worry TGWU by John Darker THE apprentice training scheme for heavy goods vehicles made possible by the recently passed Road...

THE ABSOLUTE power of Alan Law, the Midland area officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union, has been confirmed by a...

"THE operator who cuts rates first is the man who goes out of business first." This was the message given to hauliers by Road...

SIR REGINALD WILSON is to retire as chairman and from the board of Transport Development Group on December 31. He will be...

DOCKERS in Hull have warned haulage companies that they will refuse to load, unload or be involved with any heavy goods vehicle...

BRITISH truck manufacturers have decided to seek an increase in the gross weight limit to 38 tonnes for the 1978 model year. '...

OCTOBER 1 is the date fixed for the extraordinary general meeting of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association which will be...

focus attention on the industry's essential equip/net - it, it is salutary to be reminded b) the I.Dolr championships that only...

LAST WEEK British Road Services announced that it is being compelled to buy foreign trucks because British manufacturerers are...

WHEN Mr Bob Beckham, the new president of the Freight Transport Association, spoke at a senior transport management course for...

The SMMT has no idea where the next Commercial Motor Show will be held. Director John Beswick said this week: "We are over a...

by CM reporter MR JOHN WELLS, whose terms of office as national chairman of the Road Haulage Association jttstly earned him...

NOT DOUBLE but triplebottoms with a gross weight of up to 90,000 lb (just over 40 tons) are likely to be the norm in America if...

by John Darker Report of a weekend conference at Lancaster University arranged by the North Western section of the CIT. WITH...

NEWS of the death of LDoY finalist Mr Derek Bland, killed with his wife when a tree fell on his vehicle on the way to the...

for next year THE Road Transport Industry Training Board has approved next years' Commercial Motor Lorry Driver of the Year...

LOCAL authorities in North Wales have been asked by the Transport and General Workers' Union not to award school bus service...

TWO COACHES which will be on show at Earls Court next week on Van Hoots stand are the pre-production models of a revised series...

after higher fares plea A CALL for the Secretary of State for Scotland to mount an inquiry into the affairs of the Scottish...

A CIRCULAR letter recently issued by Greater Manchester PTE explains that although bus fares in its area are to be raised from...

COACHES on the Moseley Continental stand at next week's Commercial Motor Show will be fitted with an improved version of the...

AN APPLICATION by a bus company on the Outer Hebrides island of Lewis was described as "terrifying" by Mr A. B. Birnie,...

A SUCCESS is reported for the only Post bus which operates in the London area. The service, to and from the isolated Surrey...

tender from London Transport for the supply of 95 single-deck bus Dodies for delivery late next year. The tender advises...

MORE than a thousand would-be employees have sought information about jobs with London Transport, in the past month, a report...

for LT's Metropolitans AN ORDER from London Transport for 164 Metropolitan double-deckers has been confirmed at a price said...

FOR the, second titrk Within a year, Southern British Road Services Ltd last week had five vehicles curtailed from its...

A STRICHEN firm which admitted it had been fined £15 for running a lorry with a defective tyre had two of its 15 lorries...

'RI MROSE has .nnouneed four surprise xhibits for Earls Court. First, it has launched a QS egmental production kit vhich is...

THE PRICES for Leyland's new light van range (full description page 83) have now been innounced and are as Follows: 185 van:...

NETEEN out of Fife Fire igade's 29 appliances are er their useful life of 15 ars, warns Firemaster 3nk Partington in his nuel...

TO AVOID the possibility of failure in a component used in a batch of its Big D fifth wheel couplers, York Trailer Company is...

ANNpUN4D today is another no -bus version of the Leyland National. After the Business Commuter — shown last year comes the...

TWO YEARS after the introduction of the Marinabased 7cwt and 10 cwt carderived vans, British Leyland have this week announced a...

1100, the 1110 high Top Van — announced today — is intended for operators with loads which are bulky rather than heavy and who...

MercedesBenz, based on the company's Unimog vehicle. The vehicle is dedigned for moving very heavfloads on special drawbar...

A FUTURISTIC alicl luxurtrt ious cab mounted ahead of the power unit and front wheels of a mock-up vehicle front and featuring...

A NEW book dealing exclusively with the subject of garage equipment has been published by Autobooks Ltd of Brighton. The book,...

by Gordon Murray and Anthony O'Toole . orry Driver of the Year for 1974: H. L. Richards, Heavy Transport (E.C.C.) St kustell,...

van from Leyland by Graham Montgomerie BRITISH LEYLAND has announced a new range of light vans and deliveries designed and...

by Graham Montgomerie DESCRIBED on the preceding pages is the new light van range from the Austin Morris division of British...

New and not so new models at the Commercial Motor Show IN SPITE of the dubious economic climate many manufacturers are...

and where to find CM IF YOU PLAN to attend the Earls Court Show, it would be wise to work out your travelling arra'ngements...

SAFETY and driver comfort continue to be the main areas in which accessory manufacturers are concentrating their efforts at...

NAME ANY COMPONENT and it's a fair bet that it will be on somebody's stand at Earls Court — that is, if you can find it....

EQUIPMENT to help operators keep their fleets in top-notch order will be displayed on Earls Court's first floor in the...

Trend to tubeless radials—but far fewer tyre exhibitors at this year's Show ON the tyre front this year, the main trends are...

should be a calculated choice The temptation to own a brand new vehicle can be almost irresistible, but ignore the appearance...

FOR MANY bus operators these days driver reaction can be all-important when specifying new vehicles. Cases of crews and their...

by Martin Hayes WILLOWBROOK today announces a brand new luxury coach body which marks a major change in thought by the...

WHAT IS claimed to be the only 20seater coach body designed for full psv operation on the UK market is announced today by...

I think Fords have always been secretly tickled that the Transit has proved so publicly popular with the modern criminal —...

After the clockwork orange the .xploding banana. All you hauliers waged in the carriage of fruit had better be careful that...

Important role for the demand-responsive bus AN IMPORTANT step in the development of a new form of public transport in Britain...

While Don Critchley, the recently appointed general manager of British Vita subsidiary Blue Dart Transport, has spent most of...

IT IS NOT DIFFICULT to forecast the general lines of the letter which the chairman of the Road Haulage Association will shortly...

for entrance to a University shortly. If I am successful in obtaining a degree course in transport s say at the University of...

can take into account convictions in relation to the holding of an 0 licence, and what are those convictions? A in directing...

two lorries for the same company. Last month there was a lack of work and only one of my vehicles could he loaded. The manager...

imported vehicles from their port c arrival to virtually anywhere in th UK. I am concerned because m employers tell me, that I...

I have not followed in close detail he progressive development of the 3oard's administrative policies in . ecent years. It is...

The calculation of levy rebate is by formula: Sum of weightings for each significant occupation with satisfactory training...

by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE FURTHER restrictions on the use of trade licences to those already discussed are...

Opinions may differ as to th( wisdom of a grant of money to ar employee with the staying power tc achieve success in a...