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19th May 1978
19th May 1978
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lo power m buses For Scots

HE PROPOSED Scottish Lssembly last week lost its , ower to supervise the issue of pecial permits for buses. By 93 votes to 79,...

Leyland in gear

LEYLAND plans to offer ZF gearboxes in some of its goods vehicles later this year. Vehicles over 16 tons (eg Buffalo and...

'No Japanese vehicles' -I Law

JAPANESE vehicles will be blacked if they come into Britain — whether they are owned by British companies or registered abroad....

MO ATTACK ON GOVT. MEDDLING

P AND 0 chairman Lord Inchcape has criticised "unnecessary the working of the company's bureaucratic intervention" in road...

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UK's no bond plea

BRITAIN is pressing Iraq to withdraw its demand for a $150,000 bond for all vehicles entering the country which was due to come...

Milk drivers want parity,

MILK tanker drivers are this week considering a pay offer that will give them an extra £7.30 a week — but they have not been...

Austrian tax blow

AUSTRIA expects that a new lorry tax will be charged from July of this year, if a draft law is approved by the Austrian...

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New tipper is first from Dennison

)ENNISON'S first 8 x 4 tipter has been built at the ompany's Rathcoole plant tear Dublin. The unladen vehicle veights 12.5...

WESTM NSTER

HAUL II it came after art alleries, but before airports; it drove a wedge between school inspectors and opencast coal mining;...

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Tachos would disrupt trade'

1E GOVERNMENT beyes — and has told the — that if it were to pose the compulsory use the tachograph on domes: traffic it would...

Delays to be cut

EW MOVES to ensure that . affic flow would be slowed ; little as possible during the reater amount of motorway laintenance work...

SHORT HAULS

Managers' course LABOUR relations aspects of transport and distribu tion will be covered at a residential course to be run by...

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Germany's lorry bans

WEST GERMANY has banned lorries of over 7.5 tonnes and lorries with trailers from 20 Autobahn sections at weekends in July and...

Volunteer wal not so willing

A CONCRETE mixer driver who applied for voluntary redundancy changed his mind — applied for compensation for unfair dismissal....

FRENCH and Spanish lorry owners who continue to send overloaded

vehicles to this country run the risk of losing their international permits for a while. Transport Under Secretary John Horam...

Difference of opinion?

A SUGGESTION that the partments of Energy and Environment had differ opinions about the importa of electric vehicles was der in...

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THE LEGS WE NEED

CWO commerical vehicle body designs are included in this year's Design Council British Motor ndustry Awards winners. Mousley...

Remover on the go

MIDDLESEX haulier who pplied to increase his )perator's Licence from one o seven vehicles had it exended to three vehicles last...

Better traffic mix earns more

FREIGHTLINERS have just announced a trading profit of £1.4m for the year ended December 31. This compares with £1.5m for the...

SHORT HAULS

Expanding service THE FREIGHT Drivers Register is expanding its services. It proposes this year to introduce the first...

Competence courses

TRANSPORT Driver Training (Esher) Limited, Surrey, is mounting a series of courses for the Certificate of Professional...

Merger redundancy

MERGER plans announced by Scottish Road Services Ltd will mean that about 12 employees at their Dumfries subsidiary will become...

Carrimore bodies

ANTHONY Carrimore is to body an order of 34 Leyland - Reivers for 13rownhill's Commercials. All tippers, they will be equipped...

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Off-road shot

FIVE Mini-mobile goanywhere vehicles, produced by Stonefield Vehicles Ltd of Cumnock in Scotland, have been ordered by Marconi...

Open top van

VEHICLE body shutters that stretch a full five metres (16.4ft) have been introduced by Dover Roller Shutters Ltd, of Hartford...

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Yes, no and two fingers

VER 500 people attended the Irma' conference of the Initute of Road Transport Enneers held at Solihull last eekend. The...

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Excess fares are not fines'

HE CONFEDERATION of ritish Road Passenger Transcod has hit back at critics of • amendment to the Trans ort Bill designed to...

SEIG's new order

SCOTTISH manufacturers figure largely in the 1979 programme for new buses for the Scottish Bus Group expected to be announced...

BUS STOPS

Bus station opened COUNCILLOR John H. Berry, JP, Chairman of the Greater Manchester Council, opened Rochdale's new Greater...

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BATTERY VAN FOR PARIS

THE LUCAS Bedford Electric Vehicle has won first prize in an international competition sponsored by the French Government. As...

Lucas's electrical operation monitor

THE FIRST garage in Europe and possibly in the world designed expressly to service electric vehicles has been opene by Lucas at...

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The equipment operators need

:OMMERCIAL vehicle pecification and performnce was the theme of the nnual conference of the Intitute of Road Transport...

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WHAT'! NEW?

by Brian Chalmers-Hunt SIX British manufacturers are building electric vehicles and there are over 40,000 electric vehicles in...

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Barrier protects taeho from hazari

PETROL tankers and vehicles carrying dangerous goods must be fitted with a battery master switch to isolate the complete...

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'Doubtful' is verdict on electric

b uses Report by Noel A DELEGATE at a recent symposium at Newcastle University entitled "Designing Public Transport" described...

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You can't top this battery

EARLY THIS YEAR A. C. Delco made its Freedom battery, with a claimed design life of 300,000 miles, available in the UK. This is...

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Pettit's positive electric potential

John Darker interviews Sir Dan Pettit ME National Freight Corpolotion under Sir Dan Pettit's ;hairmanship was interested n the...

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Dart without point

FORD dealers, I hear are to be helped to streamline operations in their ports, service ar vehicle sales departments by "a...

Leadership assured

Ken Rogers, who shared the vice-chairmanship of the RHA with Mr Silbermann, has also done yeoman service. He has Mr...

Peace makers

It is a great pity that Mr Farmer could never be persuaded to stand for leading office in the RHA although he has willingly...

Rank confirmed

JOHN Silbermann's electi! as chairman of the Rog Haulage Association la week was in the nature substantiation of acting ran...

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Thoughtful driving pays off

HE ONE component in a .t , hicle that we expect to ear at a fairly high rate is the 'ake shoe liner. The very function of this...