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16th March 1973
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Taking the very long view

Rail freight is an unconscionable time a'dying. Left to itself, both here and on the Continent, it would have long since faded...

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FTA rejects EEC driving rules

• Association presses DoE to seek amendments, especially on spreadover and mileage limits • The Freight Transport Association...

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Tyneside's precept refused

• In a further round in the continuing saga of Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority's plans to provide free travel for...

Training Boards under attack

• The chairman of the Transport Association, Mr A. C. Noakes, and the guest speaker, Conservative MP Mr Robert Taylor, both had...

Not a threat, more a way of (egalitarian) life

• Far from being a threat to the quality of life, road transport was the means by which the vast mass of people had been able...

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Designated or voluntary routes for chemicals?

• Construction and operation regulations planned by the Government to lessen the hazards of carrying dangerous substances by...

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Now three sets of hours rules for British drivers

EEC control books become usable in UK; mixed work will escape duty and spreadover limits • Regulations laid on Friday by the...

Road to rail figures "loaded"

• Lord Sandford, Parliamentary UnderSecretary, DoE, claimed in an Upper House debate last week that a 50 per cent increase in...

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Access right must be safeguarded

• A letter, outlining the general principles on which it was felt policies governing any designated routes for heavy goods...

FTA president sees hope in lorry Bill

• The first glimmer of hope that pressure from the Freight Transport Association against the lorry control Bill of Mr Hugh...

Canal freight under Labour

• Moves to reduce the number of heavy lorries on London's roads gathered strength this week when GLC Labour leader, Sir...

LDoY association for 1974?

• Primarily to safeguard officers of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition against claims, the LDoY is likely to become an...

Tor Line's £25m expansion

• Tor Line has ordered two new passenger /cargo vessels for use between the UK, Sweden and Holland. At the same time it has...

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BRS computer matches drivers to vehicles

• Commercial fleet operators are to be offered a computer programme to maximize the utilization of drivers and vehicles. It is...

Motorways and the lorry survey

• A survey of Britain's motorway system and goods vehicle operation is to be carried out by the PTA. Aspects likely to be...

Attack on lorry park delays

• An attack over the lack of progress being made on the 50 safe lorry parks proposed by the DoE came on Friday at Carlisle from...

Five light vans

• As most readers will have noticed, the dimensioned photographs of the British Leyland Minivan and Reliant Rebel 750 van were...

P and O's new transport company

• New and regular transport services will link East Anglia with all parts of Britain starting this month following the...

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Operator refuses rural subsidy

• A West Country operator has turned down a local government subsidy for a rural stage carriage service because "we don't wish...

Wirral o-m-o buses doubled

• The number of o-m-o Merseyside PTE buses almost doubled last week in the Wirral area when 58 more buses went into operation....

Coach rally regs published

• Regulations and application forms for the 19th British coach rally, to be held at Brighton on April 14 and 15, are now...

Coach image subject of '73 Brighton conference

• Details of the annual coach operator's conference which precedes the Brighton coach rally next month have now been issued....

FRM for one-bus route

• Speculation about the future of London Transport's unique rear-engined Routemaster vehicle, the FRM, seems to have been...

Deansgate minibuses

• The address of the Deansgate Sales Division of Williams Motor Co (Manchester) Ltd, which makes a wide range of small public...

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Coach men benefit from

rail dispute by Martin Hayes • Rich pickings are coming the way of coach operators — particularly those in the South-east —...

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Beeline seeks clarification on fantail operation

• Beeline Roadways Ltd, of Middlesbrough and West Hartlepool, at Edinburgh on Tuesday sought authorization from the Scottish...

Curtailment after nine overloads

• A Worcestershire tar-paving contracting company, which had received a total of nine convictions for overloading since April...

Automatic Section 69s to follow overloading

• Heavy goods vehicle operators convicted of overloading by magistrates in the Yorkshire traffic area will in future be called...

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Jail after 'carefully calculated fraud'

• Two Liverpool men were jailed at Carlisle Crown Court last week for a "carefully calculated fraud". They were George Gerard...

Director stole from own company

• After changing his plea to guilty on 12 of 24 charges of dishonesty and admitting a further two offences, a former director...

LA did not want to 'blot operator's copy book'

• Remarking that he did not want to "blot the operator's copy book" the new LA for the Western traffic area, Maj-Gen Sir John...

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Issue of licence wrong rules High Court

• Justices sitting at North Aylesford were wrong to issue a heavy goods vehicle driving licence to Mr Horace Ernest Albert...

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Fifth-wheel drawbar coupling improves stability

• Improved trailer stability, strength of the towing connection, and quicker on-and-off loading are the principal advantages of...

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Chelsea power take-offs for Britain

• Earby Light Engineers of Colne, Lancs, a member of the Turner Manufacturing Group, have been licensed by Dana Corp, USA to...

Kleber radial van tyres for the UK

• Kleber Tyres, France's second largest tyre manufacturer which has been selling its car tyres in the UK for about a year, has...

New training school for Rolls

• A new training school has been established within the diesel engine works of Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd at Shrewsbury in...

IRTE looks at trucks in the '80s

• Commercial vehicles in the Eighties will be one of the subjects at this year's national conference of the Institute of Road...

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bird's eye

view by the ii t awk • Yakkity yak Dan Pettit has declared 1973 the Year of the Yak, and has launched Transport 2001 as a...

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Toyota Hi-Ace

newt yload pick-up by Trevor Longcroft TOYOTA of Japan introduced its Hi-Ace range to Britain in August 1972 and although...

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etters

Sleeping in a coach While I would not wish to accuse Martin Hayes of unfairness in his recent report of a trip from Edinburgh...

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Britain in the EEC

The European Parliament THE TREATIES of the Community require the Commission to be genuinely independent and to this end the...

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topic

The Scarascia Mugnozza tile AMATEUR SLEUTHS may find an interest in the mysterious case of Signor Mugnozza's postbag. With the...

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Brazil ---where road transport is king

but hauliers are having a little trouble in getting the crown to fit Part one of a report by the Editor on a visit to South...

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PURPOSE" BUILT FOR DISTRIBUTION

Co-operation between operator and bodybuilder has produced a sliding-door delivery vehicle which merits consideration by...

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'YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

RECORDING DAILY COSTS AND REVENUE Reg P. Block "COSTING" of itself is a repetitive, time-wasting arithmetical chore unless it...

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road and

workshop by Handyman Details to save down-time (13) Gun handling is the key to successful spraying without correction check...

meet

Angus Munro • As the new director of planning for the SELNEC PTE, Mr Angus Munro is a man presented with — and capable of...

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Q I am aware that in thefuture vehicles will X progressively require tachographs to be fitted.

As I see it, a tachograph is a fairly expensive instrument requiring specialized fitting facilities. The tachographs today do...

A Unless operators start fitting tacho

graphs soon, facilities will be unable to cope with the massive retrospective fitting demand. Although current tachographs do...

Q My education committee operates a fleet of school buses to

carry children to and from school. During the school holidays, the vehicles are used to transport school furniture between...

Q I am shortly to purchase a tractive unit X to

demonstrate at vintage commercial vehicle rallies; it was built in 1944. I also intend to use it to pull a trailer carrying a...

0 I employ several drivers on a part time basis,

but all are in regular employment. Am 1 obliged to provide insurance cover for these persons under the Employers' Liability...

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management

matters by John Darker, AM RIM The price and pay code implications for road transport IN a discussion document — a Green...

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know the law

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE Drivers' and conductors' licences THE law concerning public service vehicles seems...

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profit from

learning by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London_ Examination techniques through...

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mg mirrors

range of two clamp-on wing *Tors for private cars and ommercial vehicles, known as Overtaker, is being marketed the UK by...

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keeping them running

by Trevor Lon gcroft Many transport engineers confronted at this time of the year with their share of cracked blocks, cylinder...