D OES road transport make the best of itself? Do its quality of service, speed in movement from door to door, low cost and...

I N theory, the offences arising from a standard of driving which falls below the minimum permitted by law range from careless...

Personal Preference or Design? W HEN you attend a meeting in some hall or other place where people congregate, have you any...

That a "third of a thou." is not 0.00003, as given in a recent hand-out rekrring to plastics film. That some would welcome an...

O o Monday, British' Road Services will raise their rates to cover increased costs of wages, fuel, tyres and other items. They...

"U NLESS the present-day total of 570,000 railway staff is reduced by 10-12 per cent, in the next 15 years, we cannot hope to...

"M AKE use of your 30 m.p.h. now you have got . it," was the advice given by the MiTnister of Transport, Mr: Harold Watkinson,...

A T last Friday's meeting of the 4 -1 . National Council for the Omnibus Industry (The Commercial Motor, May 10) the trade...

O N Sunday next a load of machinery is due to be delivered in Stuttgart, Germany, having travelled on a Dyson ,I5-ton...

C OACH tours in Scotland will cost more this coming season. Authority has been given by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners for...

T HE question whether customers who purchased furniture at sales and auctions in country districts were reasonably entitled to...

buses, the D. C. Transit Co., Washington, D.C., U.S.A., are to fit Fageol-Leyland units to 105 of their petrol-engined...

MR. P. G. MALLAM has been elected a director of Small and Parkes, Ltd. LORD CHANDOS has been re-appointed president of the...

E XPERT opinion that at f20m.the cost of a new tunnel under the River Mersey to connect Liverpool with Birkenhead is...

1958 Show: Next year's Commercial Motor Show will be held at Earls Court, London, from September 26-October 4. Station Plans:...

MHEN Mr. A. H. Fielding, proprieW tor of Empress Coaches, Bristol, Ltd., applied to the Western Traffic Commissioners last week...

A FTER evidence had been given by farmers in the Sandbach area concerning lack Of transport, Messrs. Boulton Bras., Sandbach,...

A T Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing .Authority, reheard an application originally made...

A. and L. Hickman, Ltd. Can. £5.000. Dirs. Arthur R. Hickman, Fairview, Red Hall Road. Lower Gornal. Staffs; Leonard Hickman,...

A LORRY driver all his life, Mr. 1-1 .1. E. Bell, Bootle, who had saved up £600 to buy a vehicle, was refused a B licence at...

TT has been decided by the General I Purposes Committee of London County Council to ask the Minister of Transport Co consider...

-W E shall look pretty silly if in a few years' time a Channel Tunnel of some sort is built faster than we can build highways...

to prevent people going to business and on regular shopping expeditions in excursion vehicles. should not apply to journeys to...

E XPERIMENTS are being made by Edinburgh Transport Department, Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., Dundee Corporation and Allison's...

Renewed Car Competition Adds to Bus Operators' Difficulties B US operators now face renewed competition with private motoring,...

nPERATORS of 30 tankers, J. M. Horrocks and Sons, Ltd., Miles Platting, who ha,ve specialized in tar and tar products work...

A SHFORD by-pass, on the LondonPA Dover Trunk Road (A20), will be officially opened on July 19 by the Minister of Transport....

PA A NEW design of bus garage has been evolved by London Transport architects for use in the country area, and particularly...

TWENTY-FIVE M.P.s are going to 1 Paris and Brussels to study road modernization. In Paris they Will be shown a new road being...

E NTIRELY unjustified by the facts" is how Bromley Town Council have described the Ministry of Transport's proposals to ban...

nit-ENGINE conversions are now being carried out on a variety of vehicles up to 6 tons capacity by Pratt of Sutton, 268-270...

S.T.R. Contributes his Last Article of a Series that has Run Since 1920 and Looks Back Over 37 Years of Road Haulage / AM...

Mr. H. Scott Hall, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.R.T.E., known to thousands of operators as S.T.R., of The Commercial Motor, this week...

PA A NOTHER model has been added to the range of thirdaxle units produced by T.G.R. Motors, Clitheroe, Lanes, one of the...

Practical 2-tonner By John F. Moon A.M.I.R.T.E. Austin 46 b.h.p. Petrol-engined Tipper has Useful Performance, and is...

O NE of the entries of Fred Davis and Sons (Notting Hill), Ltd., in the British Coach Rally on Sunday will be a Commer-Duple...

By C. S. Dunbar Minst.T. Eastern National Provide Bus Services for Basildon : Rail Facilities Being Developed : Essex Carriers...

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk S EVERAL years ago I was reminiscing' over dinner with Mr. George Smart, who at that time was...

A BREAS r-BATTERY lighting set. which has been certified by the Ministry of Labour as safe for use in inflammable atmospheres,...