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15th December 1972
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Life-saving at low cost

Roads are the working place of the professional driver and the - production line" of the transport operator. Humanitarian and...

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Speed limit on remoulds astounds operators

Confusion over British Standard 55 mph recommendation from a CM reporter • A large number of operators may be unwittingly...

France concerned at fog accidents

• The French road safety organizatior are concerned that heavy lorries have be responsible for a number of recent serioi...

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Now a National

quiet bus by Martin Hayes • A development of the Leyland National city bus. said to be quieter than any of its foreign...

Hilton back on 'Change next January

• The Ralph Hilton Group, which asked for a temporary suspension of the Stock Exchange quotation on its shares in July this...

BR denies switching freight to road

• Allegations by the National Union of Railwaymen that a reduction in the number of rail wagons was causing British Rail to...

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Community quota discussions in Brussels

From a Continental correspondent • When the EEC Council of Ministers meets in Brussels next Monday and Tuesday the contentious...

More weighbridges the answer to overloading

• Each overweight lorry is a potential killer, agreed Mr John Peyton in the Commons last week. This was the phrase used by Mr...

Waste contractors' code of conduct

• Observance of all statutory regulations in respect of transport, equipment and tips is being pledged by the 112 members of...

Groupage service to S.W. France

• A new groupage service to SouthWestern France is announced by John W. Taylor (Ailsworth) Ltd. Operating out of Ailsworth,...

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Inland cold store need not use dockers

High Court dismisses Labour Board's appeal • A question as to whether "goods" could be described as "cargo", and therefore...

Emergency action on dangerous chemicals

ID The day before a woman died from tcid burns after a tanker had been involved n an accident on the M6, the Government Lad...

Banana strike straightened out

• Ten lorry drivers on strike at a St Helens banana ripening plant of Geest Industries have accepted a redundancy agreement....

UK/EEC lorry sizes must conform: Lord Sandford

• Independent decisions by Britain on the size of lorries are not practicable, emphasized a Government spokesman last week....

B'ham handling conference

• Selection and use of mechanical handling equipment will be discussed at a conference to be held at the University of...

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• A complete revision of operators' licence forms is recommended

by the RHA licensing committee. This stems from submission by the DoE of draft proposals for changing forms GV79/80/81 and the...

Manpower Services Commission

• A new body to co-ordinate employment and training services, to be known as the Manpower Services Commission, recently...

Seaway Ferries

• Seaway Ferries, the Ocean Group company which operates r-o/r-o ferries on services between Felixstowe and Gothenburg, has...

New driving licence forms

• A new driving licence application form came into use as from December 1. The new form (D1(J)) is printed in green and black...

• A proposal to re-issue an up-to-date version of the

legal system of rail, road and river transport in the EEC has been rejected by the Commission of the European Economic...

Roadstone warning

• Contractors have been warned aboui carrying roadstone over routes unsuitable for that type of traffic. This was revealed to...

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Henry Spurner Memorial Lecture

Britain's transport contribution to Europe • The strategy an„.1 tactics which are likely to be followed by Britain as a member...

Two-way weighing

• The reason why a weighing machine vas provided at Liverpool's Seaforth Dock only for lorries entering the ;omplex, whereas...

Danish and Spanish permits

• Bilateral road haulage agreements with Denmark and Spain will come into force on January 1. From that date goods vehicle...

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Aintree's ambitious bus-rail link

• "The most ambitious bus-rail feeder service yet tried" is how the November issue of "APPTO", the journal of the Association...

The Hague for '73 Congress

• The 40th congress of the International Union of Public Transport (1.11TP) is to be held next year in The Hague from May 6 to...

Canada extends dial-a-ride

• Following the success of the original Dial-a-Ride system in Regina, Saskatchewan, several other Canadian cities are to try...

Joint timetable for PTE

• One of the first fruits from the formation of the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive is the publication of a joint...

Martin Walter accepts Charrington offer

• The board of Martin Walter, the coach builders, is recommending acceptance of a take-over offer by the coal and oil...

No directive on passengers' injuries

• The chairman of the National Bu Company should be told that fare payin passengers severely injured as a result c violent...

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GLC veto on LT mileage cuts?

• The GLC was expected to overrule London Transport's plans to cut by five million the mileage covered by its buses next year....

What's Longcroft up to now?

CM's assistant technical editor handles the wheel with a frown of concentration as his colleague in the cab makes delicate...

Magic box on PTA for Teeside buses Forth area?

• At a meeting of the Teesside Council's lighways and transport committee last week members approved an experiment — ;aid to be...

135 Metro dds on order

• Orders for the new Metro-Scania double-decker have now reached 135. The first prototype bus should be on the road by the end...

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Overweight birds landed firm in court

• The problem of assessing the weight of live fowls resulted in an overloading charge against P. Morris and Co, of Busby. The...

Hgv revocation changed to suspension

• A Somerset haulage contractor had his heavy goods vehicle licence revocation replaced by a suspension until January 1 1973...

Mechanic's illness caused GV9s

• Following the issue of delayed and immediate GV9s, a Cheddar haulier, Mr J. Derrick, came before the Western LA and his...

Bus driver convicted after flyover accident

• South Bank magistrates fined the driver of a Teeside Corporation bus £25 with £5.70 costs following an accident in which the...

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'69 evidence was relevant to application

• A section 69 inquiry into the running of a Lowestoft operator, Mr John Stoddart, was not proceeded with by the Eastern LA...

Five out of six coaches inspected were suspended

• A Scottish coach operator, Mr D. S. Kerr, trading as Guachalland Motors, of Galston, Ayrshire, had his licence reduced to...

Driver fined £160 for hours offences

• Hours offences by lorry drivers, which could affect public safety, will be viewed with much gravity by Nelson, Lanes,...

Journey time surprised company

• A fine of £20 has been imposed b Bradford magistrates on Thompson (Brac ford) Transport Ltd, after one of its vehicle had...

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New md for

Hilton • James McNaughton has been appointed managing director of Ralph Hilton Transport Services Ltd. T. Goodfellow, the...

Volvo doubles diesel engine output

• As part of a plan to double diesel engine output to meet worldwide demands, Volvo has acquired the entire production...

Name change for Lucas company

II Following management restructuring of he principal Lucas company manufacturing iriginal electrical equipment for road...

3cotts come south

I The counties of Oxford, Bucks, Beds, leas and Berks have been added to the rritory already held by Seddon-Atkinson 'roup...

Under 3-ton plastics tipper

• An under-3-ton-unladen tipper was completed last week by Truck Engineering Ltd, 100 Dudley Road East, Oldbury, Warley, Worcs,...

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Target 1975 for Europe's four-firm truck project

by Gibb Grace, who takes a closer look at one of the partners' products • The first results, in terms of hardware, of the...

Take comfori strength and economy fro Strachans

60 years of body-building experience aught us a lot about our customers and transport requirements. The result is 3C' bus....

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BOOKS

Echoes from the past • By coincidence rather than design, three new road transport books provide a fascinating trio of...

International truck makers

• Did you know that Rudolf Diesel's experiments with the compression-ignition oil engine that now bears his name were...

Diesel development and design

• Edited by D. S. D. Williams and revised by Mr. Williams, R. J. B. Keig and John M. Dickson-Simpson, the 14th edition of The...

ABC's new freight guide

• January 1973 will see the first issue r the ABC Freight Guide, a twice-yearl publication produced by ABC Tray Guides Ltd and...

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I Le menu

ie of the organizations likely to get a ;-up from Britain joining the Community is Routiers, the French-based organization...

Dirty dozen

his Transport Log column in Bedford nsport Magazine, Frank Woodward come up with a great idea for getting k at that rather...

• Backlash?

The environmental onslaught is certainly not over. but I detect a welcome reaction from those responsible people outside the...

• Whiperack-away to Dumfries?

Wells Fargo, the famous American freight company which blazed many a Wild West stagecoach trail, has a Scottish rival — Wells...

• Nude year guide

The calendar spate is now nicely under way and no doubt other recipients are, like us, wondering which ones we dare put on wall...

• Signposts

I see that the Distributive Industry Training Board has come up with a bright idea—one that could perhaps be exploited in...

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,o sit HAPPEN .+P HTs?

Earlier this year Ralph Hilton asked the Stock Market to suspend dealings in his company's shares. Now, in a frank and...

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road and workshop

by Handyman Wheel balancing (2) Remove Stones from tyre treads; use good chocks to withstand full revs; save labour costs by...

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topic

Years and years WHAT ought to be one of the most important considerations in the discussions on the proposed EEC vehicle...

meet

David Plastow • A chassis manufacturer was astonished when it took Rolls-Royce Motors only five days to provide a specially...

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Putting the Leyland National together

Target: a bus every hour IF ONE were foolish or unfortunate enough to drive a Leyland National single-decker into the river,...

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Insurance inquiries

I write, in my capacity as chairman of the Insurance Panel of the Road Haulage Association, in reference to the (as usual)...

The lift that paid

thought your readers might care to know one mi; two of the interesting sidelights on the 3unday morning ITV "Juggernaut...

Opportunity would be a fine thing

I am sure that your Management Matters feature last week, "A challenge to the gaffers", will have raised an echo in many...

cropper's column

Choking roads deliberately • Traffic congestion in towns is on a knife-edge; if roads cannot be sufficiently increased, then...

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Dodge K1050

16-ton-gvw fourft-wheeler by Trevor Longcroft AM1RTE pictures by Harry Roberts EARLIER this year Chrysler United Kingdom Ltd...

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What would the K1050 cost to run?

kn important factor in deciding whether this is the vehicle for . particular operator is the cost of operation. It might be...

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Q I have been negotiating an increase in rates with my

customers for some time and I had Just completed these negotiations when the price freeze was announced. The fast of my...

I All the dealers in used buses and coaches to

whom I have spoken have I me that I may drive such vehicles my ordinary driving licence provided I It privately. Indeed, public...

Q Could you please tell me the addresses of firms

who can supply the following for Mailers: — a) Charts for showing how to tie up loads on lorries. b) Large charts for...

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management

matters by John Darker, AMBIM Profiting from facts Knowing where the goods go and how industrial trends are moving can give...

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know the law

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, 11,11MI Insurance obligations SECTION 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 makes it an offence to use,...

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profit from learning

by George Wilmot Educational stepping stones for road freight management ALTHOUGH the Section of the Transport Act 1968...

new companies

Walkers of Wakefield Ltd. Cap: £5000. Objects: To carry on the business of haulage and transport contractors, shipping and...