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21st November 1981
21st November 1981
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Real show of optimism

THE AIR of optimism which was apparent at the Scottish Motor Show this week was based on reality rather than hope. Although the...

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Armitage: Howell hints at action

LONG WAIT for a decision on the Armitage Report may be ling to an end. Transport Secretary David Howell gave the ingest hint so...

Board safe

THE ROAD Transport Industry Training Board may be split in two. The Board's months of doubt over its future ended finally on...

BP drivers settle

MANAGEMENT this week ised the "commendably ma3" attitude of its 1,100 oil ker drivers who voted for a :ond time in favour of...

Minister's snow plan

MOTORWAYS will continue to receive top priority for salting ant snow ploughing this winter, Junior Transport Minister...

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Saudi dea worth D.&

TWO British companies won export deals to the MI East. ERF and Crane Fruehauf secured contracts for tra units and semi...

Sales push by IVECO

GIORGIO MANINA, managing director of IVECO, announced at the Scottish Motor Show last week, that having survived his...

Wood he?

HE WOOD INQUIRY into the ossibility of large-scale lorry ans in Greater London (CM, ovember 14) has already had Pound 50...

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New tacho on market

ITH JUST over ilsory a fourth arket. a month to go before tachographs become comtachograph manufacturer has joined the British...

Sour turn

OTTISH milk haulage firms ,posing the proposed ending their contracts by the ScotM Milk Marketing Board have st their complaint...

Ban 'costs £45,000'

A LORRY CONTROL scheme in rural Hertfordshire is costing operators around £45,000 a year, according to the Transport and Road...

M40 plan unveiled

INDUSTRY representatives thi week welcomed the news tha the Department of Transpor has announced the preferred route for the...

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Minister warns on CB

THERE HAS been a vast amount of misrepresentation about what the Government has done on legalising citizen' band radio,...

To Iraq by container

A CONTAINER service to frac via Turkey, has been launche by Whittle International Freigh Ltd. The new overseas servic will be...

Law revievi

ONLY TWO of the ten EEC men ber states — France and We! Germany — have laws on con pulsory training of drivers heavy vehicles...

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Traffic flow has fallen

INTERNATIONAL road transport between Britain and the rest of the EEC has been harder hit by the recession than traffic flows...

MPs ban the press

THE GREATER London Council pending appeal to the House Lords (CM, November 14) ov , the legality of its cheap faro scheme...

New air link to Ireland

TNT OVERNIGHT has launched its two-way air link service be tween the British mainland and Ireland. This move has been made to...

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Salesman is banned

LICENCE application by a driver/salesman working under franise from Snap-on Tools Ltd, selling to garages and mechanics )m a...

Road plea

FREIGHT TONNAGE at Gatwic could increase from 111,00 tonnes to 480,000 tonnes b 1991 if a second terminal at th airport is...

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3olt-on suspension reduces strains

lE BOLT-ON air suspension Inversion, first shown in protope form at the Motor Show a lar ago by Ray Smith Demounibl es Ltd,...

New dustcart launched

R. BRADLEY Municipal Vehicles Ltd of Clay Cross, Chesterfield, ha added a new multi-purpose, high-performance refuse collector...

On the up and up

SIMON Engineering Dudley L has a new lightweight hydraul access platform, designated tl RA 82. It first appeared at tl...

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IE British Standards Institution has published BSAU 159c Repairs Tyres

for Motor Vehicles Used on the Public Highway, which persedes the 1973 edition (BS AU 159b), now being withdrawn. It ecifies...

THE British Standards Institu tion has also recently publishei a

code of practice providini guidance on the design, con struction and operational safe' of vehicle tail-lifts. Entitled 13: 6109...

Danger

L. CHURCHILL has discovered at there is a possibility of a 3terial defect in a "small imber" of its 220 engine Inds. This is a...

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LT: Lords to decide

HREE DAYS have been set aside next week for the House of Lords o consider the Greater London Council's appeal against the...

Bus travel link up

HOT ON the heels of the a nouncement of a joint Natior Express Trathens express coa tie up National Holidays, the E tended tour...

Lothian's parking worry

OCAL AUTHORITIES should be given power to fix the starting and inishing points for new express bus services being operated by...

Bus objectors lose out

DESPITE appeals by several operators against the granting of stai carriage licences to Trefaldwyn Motors Ltd, Transport...

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Number up for busman

SCOTTISH BUS GROUP inspec tor Thomas Muir told his bosse that he wanted time off to al tend a mass for a friend who ha , died,...

Journal hails the coach

BRITISH coach operators are to be offered the chance to purchase large quantities of a new brightly coloured brochure entitled...

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Buses hold share

DVERNMENT statistics show further drops in the size of the bus id coach industry last year, although buses and coaches hung on...

New coach

WIGAN-based Lancashire Cz riage Company has introduced new coach body based on tl Dodge 50-Series. The body is available...

NSON Haulage, a Roadline

subsidiary, has appointed tart Metcalfe managing direc, He takes over from Frank ion, who has retired. Mr Mete has joined...

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flITHS INDUSTRIES is broaning its range of products th two new developments at a Scottish Motor Show, BILL :OCK reports.

since the company acquired a Uniroyal air deflector busi-. ss earlier this year, it has . ned its attention to axle-load...

ROTO-MASTER of Rashcliffe Huddersfield, has introduced new turbocharger designed ti

be used with engines rangini from 750cc (45cuin) to three-litri (180cuin) in capacity. It weighs only 5 kg (11 lb) am is...

Service time is cut

LEYLAND TRUCKS has announced a scheduled maintenance pro gramme designed to eliminate "over-servicing" and to more closeir...

FASTER lowering times and increased safety are claimed for new

generation tipper control valves introduced at the Scottish Motor Show last week by Edbro. The new control valves are...

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edfords bring tale of woe

EFER to the letter from Mr B. Palmer (CMSeptember 26) garding problems with a TL idford. We do not have a TL, but we ve had...

We aren't yellow says bus boss

IN ARTICLES titled "its a Fowlerup says Cumbria" and "Cumbria to Appeal" (CM October 31) you refer to Cumberland Motor Services...

Thanks for your thoughts

I WISH to thank most sincerely all members and friends in all areas of the Road Haulage Association for their letters of...

Go one up with our CPC offer

STUDENTS can enrol now for the CM Special Offer course for the Certificate of Professional Competence in Road Haulage...

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Breath of confidence at Scottish Show

Leyland alone has three new models. Report by our Show team: Steve Gray and Bill Brock plus photographer Brian Weatherley 1 E...

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Impressive improvements

S-A has responded to criticism with this better-all-round 40-tonner; the Rollsengined version tested gives first-class fuel...

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Business cars: it pays to take a firm look

Cars are part of virtually any business — so analyse their costs as you do those of commercial vehicles. Stuart Bladon has the...

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McGill's holds the stage against bigger boys

How nice to find a successful independent in this field, writes Noel Millier, who also delves into the ultimate question: Which...

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Weight watching on Tayside

THOMAS TELFORD, who designed the Menai suspension bridge and gave the Scots 1,000 miles of road to aid their escape to England,...

Those yellow bars do save lives

THE YELLOW bars painted across roads at the approach to hazards — usually roundabouts — to encourage drivers to slow down after...

Traing to be a camel keeper

WHEN THE fun building sand castles begins to pall, expatriates in the Middle East can while away the time with the Commercial...

Felling the strain on the train

HAULIERS and British Rail may not be bosom chums but the railways do not have to vent their ire on Ben Maguire, secretary to...

Their classroom is a bus

RON DENNEY, Bedfordshii education technology advir has found a way of mak scarce and costly educatio equipment go round. A forr...

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we epor Meagre foursome

It did not take Steve Gray long to tour the bus and coach exhibits — only four stands have any sort of display 'OR the bus and...

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Tyre research : vital need

It's Brock v Dunlop, and, more seriously, it is a dispute about treading safely. Is there a case foi 2mm minimum legal tread...

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The CPC exam and beyond

THE CHIEF objectives of the Certificate of Professional Competence are, first, to ensur that a minimum standard of managerial...

Buses for pleasure where no train goes

THE ordinary bus goes where ni coach or train can take you, and the National Bus Company has latched on to this as a tourist...

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Why 250, why 300bhp?

We asked our Engineering Editor to explain the tendency for manufacturers to polarise around these outputs. Is he cynical in...

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'here ought to )e clowns

J ANY ATTEMPT to pose as srious political or economic tinkers, trade union officials, ien more than politicians, start ith a...

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The Queen's Speech

By Douglas Ainley ;OMING EVENTS cast their iadow before" and every emoyer will be affected by the Dvernments proposed...

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ilaking the best d road and rail

.IWEST GERMANY the Jrnission of own-account traffic ) the well-established ombiverkehr piggyback routes, ow put forward by the...

Danish hybrid bus for US

A HYBRID-DRIVE system for city buses, incorporating hydraulic energy recuperation and storage, has been developed by the...