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A DELIBERATE, shattering attack on road transport, insupportable by true economic or rational tests, and bound inevitably to...
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A SWINGEING new tax on heavy lorries is Mrs. Barbara Castle's recipe for bringing greater...
Page 38
PROPOSALS From a special correspondent B ARBARA CASTLE's licensing proposals constitute a complete denial of the basic...
A SPECIALIST panel with the title: "Freight Transportation (Co-ordination)" has been set up by the British Standards...
ABOUT 10 per cent of road ton-mileage will, in total, be likely to be diverted to rail by the effect of new Freightliner...
LINK Refrigeration is considering the production of insulated and refrigerated containers, bodies and trailers in conjunction...
Page 39
One freight centre for each town A HIGHLY controversial proposal for municipally or nationally ontrolled peripheral city...
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT has introduced a draft finance law for 1968 which incorporates a special axle tax on heavy goods...
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by John Darker AMBIM M R. JAN POSNER, manager, international container services, British Railways Eastern Region, sparked off a...
VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE—that is the leadership position of the Conservative Party's back-bench Transport Committee in the...
Page 43
A LANCASHIRE haulage firm's appeal against a refusal by the Northern LA to add one vehicle to its A licence was dismissed by...
AN APPLICATION by John Hastie of Bank Park, West Calder, for a B licence for two tippers was rejected by the Scottish LA, Mr....
A SIX-MONTH suspension was imposed on the licence for one vehicle operated by John Wishart Ltd., by the Scottish LA, Mr. A. B....
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A NEWLY CONSTITUTED company, whose directors had previously carried traffic for Cerebos Foods Ltd. as owner-operators on...
LACK of recognized standards for use in deciding when vehicle wear had become excessive was criticized by Mr. J. B. T. Loudon,...
THE Transport Tribunal has dismissed two appeals against decisions of the North Western deputy LA. The reasons were almost...
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Albion heavy duty trucks and buses are built on Clydeside by Scottish engineers, men proud of their heritage, jealous of their...
Page 48
By DEREK MOSES W HATEVER the opposition, the Government is determined to introduce Passenger Transport Authorities. This was...
THE FIRST independent coach operator to purchase the new Bristol LH type chassis is F. G. Wilder and Son Ltd., of Feltham,...
BY DEREK MOSES THE Tory-controlled Greater London Council may, I understand, take over the State-controlled London Transport...
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A "SUMMIT" meeting between all parties concerned with the "busmen's charter" dispute, held in London last week, achieved no...
BUSES will still deal with the greater part of commuter traffic into Manchester even if a proposed "duorail" is introduced....
AFTER a Sikh conductor had been dismissed for refusing an order not to wear his turban and beard, Wolverhampton bus crews voted...
Page 50
By R. D. Cater, AMInstBE A FARSIGHTED decision by Mr. J. B. Wild, managing director of Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., Heckmondwike,...
THE TILTAINER, the latest innovation from Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd., is a containersized flat platform. Designed for ease of...
A RANGE of cargo flats has been introduced by Rubery Owen and Co. Ltd., PO Box 10, Darlaston, Wednesbury, Staffs, conforming to...
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WI EN I tested the Ford Transit 17cwt van shortly after its introduction i n 1965 I commented on the resemblance to private-car...
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F WE PROTOTYPES of a lightweight van semi-trailer with aluminium bodywork have been produced by Peebles Engineering and Marine...
HUNGARY is importing heavy road transport vehicles from Sweden and West Germany. The first consignment of 80 Volvo trucks is...
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W E READ so many road accident reports these days that we must guard against complacency or any attitude of "What has to be,...
THE import and marketing of MagirusDeutz commercial vehicles will be the initial task of a private limited company,...
THE LARGEST single order for British heavy-goods chassis with fully automatic transmission has been placed with Rootes Motors...
Scania at Old Trafford AN EXHIBITION of Scania-Vabis vehicles sponsored by Lancashire and Yorkshire distributor Westwood...
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in the UK. Hymo Lift, the manufacturer, has established a company here for the purpose. There is a range of models, including...
TWO Stanley knives have been redesigned to fit more snugly in the hand and to give them a more modern appearance. They are the...
TWO paraffin-fed heat generators have been added to the Tropical range by Boscombe Precision Engineering. Both are designed for...
A HEAVY WEIGHT version of its car towrope is now being made by Vitopan Ltd. Intended for medium-weight trucks, it combines all...
THE LATEST Grundfoss high-pressure two-gun washing plant—Model CP3-240— has been specially developed for use on heavy...
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T ROUBLES that may face the tipper operator as a result of Ministry policy were probed at the second convention of the Road...
NOT ALL the Ministry proposals were bad, commented convention chairman Mr. A. E. Winchcomb (Winchcomb Transport Ltd., Ripley)...
MR. EDGAR WILLIAMS (Williams Bros. [Queensferry] Ltd., Chester), said that as a result of an uplift of standards in the...
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View BY THE HAWK Winking and blinking? HOW good is your eyesight? The question is relevant because the Association of Optical...
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Considerable technical interest at Kelvin Hall—but not much room to show off new models By A. J. P. Wilding, AMIMechE, MIRTE...
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with international flavour BY .P. A. C. BROCK1NGTON, AMIMechE THE DISADVANTAGE of space short- 1 age at the Glasgow Show has...
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I F THERE HAS BEEN some hesitation in publishing the final official details of the new transport legislation the reason may be...
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I T IS NOT SURPRISING that types of equipment and methods of operation are well established in the transport industry, since it...
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A The major advantage of a dieselengined lorry is the reduced fuel consumption as compared with the corresponding petrol...
A Although a revision of regulations affect' ing drivers of goods vehicles is now under consideration, the current regulations...
Ocwt vans to 3-ton trucks together with a 2000 c.c. private car. Please tell me how the new regulations will apply to my fleet....
organization about to get a 10cwt van for our own transport. Can you provide information as to the likely cost of operation,...
(number of decibels)=10 log I,/1 2 where I, = the intensity of a given sound in Watts and 1 2 = the intensity of the loudest...
A As only test loads (as ballast) may be carried on a vehicle operating under a limited trade licence it is not classed as a...
A A scale of breakdown charges recognized by the AA and RAC is published by the Motor Agents Association, 201 Gt Portland...
driver of a 14-ton platform truck on C licence delivering animal feedingstuff to farms? A Although a new application is...
view will be taken of a vehicle with a welded chassis repair or a welded chassis extension when the work has been carried out...
A A basic source of information would be the COMMERCIAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs. Recently an excellent paper on the...
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A large fleet user concludes his assessment of the likely effect of new legislation on commercial vehicle operating costs Par...
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THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT is currently taking a close look at its examination structure. Many revisions are envisaged, not...