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16th July 1983
16th July 1983
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conomy cavalcade

3ING the week ahead thousands of spectators will watch our sixteen 38 - tonneice economy cavalcade on its journey of more than...

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Big clamp down on tacho abusers

TOUGHER tachograph checks are to be instituted, Junior Transport Minister Lynda Chalker has announced. As part of the random...

Fixed penah

DRIVERS who commit traffic fences in Scotland are r offered the chance to pay tl fines without having to go court. A fixed...

Travel permits to go?

THE PROPOSALS for abolishing EEC travel permits within the European Community (CM July 9) will be considered by the European...

Sea strike

FELIXSTOWE services to Zeebrugge, Europort and Northern Ireland are still out of action folowing strike action by 740 seamen....

38 onto Severn will go

DESPITE earlier fears, the Severn Bridge is open to 39-tonn although the current single lane restrictions on both...

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:v sales graph rising

GROWTH of commercial icle sales has continued 3ngly according to the iety of Motor Manufacturers Traders' sales figures for the...

Roadline replaces TNT

ROADLINE has taken TNT's place in the seven-nation European Express, a consortium of large overnight parcel carriers from...

Dartford toll opposed

F. ROAD Haulage Association this week joined forces with the RAC and the Royal Scottish Automobile Club to petition against...

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Frejus develops

Mont Cenis to go MI BETTER road links and new customs and haulage facilities are due to be opened soon for the France-Italy...

A FURTHER four regional I have been completed in till

up to the 1983 Lorry Drivl the Year competition. T class winners go through ti national finals to be hel Cranfield,...

Two lorry bar

TWO lorry bans in Folkes and Braintree, Essex, are Ii to be in force within the nex months. The Shepway District Cot is...

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Telford lorry bans

ALMOST EXACTLY one year after careered down a hill in Ironbridge, restrictions aimed at preventing posed. Despite strong...

Rates 'cripple' warehouses

LOCAL AUTHORITY rates are crippling this country's public warehouse operators says the National Association of Warehouse...

Swiss blitz

ROAD HAULIERS sending vehicles to Switzerland face a big increase in overheads as a result of plans to charge motorway tolls...

LOCAL AUTHORITIES should be kept informed about the movement of

all types of dangerous loads through their areas, said the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. Jack Graham, chairman of...

A68 subsideni at Dalkeith

A SECTION of the A68 E burgh to Newcastle road subsided and a weight limi 1.5 tonnes for all vehicles ill north has been...

Ferrymasters adds 40

P&O SUBSIDIARY Ferrymasters has added a further 40 38-toi three-axle tractive units to its fleet, bringing its 38-tonne fleet...

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Weather warning device

COUNTY councillors in Shropshire are being recommended to give the go-ahead for automatic road condition warning systems on the...

Windfoil bonus

LORRIES fitted with Windfoil air deflectors and under-bumper airdams now qualify for a discount on their insurance premium. On...

'Nightmare'

LONDON's South Circular Road (A205) is an "environmental nightmare", says the British Road Federation, which is launching a...

EPL's supporting role

:s bridge inspection vehicle has been hired by five local authori; to check that their bridges will support 38 tonnes....

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MAN type approval

TYPE APPROVAL is imminent for right-hand drive versions of MAN's 22.321 FVLT and 22.281 FVLT twin-steer tractive units for...

Bedford conundrum

BEDFORD has a problem with one of its Detroit Diesel-powered tractive units. The problem is how to convince operators that a...

Cab-top aids

LEYLAND yesterday !mind the first products in its aero namic aids programme. They are a cab-top fairing an under-bumper airdam...

Daf clears its name

THE WELL-PUBLICISED change in the financial structure of Daf has had a positive effect on customer reaction according to Phil...

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Whale orders enormous plant

%LE TANKERS of Solihull commissioned what it beis is Europe's largest prelion and spray painting t for commercial vehicles at...

Ford's guide

FORD has added to its series of fleet efficiency guides with a new booklet on fuel economy for commercial vehicles. The...

Dunlop extends SP811

The SP811's technical characteristics are claimed to exceed original requirements. Tests show that the tyre is capable of a...

World truck impractical

THE "WORLD TRUCK" is a good achieved in practice according marketing director at Cummins. He told CM that in practical terms,...

;ynchronnesh

DAF TRUCK chassis for the will have fully synchromesh rboxes as standard by early 4. le last constant mesh gearto remain in...

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MP's 'greenhouse' taur

SOME COACHES are nothing more than "high speed mobile greenhouses" a Tory MP has claimed. New Northfield Tory MP Roger King...

Coach belt

THE GOVERNMENT is cc ering introducing seat be the front seats of coaches. Junior Transport Min Lynda Chalker told MPs week...

Coach spies

BR SPIES are out checking express coach loadings in the battle for business, revealed British Rail Inter-City director Cyril...

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Flights tripped up on the sun run

3 HTS Coach Travel, of rlsworth, Birmingham, and f its drivers were last week I a total of £6,900 plus 30 costs for breaking...

OAP discount

TAYSIDE Region transport committee has approved a rationalisation of the criteria for elderly persons' concessionary travel...

Co-ordination vital

A FULLY commercial bus network for the Romsey area in Hampshire would cater for only 36 per cent of existing passengers and...

NBC to follow NEC buy

THE CERTAINTY of an employee buy-out of the National Bus Company now seems closer than ever, after Junior Transport Minister...

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Lovill replaces Horrell

JOHN LOVILL, a member of the East Sussex County Council, has beea elected chairman of the Association of County Councils in...

Baan on board

DAF TRICKS BV has taken on Cor G Bean to the newly-expanded Daf Board of management in Eindhoven, Holland. Mr Bean, who was...

Obituary

We record with regret the de of Keith Wickenden, Wa Haigh and George Crowe. Mr Wickenden, chairmai European Ferries, was...

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ro not only voice

-I reference to the article on very in CM, June 25, I feel the reported comments by Veils on Avro could be a misleading. No...

Recovery — tell it like it is

HAVING read T. Carruthers' "Recovery — dreams and the reality" letter (CM June 18), I agree with every word. It's perfect,...

Neat drivers, please take a bow

ONE OFTEN hears and reads of complaints against the "Juggernaut" as a so-called menace to modern society. As a regular user of...

Truth never hurts the teller

I WAS DISTURBED to read your article on "Election '83" (CM May 28) in which you state "The current Labour-controlled GLC has...

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The great crusade

MONDAY the Daniels of transport move into the 's den of the general public. 1.30am 16 38-tonne "Juggerts" will move off from...

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Two Renault 38-tonners adapted for Britain

iBlakemore has the mical low-down on R310 and G260 4x2s ich have been dified for operators he United Kingdom T-HAND drive...

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A rising Mercedes star

The 1633 is the most powerful right-hand drive unit to date from Daimler-Benz, and is probably the best yet, in Tim Blakemore's...

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The artic that goe rand prix racing

Marlboro is heavily involved in this expensive sport and one aspect of its sponsorship is a lavish hospitality unit that goes...

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Integration, but at what 'price?

FROM THE 1947 Transport Act onwards, right up to last month's General Election, the Labour Party has advocated an integrated...

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slower by Itese bus

ES in Malta are not allowed ertake another moving ir vehicle. With a limit of )h in built-up areas and )1 - 1 outside, however,...

vatch that Is your temper

100' wishing to be a nometric Canute, I ask only a watch shall have hands tell me the correct time. I t want it to tell me the...

The way Goodyear figures it

GOODYEAR is in the numbers game. It has produced 3 billion tyres since 1900 and now has 44 tyre plants in 27 countries. The...

Weekend transport of delight

SEVERAL hundred "priceless items from private and public collections. .. from all over the country" are to be asem bled by the...

Business as usual — and a £5 fine

FINES are an occupational hazard and normal business expense for Benny De-Vries, secretary of a Port Talbot market traders'...

Bulgaria

BULGARIA aims to be the world's biggest maker of industrial trucks by 1990, with an output of 150,000 a year, says the Sofia...

Renault takes cars off the road

AT FIRST BLUSH the idea of a motor manufacturer spending nearly four years in planning to get cars off the road is, to say the...

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Costing

'without costs' • MANY COSTING systems are now available to fleet users, all wrapped up in different packages tied with...

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pportunity makes a ief, they say, and too any are

succumbing the invitation these lys. You don't even we to know 'Open 3same' to get into an laddin's cave. Make ire it's not...

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Tackling the passengers who pay with their fists

uble on the buses many unfortunate notations these s, as Noel Millier nd out when he nt an evening lising for a bruising' h an...

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asert Lion for . ankfurt E FRANKFURT Motor Show in ptember

will see the public 3miere of an unusual heavy ulage vehicle developed and ilt by KFM, of Neunkirche, ar, a new German company...

Losing your plate in Sweden

NEW regulations in effect in Sweden intensify enforcement of vehicle licensing and taxation laws. The police and road traffic...

Belgium backs air springs

BY THE END of the year road transport in Belgium may be able to take advantage of revised Construction and Use Regulations...

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Human security risk

Staff selection is a vital process, for bad apples can make things very sour at work. lain Sherriff offers some shrewd advice...

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Don't be left bereft by the deft at theft

A gigantic crime wave is sweeping through hire car fleets, and cruising on its crest are villains who hire and don't return....