ALTHOUGH existing legislation could authorize the fitting of axle-load indicators the Government has no i .tention of using...

THE Metropolitan sub-area the RHA has declared i "hostility" to axle-weighir devices. It has called tF Association's technical...

PREPARATORY WORK for the formation of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport has been completed. "We have...

TRANSPORT Minister, Mr Fred Mulley has taken the first step to implement his polidy of switching freight from road to rail in...

cheaper new roads THV Government has decided to reduce the amount of money devoted to building motorways and trunk roads, and...

'he Government's decision to cut back the trunk roads programme and give the money , and much more besides — to British...

THE proposed ban on vehicles carrying LPG through the Blackwall tunnel has been deferred for the time being until the DoE and...

answer IKON claim THREE Appeal Court judges in London last week ruled that the £50,000 compensation claim against the...

THE SPECIALIST vehicle hire market has been entered by Eurofleet Rental Ltd, with such units as 30.4cum (40 cu yd) tippers,...

THE FIRST of a series Of meetings to plan overnight parking bans in Glasgow was held last week between representatives of the...

THE EEC Commission has suggested that member States should see whether common speed limits should be imposed on heavy vehicles...

THE HAZARD marking code devised to protect the emergency services when road tankers carrying hazardous chemicals are involved...

THERE was a connection between the number of EEC road transport permits allocated to this country and our policy on 'heavy...

THE ANTICIPATED battle for a 50p a day lunch allowance between No 5/35 branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union and...

by Gordon Murray DELEGATES attending the 26th annual conference of the Institute of Solid Wastes Management in Scarborough...

THIS MONTH, the Depart ment of the Environment has been carrying out a pilot study covering 300 vehicles in order to test the...

THE NEWCASTLE-based removals company, Hoults Ltd, has been elected as shareholders of Eurovan, the European consortium of...

THE QUEEN'S Birthday Honours List published on Saturday covers a wide variety of transport interests. There is a knighthood for...

NATIONAL A class champion, Mrs L. A. Adkin, qualified at Leeds LDoY round with the lowest score 81 penalties yet recorded in...

deputy chairman of ICI, is one of the five non-GMC members of the General Motors European Advisory Council whose membership was...

WHEN a vehicle belonging to Molhan's Haulage Ltd, of Lancaster, was stopped in a spot check the driver, John Henry Jackson,...

THE East Midland Traffic Commissioners will reply in writing to Worths Motor Services' application to extend its operations in...

IN AN appeal against the decision of the West Midland LA, T. A. Harrison, a self-employed fruit salesman, of 38 Hereford...

AN APPEAL by F. R. G. Leece, of Upper Lodge Filling Station, Ffrwd, Cefn-y-Bedd, Wrexham. against the decision of the North...

FROM MONDAY the new head office of Overseas Containers will be Beagle House, Braham Street, London El 8EP (tel: 01-283 4242:...

TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS REPORT FOR 1972/3 ILLEGAL operation of minibuses is still a major threat to the livelihood of licensed...

A NEW recruitment scheme aimed at people who cannot drive is being launched by London Transport with a view to solving its...

MERSEYSIDE PTE has ordered a further 20 Metropolitan double-deckers for delivery in 1976. This is in addition to the 20 it has...

THE IMPORTANCE of school transport in the provision of transport in rural areas was stressed by Mr H. England, former transport...

SOME POINTED comments about the need for measuring the efficiency of all levels of bus company staff were made by Mr Guy Neely,...

A BRAND new Seddon psv chassis is under development for announcement at the Commercial Motor Show in 1976. Until then, however,...

REFORM of the road service licensing regulations is the topic of a meeting to be held next Tuesday between Mr Neil Carmichael,...

A CALL for a control fare — a fixed price penalty for a passenger caught travelling without a valid ticket — was made by Mr Bob...

FOLLOWING a fire in a Leyland National bus operated by Eastern National last week (CM, last week), British Leyland has told CM...

LESS SMOKE, NOISE AND SMELL WITH LPG CONVERSION FROM PERKINS by Trevor Longcroft FREEDOM from smoke and reduced engine noise...

COMMERCIAL vehicle exhibits at last week's Essex County Show reflected the growing trend to widen the scope of this type of...

DR DERS for Fiat 619T and 584T 32-t on-gvw tractive nits and York semi-trailers worth £ 3 / 4 m were announced )3/ Carmichael...

for petrol Transits A NEW fuel saving "Economy Package" option has been made available by Ford for Transit 75, 90 and 115...

DISPLAYED at the Three Counties Show, Malvern, last week, a Scania LB80/York DB16 32-ton-gvw drawbar trailer outfit was claimed...

HAULIERS delivering to Covent Garden Market are resentful and angry that they will be charged a El entry fee when the market is...

Sisu R-149 by Jerry Rodwell Pictures by Harry Roberts THE SISU R-I49 24-ton-gvw on/ off site dumper is new to this country...

- I your interview with Mr Feathertone on the 100 company project (CM lay 31) he appears to have avoided - le question of...

are I suggest that the crisis of adition foreseen by the keen eye of The Hawk" (CM May 17) with the ivent of an...

John Darker quotes (CM May 24 and 31) the chairman of NFC saying that NCL has been supported to the tune of £5m in 1973 by NFC...

by Les Oh:fridge, T Eng (CEO, MIMI, AMIRTE IF an amber flashing lamp permitted on a breakdown vehicle (CM last week) is fitted...

It is a matter of opinion whether NCL property sales should be reserved wholly to support that company. In any case, there is a...

can put "Apprehensive's" mind at rest on some of the problems he raised concerning tachographs in Commercial Motor May 31. 1....

- In our business waterpage can cost a fortune. The 3ightmaster's single roof sheet eted outside the cargo area eps our cargoes...

The Belgian National Association of Industrial Enterprises has published he results of its inquiry into haulier's :omplaints on...

ntroduced last month, the new ierman points system for traffic ffences, based on the existing ntral driver licensing bureau at...

:ONFERENCE What vehicles and equipment should specified for fleet use tomorrow? How ( freight carriers best organize their ope...

quieter, safer, lore economical, more reliable and durable ans and trucks? If so, what form will they ike, what will they cost,...

Driver behaviour and accidents by T. E. A. Benjan Road accidents kill more than 250,000 and injure 7,500,000 people in the...

he American trucking scene• The heavy truck is accepted ;t the Average American 3an important part of the ation's way of life...

oad transport has new commercial, atutory and environmental influences ) take into account in the near future. he likely impact...

by Martin Hayes MOST COACH operators probably think that design is something that applies to multi-million pound corporations...

Among the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport's many other little problems is the question of finding a...

We should all be very grateful that the story carried prominently in a national newspaper last week had no substance. The Daily...

Robert Coulthard, a second-year postgraduate at the Royal College of Art, spent a summer vacation as an "assistant unloading...

It seems that the R HA decision not go abroad for its conference this ye; might not have received the acclam tion which it no...

Reading annual reports is a pastim( can live without, but the Westei Traffic Area Maintenance Con mittee's ninth report is the...

ndependent bus operators can still remain viable in the territory of the bigger battalions )y Gordon Murray VHAT is the...

have to park their vehicles with one wheel on the pavement at front and rear to avoid obstruction. I am told that this will...

to )nvert from Class 3 vehicles to Class and hope to take the test shortly. /ill I he able to complete my turn of uty on a...

to apply to a different authority or permission to leave a builders' kip on the road. I operate several of hese and now the new...

and a plate issued which shows the maximum permitted axle and gross weights, is it still necessary for the unladen weight of...

my vehicle to move my home when I have completed the purchase of a house. I expect that I shall have to do this after I have...

by John Darker AMBIM ...an employer who is testing the honesty of his employees is not obliged to tell the employees that such...

MEMBERS of the Trades Union Congress are unlikely to agree with each other on every point. This must make it difficult at times...

"A difficult job in a man's world" is how Grace Steward, director of the Yorkshire haulage company of GS Road Services Ltd,...

for cranes Long loads can be loaded on any part of a lorry platform and over either side of a vehicle with the independently...

Marmax Plastics make signs which can be stuck or magnetically attached to vehicle sides. Panels, which are made to order, can...

A publication giving details of the range of fork-lifts available for hire through the 10 UK branches of Greenham (Plant Hire)...

to 1 and torque outputs up to 4,881Nm (3,600lb ft) are now available from Linfrost. Operated by a wrench, the tool is claimed...

SINCE trailers are such relatively simple pieces of equipment, it is surprising that many operators do not find the short time...