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21st February 1975
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Support for 38 tonnes grow

Evidence to justify heavier trucks from makers and from exclusive CM test by CM reporter PRESSURE on the Government to make a...

SOME form of Government intervention into British Leyland was "inevitable"

in the current inflationary climate, Lord Stokes told Leyland shareholders in London on Monday. Lord Stokes, who revealed he...

DESPITE a joint appeal by TGWU national officers Ken Jackson

and Tom Cronin last week for an end to the picketing by dockers — and counter-picketing by lorry drivers — Tilbury, Royal and...

Brighton takeover

BRIGHTON Council is starting negotiations which may result in its taking over control of the city's bus services, currently run...

Hino trucks for Britain

JAPANESE Hino trucks, assembled in Eire, are now available in the UK through John McAnulty, a Northern Ireland :ruck dealer of...

Fish drivers swoop

ABOUT 15 lorry drivers employed at London's Billingsgate fish market were expected to be charged this week following a swoop by...

• Record soles for CM

CM's circulation in 197 was the highest evi recorded by the journa which remains firmly th market leader amon road transport...

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Euro plans to revive Chunnel

from our Brussels correspondent PLANS to revive the recently scrapped Channel Tunnel project were approved by the European...

THE second team of experts being supplied by the National

Freight Corporation to Iran leaves London for Tehran tomorrow. The fiveman team — organized jointly with the British Transport...

THE annual RHA Tipper Convention due to be held at

the Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, between April 19 and 21, may be cancelled. Last week a receiver was appointed at the...

Facing up to the consequences of restricting freight

ARE THOSE who advocate restrictions on the movement of freight prepared to face the consequences? This was the question posed...

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transport policy

A TRANSPORT election manifesto was suggested last week for the Conservative Party's new leader Mrs Margaret Thatcher by Mr H...

Van seat belts: DoE 'sympathetic'

A SPOKESMAN for the DoE told CM this week that it would take a "sympathetic" line on possibly exempting van drivers from the...

Chrysler HP cuts

DEALERS for Chrysler UK are offering hire purchase rates of 91/4 per cent compared with the normal average market rate of 16...

Proving the 38-ton pudding

H ow much longer can a Government which is campaigning for fuel savings refrain from taking the much-needed decision to...

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Praise and criticism for Highway Code proposals

['HE GREEN PAPER conaining the proposed new -lighway Code (CM' Jan 31) vhich was circulated to nterested parties for :omment,...

Draft tanker regulations may need revising

)RAFT regulations on the ;onveyance by road of nflammable and corrosive iquids, which may become aw this year, would con:ribute...

£300,000 depot in Hull

4 f 300,000 commercial vehicle service depot was Dpened last week in Hedon Road, Hull, by Lex Tillotson. The depot has Leyland...

Scots show

THE Scottish Materials Handling Exhibition will be held this year in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, from May 19 to 24. The organizer is...

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Ford chief engineer argues for 38 tonnes for Britain as soon as possible

THE 38-tonne (37.4 ton) vehicle should be made legal in Britain as soon as possible — but with an extra axle. This was the view...

Driver with 'abominable' record granted provisional licence

A MIDDLESBROUGH lorry driver, Mr R. Collins, 16 Deepdale Avenue, Grangetown, was granted a provisional heavy goods vehicle...

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Ministerial praise for the British haulier

BRITISH hauliers are, on the whole, a fairly well disciplined lot, but overloading is dangerous and must be eliminated, Mr...

No lorries ID parks?

HEAVY LORRIES with traffic originating outside National Parks, and destination outside, should not use routes through them,...

Bob Beckham — president of the Freight Transport Association and

for the past seven years distribution director of RHM Foods — has been appointed chief executive of Tibbett and Britten Ltd,...

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How to carry chemicals more safely

reported by Gordon Murray WAYS and means of carrying chemicals more safely were the dominant theme at the first-ever...

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More steps could be taken to stop overloading says dep LA

OVERLOADING of goods vehicles had to be stopped and many operators were not taking every possible step to prevent the...

Haulier fined over Morning Cloud

FHE BREAKDOWN in the Tansport of the wreck of Mr fed Heath's ill-fated Mornng Cloud yacht cost both the iriver and his company...

Transport 2000 objects to fare rise

THE LICENCES held by the Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd should be revoked and its service commitments handed over to the West...

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Aliso sells 1975 decker production

kILSA has sold the full proJuction for 1975 of its Jouble-decker, a company ipokesman told CM this Neek. Nearly 200 vehicles...

TPPs system will hit buses

"HE new system of financing ransport in the counties hrough • Transport Policies Ind Programmes (TPPs) will . esult in a...

GLC bus lane plans attacked

k MOVE by the Greater .ondon Council to erect )ermanent barriers between )us-only lanes and other raffic travelling in the same...

Gradient ban hits bus independent

A DECISION by North Yorkshire County Council to ban psv on a one in three gradient road at Rosedale is forcing a local...

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Computer control for dial-a-bus system

A MODIFIED dial-a-bus system in which vehicles are selected by a central computer to answer calls from passengers waiting at...

Bus companies plan to keep up with inflation

BOTH Crosville Motor Services Ltd, of Wrexham, and Ribble Motor Services Ltd, of Preston, have had applications approved which...

MP queries bus availability

Mrs Audrey Wise (Labour, Coventry South West) wondered in the Commons last week whether the Prime Minister was satisfied with...

Costs up £4m

WITHOUT a revision in bus fares, Crosville Motor Services Ltd, of Wrexham, would have been faced with a deficit of around £2m...

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Benefits bus men can expect from fuel rationing

ALMOST 20 per cent of car trips would be transferred to public transport if weekly car mileage was restricted by petrol...

NBC's view on financial support

CONCERN about the amount of financial support likely to be available to bus operators from local authorities under the Local...

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Coldsavers for supermarket deliveries

SEVEN 12m (40ft) refriger3ted vans built by Freight 3onallack Ltd, of Norwich, lave just been put into 3ervice by Associated...

Mobile display unit for the disabled

A SINGLE-AXLE semi-trailer has been fitted out internally as a mobile exhibition unit by Contact (Bournemouth) Ltd, to display...

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No lead from London

LEGISLATION such as the Dykes Act, by leaving London out of the reckoning, suggests pretty strongly that its problems are...

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32 tons v. 38 tons There is increasing pressure for the

maximum permitted gross combination weight in the UK to be raised from 32 tons to 38, to increase productivity and to enable...

Volvo F88/Taskers 32 and 38 ton gcw artic

By Graham Montgomerie Pictures by Dick Ross SINCE its introduction to the UK market in 1967 the F88 Volvo has won a reputation...

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CM operating cost assessment: Volvo F88

An artic compared at 32 and 38 tons gcw IN CONSIDERING the operation of a 38-ton-capacity unit of this type even at the...

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SELL STRIP I II STORE?

F you have to cut the fleet, look before you aap. The right decision can be a great help in lifficult times by Johnny Johnson...

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Schoolbuses go comprehensive

Integrating public services in Norway by Bill Godwin WHEN the energy crisis first made itself felt in the autumn of 1973 the...

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Now-TMLs for busmen too

George Wilmot explains the EEC directive and assesses what it will mean for staffs in the road passenger transport industry...

Lay union representatives must get together with management

Having read the interesting article by John Darker in your January 31 issue, I should like to comment upon some important...

No connection

Although the caption below the picture of Speedway Freightway's new Saviem in your January 31 issue makes it clear that the...

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hiagirus Deutz 232 MFG/Cravens lomalloy 32-ton-grossmortic

ROAD TEST ANI OPERATIONAL TRIAL 4/75 )y Trevor Longcroft, photographs by Harry Roberts LMOST A YEAR ago I tested a dagirus...

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Piece of cake

"Contributions" to dockers' tea funds in order to get a load shifted quickly are no new thing, but now it seems the men at one...

1984 round the corner

The day of Big Brother and telescreens may not be so far away after all — in fact, to a certain extent it is with us now. For...

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If I add a drawbar trailer to my rigid vehicle

will my existing insurance premium cover this or will I have to buy an extra premium to cover the trailer? Is the value of the...

I have made several alterations in the operation of my

husiness and one of these involves :'hanging the preventive maintenance 7hecks and repair of anv vehicles to a iillerent garage...

Q I use a platform truck with an unladen weight of

2 tons 9 cwt and the road tax is calculated on that weight. If I add a demountable container to carry livestock, which. will...

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The pros and cons of agency drivers

by John Darker AMBIM PRIVATE employment agencies have been so much a part of the labour market in the past decade that it is...

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Stationary vehicles (4)

by Les Oldridge TEng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE IN ADDITION to all the law which controls vehicles remaining stationary on roads which...

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:M operating cost ssessment Volvo F86

32-ton artic unit with aluminium trailer is compared with average unit as represented by figures in CM Cost Tables IGNIFICANT...

ates for your diary

NDAY Feb 24. CIT (Berks, & Oxon) - The design and ;truction of ferries" by A. J. an. Western Tower, Station Reading, Berks....

RHA elections

A. Garn (Machins Transport (Surfleet) Ltd) has been elected Boston sub-area chairman of the East Midland area of the Road...