivers and town planning for GV9s but LA imposes s spension' 66 TT'S been said no...

T HE Traffic Commissioners sitting at Inver ness last week approved the takeover by Highland Omnibuses Ltd. of the bus fleet...

THE APPLICATIONS by 14 operators for 18 tippers on B licence to carry goods on behalf of Len Shields Ltd. to depots of Quickmix...

A POOL of six members of the Shropshire Omnibus Association, applying to combine excursions and tours to Manchester, would...

T HE North-Western deputy LA, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, said at Manchester on Monday that an application by J. W. Warburton, of...

IN A reserved decision the North-Western LA has granted Arthur Kay (Preston) Ltd., a new A licence for four vehicles totalling...

maintenance men join AEU strikers M ORE than 80 maintenance engineers and motor mechanics employed by the Scottish CWS at...

AFTER a court adjournment to permit negotiations to continue, Mr. _T. Backhouse, for G.A. Transport Ltd., Stretford, told the...

BY OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT B ETWEEN the upper and nether millstones of industrial action threatened by provincial company...

D AMAGES of £4,000 have been awarded by Lord Leechman in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, to a Glasgow Corporation bus...

THE decision to set up Conurbation Trans' port Authorities should be welcomed, said Mr. D. McKenna, chairman and general...

ULSTERBUS managing director Mr. Werner Heubeck has announced that the unions are prepared to recommend acceptance of the...

A PROPOSAL that Glasgow Corporation Transport Department should be given £250,000 from the rates to offset the cost of an...

"THE MORAL is clear--people must either be prepared to use the services or lose them", said a Ribble Motor Services spokesman...

BIRMINGHAM Council has agreed to pay rises of between five and 15 per cent—backdated to last February—to 75 transport...

'No', says Bristol bus chief—and proves it A MAJOR degree of inter-relationship already exists in British passenger...

T ALKS are to go ahead on the proposed takeover by the Scottish Bus Group of the Glasgow Corporation Transport system (Com...

quc new Bedford VAL coaches with Plaxton Panorama 1 bodies are being supplied to Manchester City Transport to operate on the...

Northern g.m. MRS. C TALKS OF PLANS FOR TYNESIDE A N integrated transport system for the Tyneside conurbation (population...

PUS crews at Fulwell and Southall depots of London Transport resumed normal working on Wednesday after an unofficial 11-day...

GERMAN DIRECTOR TELLS OF EXPERIMENT SUCCESS DESEARCH has shown that a spark-ignition engine running on petrol can be produced...

A 33 ft. version of the Leyland Atlantean double-deck chassis will, in fact, go into production following an order for 47 18...

S INCE Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. was freed from the restriction of selling bus chassis to THC companies only, in July...

Dunstable plant for major expansion hampered Vauxhall Motors Ltd.'s attempts to satisfy demand for Bedford trucks in 1966,...

Swop bodies shown in service T WO representatives of British Railways, Southern Region, attended a demonstration last week of...

pivE Esso terminals—at West London, Avonmouth, Hythe, Tynemouth and Bowling —are to be equipped in the next few months with...

TISIT the scene of any heavy vehicle V accident—collision, ditching, overturning, etc.—and there always appears to be a sense...

announced by V. L. Martin and Co. Ltd, maker of Marcaddy constanttension cable-reeling units. Designated the R95 and R145, they...

introduction of the Lightning steam cleaner. The fuel selected was propane for its reliability and freedom from soot and fumes...

Speed-O-Klene is the Neptune and Atlantis high-pressure washing plant. These machines are claimed to have a unique...

DOWERED by two standard 6-volt I: dry batteries the "Comet" flashing beacon gives long-range warning of road work obstruction...

THE York Hosemaster is now chromium-Iplated as standard to provide greater protection and improved appearance. This tubular...

cower cost N EXT Wednesday a new step will have been taken in integration of production and distribution to the benefit of the...

16-TON-GROSS FOUR-WHEELER M ANY operators have in the past considered it quite legitimate to buy medium-weight...

View BY THE HAWK Top Teamster in Trouble T SEE that by a four-to-one vote the US Supreme Court has—in 1 the precise words of...

The Confederation of British Industry represents most of transport's big users and it can exert considerable influence on...

things now seems one of the strangest of many strange things about the Transport Act 1947 was the lack of any truly objective...

S ERVICE vans are often something of a contradiction in many transport fleets. Even in large organizations justifying large and...

with regard to the effect on the human body, and Fs diesel smoke dangerous to health? A Carbon monoxide (CO) is a half-burnt...

& In theory wind resistance increases as the square of the road speed of the vehicle ind "other things being equal" is...

A The address you require is Rolba Ltd., Charlwood Road, East Grinstead, Sussex.

artic with a claimed gross weight of 32 tons. As I have always thought a fiveaxle outfit was necessary under the new...

vehicles and what effect will they have on existing vehicles such as a 1961 Bedford TK 7-tonner? A A new consolidated edition...

A The two issuing authorities in this country are the Road Haulage Association, 22 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1, and the...

sible application of the Torsilastic rubber suspension for tandem-axle bogies mentioned in the Tachnitopics article published...

A Yes. A recent attempt by Liverpool Corporation to prevent a woman pensioner, aged 82, from sueing one of its bus conductors...

T HE Institute of Traffic Administration has never had its own examination system. In its 21 years of separate existence, it...

T HE latest effort to expand the Transport Development Group is a take-over bid for Williams Hudson. The directors of the...