UR INDEPENDENT and unannounced survey of rental and )ntract-hire vehicles has revealed some disturbing facts. In iort it means...

QTERNATIONAL road haulage is such an important part of the . ansport scene today, that everyone will need to read our nnual...

THE GOVERNMENT'S draft type approval regulations (CM. July 18) could cause confusion if they are introduced without alterations...

SHELL has increased the price I Dery by up to 2.27p a gallon ar four-star petrol by about 5.5p gallon at the pumps. The rises...

FREIGHTLINER is to shed 200 jobs after recording a £0,5m loss for the first half of 1981, and it is worried about the possible...

No matter THOSE who have applied for a first provisional driving licence, but have suffered delay through industrial action at...

NEW regulations for the riage of dangerous substa by road tankers and in tank tainers will take effect from uary 1 next year,...

FOLLOWING an agreement between the National Federation Building Trades Employers and the Transport and General Worke Union,...

SHOWMEN look like being one of the few groups to benefit from early implementation of an Armitage Report recommendation. Their...

THE ROAD Haulage Associal is continuing to press for members a defence of "due gence" where they can pr that an axle...

AN INDEPENDENT group of re moval companies has joined to gether in an effort to speed tq their services. Known as Britannia...

FTER repeated visits by the ehicle examiner had failed to romote any significant imrovements in maintenance acilities,...

ACCIDENT-PRONE driver V ham Bethel pushed a car 1 yards with his articulated lo without being aware of it, a this was one of a...

ATTENDANTS on heavy haulag lorries must have individm control books, Doncaster Crow Court has decided. Last week it dismissed...

A CM FEATURE (August 1) referred to the South Yorkshire Canal Improvement Scheme's potential traffic as 1.7m tonnes annually...

THE Small Firms Loan Gu antee Scheme has been tended to Northern Ireland. Under the scheme, the G ernment will underwrite t...

LEGAL EXPENSES cover is now being provided for commercial and industrial firms by the Sun Alliance group. Any type or size of...

Scotland A74: All traffic uses the southbound carriageway at . Johnstoneidge, Dumfriesshire due to long-term bridge widening....

Landmaster for export NDMASTER, introduced this week by Leyland Vehicles for export irkets, follows the tradition of its...

VARIATION of the Kymax road-speed governor for use on petrolngined vehicles has been developed by Kysor, of radiator shutter...

N INFLATABLE wind deflector • r attachment to Luton vans nd trailer bodies has been deigned by Fibrelock Fabrics Ltd. Known as...

SPECIAL welding techniques had to be developed by engineers of the Primrose Group, Blackburn, Lancashire, to fight brittle...

WITH FINANCE of £80,0 supplied by the Edinbur Investment Trust, Glasgo based Craig Caledonia Comp Ltd has built a new off-road...

BUILT for contracting work the Middle East, this heavy dt. Craven Tasker drawbar tipp trailer has a rear bogie capac of 24 ton,...

Private scores a hit Nhile the Northern Traffic mmissioners and the Departmt of Transport's Inspector were swayed by these...

. RATHCLYDE Regional Coun is to meet next month to spare an answer to a Departant of Transport request for formation about why...

CONFEDERATION of Britis Road Passenger Transpo members are being encourage to take advantage of the Freig Transport Associatio...

IN REAL TERMS the total level of transport expenditure for London has dropped by 33 per cent in the last six years. This is...

management trainee, and worked for Midland Red before becoming assistant area manager at Canterbury with East Kent in 1972. In...

GOVERNMENT has laid it ly on the line that next winpay settlements will have to ibout half the level of those ast winter, if...

Experience, not theory in planning HE PREPARATION of lengthy, echnical and complicated docuents of the like of Structure ans,...

THE 1981 edition of the FTA Yearbook includes a greatly expanded section on tachographs. There are also new sections giving...

WHILE production tolerances ensure that identical chassis do not always end up with identical weights, it would appear that in...

IN REPLY to Preston C. Allen's letter concerning the Fruehauf GLZ vehicle, I agree with the information which he gives, but...

3ITAIN needs more positive inking. Instead of reacting )gatively and getting uptight mut the defection of the King Id Queen of...

TREET-MARKET stallholders 'ho join a new trade company, ritish Market Traders' Services td, may call on BRS Rescue lhen the...

LONDON TRANSPORT and Greater Manchester Transport are tackling opposite ends of the age-scle in promoting leisure travel....

PROGRESS in electric vehicle design in 73 years has enabled the range on a charge to be doubled and maximum speed to be trebled...

WITH UP to 50 new restrictions on the use of goods vehicles being introduced each week in various parts of the country, I can...

HICLE RENTAL companies ovide a useful service — for e big operator to fill a hole in fleet operation or for those o want to...

:uses, 2 :USES are fitted to vehicles in )rder to give the best possible irotection to the electrical ;ystem at the most...

kLL KINDS of operators may lave vehicles on contract hire or shorter rental period these lays; this side of the industry las...

By Les Oldrid! 5ECTION 22 of the Road Traffic kct 1972 makes it an offence for my person driving any vehicle, ln the direction...

)DAY EUROHIRE Vehicle kenIs Ltd, based at Long Acre, Biringha m, runs nearly 400 hides — from 38-tonnes and -ton refrigerated...

THE 1981 CM Livery Competition begins with the light vehicle class, which is for vehicles up to 7.5 tons gvw. Entry is now...

M 1981/82 Tables of Operating Costs cover all classes of oods and passenger vehicles including saloons in four ngine capacity...

by Douglas Ainley NY EMPLOYEE with at least ine year's continuous service vho is dismissed — whether with or without notice or...