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15th October 1976
15th October 1976
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ASX EEC hours: the great escape?

HAS AN EEC committee urged that the UK be given the chance to opt out of the compulsory fitting of tachographs? The Transport...

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Speed limit rise after CM test?

7 OLLOWING the exclusive Commercial Motor trials of a double )ottom outfit (CM, September 24) the Department of Transport las...

By pass

demand AN Ampthill by-pass must be built before weight restrictions are improved on the A507, says the Road Haulage...

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AFIX TGWU SET OUT

Dispute warning PAY DEMANDS AN INDUSTRIAL dispute is firmly on the cards unless the Road Haulage Association and the United...

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Rural transport plans revealed

■ OME car and taxi drivers will be able to charge passengers at eparate fares and unlicensed minibuses operate when...

Soccer special clampdown

CALLS for legislation to apply special conditions to the operation of football coaches have been made following last Saturday's...

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No permit agreement

DPERATORS can now pass through Greece and deliver there without the use of permits under a new agreement which came into force...

MINISTER URGED TO BRING IN TACHOS

TRANSPORT 2000 — the pro-rail pressure group — has urged the new Minister for Transport to press ahead with the implementation...

Experiment to save money

DURING the next four weeks, CM will be participating in a traffic experiment which could lead to a saving of millions of pounds...

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At13 FREIGHT

Licences should be fair TRANSPORT MANAGERS' licences should be a flexible *system to be fair to the companies and the...

Ha t trick

for Glasgo The Glasgow centre of IOTA has been awarded the Frank White trophy for the second time. The trophy is presented to...

GEORGE LACY, 55, is the new managing director of Chrysler

UK Ltd and he will be responsible for directing all the activities of the company along with its co-ordination. Mr Lacy joined...

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Route talks

k MEETING between the toad Haulage Association and Eransport Minister Mr Wiliam Rodgers to discuss plans or local authority...

Awl slinging

IARINGEY COUNCIL in iorth London, have warned uilding contractors in the rea that if they drop mud on lie road they will be...

OPERATORS WARNED ON TRUCK PARKING

OPERATORS who fail to keep their vehicles at the points set out in their licence applications or who allow drivers to take them...

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Heavy fines for hours offences

was not involved in the offences. Mr Bloom, who represented six of the drivers, admitted , they had done the extra work for...

Place names stay

THE Road Haulage Association's Express Carriers Group has welcomed an assurance from the Post Office that they will continue to...

More jobs

THERMO KING have begun production of vehicle refrigeration equipment at their new Galway, Ireland, plant just six months after...

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Concern over Trent fares

THE TRENT Motor Traction week by Mr Cecil Sheridan, Traffic Commissioners. He said he was seriously 1:oncerned at a failure of...

National's left hook

NATIONAL TRAVEL has been able to introduce oneman operation on its winter service to Frankfurt. Using left-hand drive coaches,...

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Airport service boom

A BOOM in numbers otoverseas visitors to the United Kingdom was predicted by a Traffic Commissioner last week. He was...

Dial a reduction

A REDUCTION in early morning and late evening runs on the Knowle and Dorridge dial-a-bus has been predicted by West Midlands...

Passenger collapse "imminent"

UNLESS ACTION is taken now, the collapse of passenger transport is imminent, accordmg to Oxfordshire Transport operations...

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Lightweight tip from Wilcox

A NEW dual purpose lightweight tipper body that doubles as a bulk carrier when converted, is being built by Wilcox of...

Three wheel demount

BY USING a single Reliant three-wheeler chassis cab in conjunction with four interchangeable demountable bodies, Yeovil...

Bulk gritter

allows the gritter to be operated on a speed related basis. This means that the pre-selected rate of spread is maintained...

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ArAX TECHNICAL

Water tender makes debut FIRE APPLIANCE manufacturer MCB-Angus Ltd of Southampton has introduced its new CSV water tender...

All alloy fire fighter

THE SCOTTISH firm of Fulton and Wylie has displayed its nev all-alloy fire appliance. The company claims that the swing towards...

DAF fire engine chassis

A CHASSIS for fire brigade use has been introduced by DAF Trucks to the Dutch market. Based on the existing FA 1600DT and FAV...

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PROFILE

An occasional series on faces in The news Value for money transport urged IT IS up to Britain's transport industry to make...

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UNIROYAL EUROPE

BEATS THE STATES by John Darker IN the tyre industry there is strong feeling that America will transform its trucking habits as...

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Modifications would make this SA tops

• The power unit for the home market series is the International Harvester D-358 unit. (The export version uses a Perkins.) The...

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Notts zone and collar is failure

AN EXPERIMENTAL scheme to control traffic in Nottingham by the zone-and-collar method was not successful, said Mr. F. P....

Hauliers may not go for the biggest

IF BIGGER vehicles are allowed on British roads, it should not be assumed that all UK hauliers would wish to convert their...

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MAtto makes time.

Of all the things we use in transport, time the-rnostimprIrta nt - . You can't see it. You can't feel it. You can't smell it....

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SHEERNESS DOCKS

CM did a tour of the Channel ports recently, and we looked at the amenities offered in some of the terminals. While none were...

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`...the new Dover flyover will be opened any moment now

continued from page 39 kitchen will enable hot meals to be served around the clock, but this great leap forward won't be...

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by Johnny Johnson

Drivers' accommodation includes two-berth cabins, the use of a sauna bath and a comfortable day lounge on the Tor Gothia. From...

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These rates are rubbish

Middle East haulage involves operators in great expense. Freight forwarders' rates should reflect these charges, but don't by...

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FROM THE PILGRIMS W

White Trux run from fertile Kent to the arid desert 365 days a year. by lain Sherriff IT'S A LONG HAUL from the Garden of...

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Forbidden to carry

by Les Oldridge, T. Eng (CH), M.1.M.1, A.M.1.R.T.E LAST WEEK I set out the purposes for which a motor vehicle may be used with...

Red signal for British Rail

THE HORROR FILM industry makes extensive use of the mediaeval legend of the hooded stranger who joins the dancers at a hectic...

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by Steve Gray

The ferry I took was the my Europic Ferry, from the Transport Ferry Service division of Townsend Thoresen. This ship, captained...

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Q My company operates a mobile crane and, until now, has

always employed a driver with a heavy goods vehicle driving licence to drive it. This man has now left our employ and I am told...

Q My coach company has been asked by two large Continental

orchestras to quote for a week's tour of Britain. They stipulate that four 53-seat coaches should be supplied together with a...

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STOP AS YOU MEAN TO GO ON.

Girling Skidchek. The anti-skid, anti-jack-knife system from Britain's leading brake systems manufacturer; one of the most...