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21st July 1967
21st July 1967
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Reading between the party lines

E XAMINING the Minister of Transport's contribution to Tuesday's Commons debate on transport caused our mental warning bells to...

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LICENSING PLANS WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK

'Nothing to hide—and no nationalization' says Mrs. Castle in heated debate on freight and passenger transport policy FROM OUR...

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STEADY BUILD-UP AT LIFT

By lain Sherriff, MITA T HERE has been a gradual build-up of traffic passing through the London International Freight Terminal...

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DRIVING TESTS IN 1968

Qualification of six months for h.g.v. drivers By SAM BUCKLEY S PECIAL tests for drivers of heavy goods vehicles—over three...

STEADY BUILD-UP AT LIFT continued

is a 22 ft. road which shows every sign of congestion if something is not done very soon to redirect through traffic. Mr....

Magistrate slates load bonus

T HE chairman at South Hunsley Magistrates Court Alderman A. W. P. Newton, commenting on the case of Roy Kilner, of...

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Headlight flashing defended

THE FLASHING of headlights by lorry drivers—frowned on by the MoT—was defended in the Commons last week. This was a common...

NIGHT DELIVERIES: A NEW INITIATIVE

THE FORECAST of Ministerial support for a move to encourage night deliveries to High Street shops (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, June 30)...

'WAIT-FOR-IT' SESSION AT TRTA CONFERENCE

A NOVEL feature of the Traders Road Transport Association 1967 National Conference (Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, October 11 to...

. . . and Northern Repeat for Braking, Plating Day

AT THE REQUEST of members, TRTA is repeating its one-day conference on braking, plating and testing, but this time at Belle...

I BACK TO SPAIN. .. EMPTY

by Carolyn Hyams PP \ SCUAL HERMANOS SRC, of Valencia, has inaugurated a weekly road deilvery service between Spain and the UK...

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MPs SLATE MIDLAND RED

Anti -CTAs campaign 'gross impertinence' A FULL-SCALE campaign against the anti-nationalization activities of Midland Red and...

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS K. H. Wellman, traffic manager of

Bristol Omnibus Co. Ltd. and associated companies has been appointed deputy general manager. He is succeeded as traffic manager...

l Attack on 1 3 110A

campaign "THE anti-nationalization campaign of the -IPassenger Vehicle Operators Association was attacked by Mr. Leslie...

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Tribunal restores Reed A licence 'bought' for £63,000

VV IN a rticulated vehicles Transport Ltd. applied to continue its A licence for 27 ticulated vehicles last May it was refused....

Scottish CWS loses six vehicles for a year

"THE SCOTTISH Co-operative Whole sale Society Ltd., Glasgow, was called before the Scottish. deputy Licensing Authority in...

POTTERIES OPPOSED

STOKE-ON-TRENT'S City Council is being recommended by its general purposes committee to oppose applications by the Potteries...

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Tours grant to rural operator of unprofitable stage routes

A DEVON coach proprietor was granted an extension to his excursion and tours services at an all-day sitting of the Western...

BUT MINISTER REJECTS 'HELP' APPEAL BY SAME OPERATOR

A N appeal by D. and M. Perrie against refusal by the Western Traffic Commissioners of an application for a stage service...

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£10,000 loss likely, say objectors to Wallace Arnold tours applications

D ESPITE an advertising campaign costing many thousands of pounds, and including 150,000 brochures, covering a better choice of...

Get maintenance advice, LA warns removers

"T REALIZE the difficulty in getting I. support for applications", the Scottish Licensing Authority said in Glasgow on Tuesday...

ICI KEEPS 1lUIET ON RATES

TMPERIAL Chemical Industries Ltd did not send a witness to a public inquiry last week after a hearing earlier in the week had...

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IT'S ACTION STATIONS!

Anti-PTA committees mushroom B US AND COACH operators have formed more action committees to bolster the fast-mounting national...

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BIG SWITCH HITS AEC By Derek Moses rr HE CONTINUED

non-availa bility of a rear-engined AEC double-decker has, I judge, lost this company more custom in recent weeks. Southampton...

Now it's view-as-you ride coaches

A COACH equipped for full television reception was demonstrated last week by Granada TV Rental Ltd. The installation consists...

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Manchester offers big rise for one-man double-decker men

L EADERS of Manchester's busmen have accepted a scheme for drivers of one-man double-deck buses to get a 25 per cent pay...

BIRMINGHAM TO LOOK AT RAPID TRANSPORT IDEAS

E XAMINATION of possible rapid public transport systems for Birmingham is to begin in earnest soon. The Minister of Transport,...

LEEDS SETS OUT TO RATIONALIZE SERVICES

A NOTHER CITY to take a radical look PS. at its transport department following a thange in political control is Leeds, where...

MAIDSTONE CHAIRMAN ATTACKS PROPOSED PTAs

A DDRESSING the annual general meeting of Maidstone and District Motor Services Ltd. on Tuesday, Mr. R. P. Beddow, chairman,...

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New transport opportunities in moving scrap and waste

0 PENING the Scrap and Waste Exhibition at Olympia on Monday Mr. George Darling, Minister of State, said the display was the...

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Know-how 34: Preventive maintenance (19) check progress

%/EHAVE SHOWN how to set up a preventive maintenance scheme and get it under way—we have placed the fleet into three categories...

INFINITE ANCHORAGE IN NEW 30ft, CONTAINERS

rr EN new 30ft. general-purpose freight containers, incorporating Salwall lining which extends to the full length and height...

BURNT-OUT HOYNOR BACK SOON

DELIVERY dates will not be affected by a fire which swept through the Danbury works of Hoynor Ltd. last week, causing £75,000...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and publications Tailboard loaders A RANGE of five hydraulically-operated Search-Teha tailboard loaders is marketed by Wm. G....

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COMER 13-TON-GROSS FOUR-WHEELER

I N COMMON with other British manufacturers of mediumweight goods chassis the Rootes Group has made alterations in gross weight...

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THE ANNIS

THE public image of the road haulage industry is compounded of many things and its service to trade, industry and the community...

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Bird's Eye

iew BY THE HAWK Bingo! T HE ROYAL Society for the Prevention of Accidents has presented safe drivin g awards to 79 drivers of...

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GE39 can increase your first-tread mileage by as much as

a la per cent, 30 per cent. And that's from a tyre that costs no more than an ordinary tyre. A quick calculation will show you...

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LETTERS to the editor

Views expressed in letters published are not necessarily those of the editor Beating the pirates COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S article...

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A LTHOUGH computerized planning of route schedules might be applied to

the daily routing of a container prime mover providing a service with 20 or more containers in a densely populated area, the...

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Where to Get Commercial Vehicle Service Round the Clock

THE three parts of the guide to 24-hour and Iemergency service for commercial vehicles which were printed in issues of...

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BUYING SAFETY

OMISE of a "new approach" to road safety in Mrs. Barbara Castle's latest White Paper can hardly indicate a change for the worse...

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Q What payloads will pre-1965 seven' ton vehicles be allowed to

carry during the period from commencement of plating (which is understood to be in July 1968) until the vehicle is actually...

Q What is the maximum permissible length for a public service vehicle operating in Great Britain?

A As stated in the Motor Vehicles (Con struction and Use) Regulations 1966, No. 1288, the maximum overall length of a public...

n I have the opportunity of stocking and

delivering coal fora local coal merchant and he would support me in applying for a B licence. If I wanted to haul other goods...

Q Reference was recently made on this page to the advantages

of petrol injection. Who are the leading makers of petrol-injection equipment and what are the prospects of its being applied...

drive an Austin FF K300 tractive unit coupled to a

Scammell trailer which is 15 years old Although the tractive unit was new in May 1966 it is of the old type with...

What are the speed limits on vehicle towing trailers on

ordinary roads and motorways and does one always have to carry a mate? A The speed limit for a goods vehicle towing a trailer...

n Can you recommend treatment for garage floor to minimize dust and provide protection from oil and petrol?

A For many years Oxan Oil has been used extensively on the Continent on concrete floors to obtain a smooth clean floor which...

n What were the operating costs per

mile for a 7-tonner and an 8-wheeler carrying a maximum permissible load 10 years ago? I am asking so as to get a basis for...

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Methods of vehicle

A COMMON way of entering the road transport industry is by buying a used vehicle on hire purchase. Many of today's large and...

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Confusion between capital repayments and operating costs is a possible pitfall awaiting entrants into road transport.

purchase Initial and annual allowances are claimable against tax, the initial allowance being spread over the period of...

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Harness nerves to help at transport exam. time

T SUPPOSE we have all had the horrific experience of accepting a lift in a friend's car, only to find that the same sane person...