The Road Haulage Association shows laudable concern at the incidence of road accidents caused by bunching, although why it...

An oversquare diesel developing 235 bhp is the first of a new series of engines with outputs up to 600 bhp. • A water-cooled...

• Less than a month after Bow Bells Deliveries Ltd and its associated company, Bow Bells Transport Ltd, had been fined nearly...

• Standard Lists covering vehicles and trailers manufactured in 1968/69 have now been.published and are available from Her...

• An addition to the Highway Code that would seek to prevent the bunching of lorries, buses and coaches is being urged by the...

• A 100 per cent increase in carrying capacity for its 24-hour daily scheduled road transport service between London and Paris;...

• Sheffield industrialists and hauliers are upset about an alleged delay in the publication of a vital planning report which...

• A 100-hours continuous test run with a Leyland Mastiff is being planned by Marshall (Cambridge) Ltd to take place during the...

• A Smalls and Parcels Working Grout has been set up by the Freight Transpori Association to consider all matters relating to...

I A new system of traffic control in the :lackwall Tunnel, and on its southern pproach road, came into use on Monday. From a...

In the Commercial Motor 24-Hour and :mergency Service Guide published on /ecember 12 1969 an incorrect telephone umber was...

The Government has told State -owned industry chiefs to cut costs. One already has done so and next week's issue reveals how...

• Believed by Chrysler UK to be unique is the Commer Walk Thru chassis cab acting as a tractor , to the 2000 Cu ft Pem...

• Following the resignation of Mr Michael Heseltine as president of the National Guild of Transport Managers, due to his...

• Among the Scammell exhibits at Earl Court will be an example of the nest Crusader, wearing the livery of the AViE truck hire...

• The directors of Atkinson Lorrie (Holdings) Ltd on Monday advise' shareholders to take no immediate action oi the acquisition...

• The Snake Pass section of th. Manchester to Sheffield A57 has beei closed to heavy goods vehicles. Polic action followed the...

• Following its policy of expanding it training courses, the Furniture Remover Institute is planning more courses than eve...

• Rates increases of 10 per cent fi handling charges (RH & D) and six per cc] for rental charges have been recommendt to...

• This year's Trans-Pennine run, one of the largest vintage commercial vehicle rallies in the world, drew large crowds when it...

• Although no Duple or Willowbrook bodies were listed in the National Bus Company's rolling stock programme for 1971, published...

by Derek Moses • Competition for a place in the British coach market is hotting-up, with a growing challenge from Continental...

I In an effort to establish a common pproach to 25 per cent wage claims which ave been tabled by trade unions, leaders of...

• One of the exhibits on the Daimler stand at Earls Court will be a Daimler Fleetline fitted with the Leyland 680 engine. The...

• The first of six special precinct buses ordered by Leeds City transport from the passenger vehicle division of the Williams...

• A haulier who sustained spinal injuries in a car accident last Christmas Eve and who now wanted to "get out of haulage...

• A Turkish company intending to set up a soft drinks factory in north London obtained a new 0 licence last week for 30...

• The West Midland LA Mr John Else granting an 0 licence for a 74--ton tipper ti an owner-driver in Birmingham on Monday...

Terry Ashby, 34, joins MAFI (UK) Ltd, the British company in the West German container and handling equipment organization, to...

a period of three days in January at Bow Bells' offices. He had interviewed Mr Arundel who had been with the company for 17...

• An application by Mr B. McKenna, Tipton, for an 0 licence to cover or vehicle was refused by Mr John Els West Midland LA,...

• Following a report in CM last week, Mr P. J. Wallington, former fleet engineer with Bow Bells Transport Ltd, is taking legal...

An entirely new concept for swop body gyration known as Auto-Mount was spe:laity demonstrated to CM this _week by )avies Magnet...

o Short time working, at present affecting me 500 employees, at British Leyland's athgate, Lanarks, factory is to be extended...

• A diesel version of a Wankel rotary engine, having a high compression and a seal that is said to give twice the normal life,...

• In the item on the new Guttridge gooseneck trailers published in CM July 31 it was stated that designed gross trailer weight...

• Another electro-magnetic retarder has been introduced to the market. It is made by Pye Electric Ltd, of Lowestoft, Suffolk,...

• The West German company, JostWerke GmbH, of Neu-Isenburg, a leading manufacturer of trailer equipment in Europe, will be...

• A new low-loader axle with a 10-s metric wheel fixing and having a capacit3 22,500lb will be seen for the first time on...

12-metre Leopard Pictures by Harry Roberts Uprated Bear and power increase for S uper Range • A 12-metre version has been...

Joe Franklin • Joseph Charles Franklin ("Joe" to his many friends) is happy in his work. There is no transport job he would...

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London...

MOTHER form of drill still around and lied the spoon bit is the flat drill—the rummer of the twist drill. The regular rner will...

by the Hawk • Merc wins There's just about time left to visit the Mercedes Benz show at Bredbury Motors, Stockport. It...

by Tony Wilt:ling, mi - mect:IE' 11/118TE A 98-mile operational-trial circuit was completed with the Saviem SG4 tipper in both...

casebook by David Spain fs NBC surplus already doomed? TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS throughout he country generally appear to have...

by David Lowe, minstTA Can you communicate? EFFECTIVE communications are the very essence of business and industrial...

by John Vann, FCII Mechanical breakdown • A few insurance companies have tried write their motor policy wordings in pl....

C ommentary by Norman M Douglas 4 monthly intelligence report on container topics Vloving fast at Falmouth \ CONSIDERABLE...

O N the surface the road transport industry appears to be sailing reasonably smoothly towards the point at which the Transport...

matters by John Darker, AMBIM Strikes in transport k ST WEEK the three new options sought President Nixon to reduce the...

by Les Oldridge AIRTE, AMIMI What is a road? MOST OFFENCES which can be committed in connection with motor vehicles occur on...

districts and the city, 1 the relevant road service licence has rays included a condition that "a pas?ger shall not on the same...

all-groups and has 18 months to run, have not driven a lorry previously. Now due to carry on my business as a cattle dealer, I...

included route sections with altitudes up to 4000/5000ft, I am aware that an increase in altitude above sea level reduces the...

KM tipper, first registered in March this year. I was assured at the time that the vehicle was still under guarantee. But now I...

Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Good English is vital in transport exams TRANSPORT examination...

Belated concession • The recently amended Construction a Use Regulations allow one drawbar trailer be drawn behind a rigid...