K Y plan which the Minister of Transport devises to deal with the unsold residue of the vehicles of British Road Services will...

I T is not without foundation that the majority of road users and the public regard small delivery vans with a certain measure...

The Development of Fighting Vehicles T HERE was a record attendance of members of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers...

Of Road Loan fanciers beginning to feel more hopeful. That coach proprietors out-purr their engines when the weather is fine...

A DOCUMENT thought by the Transport Tribunal to be incorrect in 1-1 showing the turnover of the vehicles of C. Bristow, Ltd.,...

• • B EFORE they make long-term decisions on policy, the Labour Party are Invites our political correspondent] waiting to find...

n ELEGATES to the biennial con ference of the Transport and General Workers' Union at Blackpool, last Friday, unanimously...

Clauses on Speed Limit and Removal of Vehicles Passed in Opening . Stage BY OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT TALK at the...

In. A NEW clause to the Road Traffic Bill to bring back the heavy goods vehicle driver's licence has been tabled by Mr. Gresham...

MR. JOSEPH D. NUTTALL has become a director of the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd. MR. R. W. STUDER has joined the board of Lep...

O BSERVING that the railways did not object when Mr. T. Tench, Winlaton, near Newcastle upon Tyne, successfully applied to add...

CONCERN about the growing competition from the use of private cars recurs in "London Transport in 1954," a booklet issued this...

I - % withdrawn their objection to the firms' application as the result of discussions before the hearing, the Northern...

IT is understood that some progress I has been made in facilitating liaison between the Road Haulage Association and the...

C HEAP Sunday bus trips from the suburbs to London Airport are to be extended by London Transport. Another 40 suburban points...

been put out of business by the high cost of transport, said Mr. William Hammett. a Beverley racehorse trainer, when he...

A FTER a two-day hearing, the owner of three coaches, Mr. John Haldane, Glasgow, gained permission from the Scottish Licensing...

The 1956 Geneva Show will be held from March 8-18. An oil refinery is to be built at Eleusis, Greece German capital has been...

A N emergency coach service provided during the rail strike was found by workers of the Blackburn and General Aircraft Co.,...

WHEN the Queen's Bench Divisional VI' Court last week quashed a conviction by Petersham magistrates against Premier Travel,...

for use by hauliers, which has been prepared on behalf of the Road Haulage Association, is likely to be ratified by the...

B Y using larger engines and H.D. oils. Liverpool Transport Department has extended overhaul periods up to 192,000 miles for...

I AST 'week there was seen in this country for the first time a truly remarkable commercial vehicle. This was the...

I T is expected that this year's conference of the Road Haulage Association, to be held at Harrogate from October 10-12, will...

for work and overnight lodging led to three British Road Services drivers being fined by Rotherham magistrates last week. The...

A LTHOUGH commercial vehicle ft exports in . May were lower than in the previous month, they were higher than for the...

I F the Transport and General Workers' Union succeed in obtainin g a 40hour five-day week without a reduction in wa g es, the...

T HE East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., have made special arran g ements for patrons wishin g to travel on trips, without passports,...

F OUR Southport coach operators appealed at Manchester last week _a g ainst the decision of the North Western Licensin g...

"on Risk"? By Our Legal Adviser T HE case, reported in The Commercial Motor dated June 24, in which an operator and driver...

S EEN for the first time at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's Show at Harrogate last week, an additional model has been...

DOWERED by a Leyland oil engine , a new fork-lift truck 1 which can also be used as a cross-country tractor has been produced...

Psychological War on Accidents FROM time to time many of those who'are concerned with the operation of mechanically propelled...

The Case for tile A.M.I.Mech.E. STEEL-FRAMED BODY I N March, 1953, the steel-framed bodies of 39 vehicles in the fleet...

Why Caliper-type Disc Brakes Will Solve Many Major Problems. High Contact Pressure Means Absence of Squeal John M. Simpson T...

A N appeal by Paisley Town Council against the Scottish Licensing Authority's grant of permission to the Western S.M.T. Co.,...

Asks P. G. Tuckel e Story Behind the Design .d Building of Britain's Most gconventional Road Vehicle nver Unit—The Calmer...

for rear loading as well as side loading without having to remove the rear bogies of the semi-trailer, a new Leyland...

By JANUS Thiis Far And No Farther W ORDS from a politician do not often reveal what he is really thinking. They may cause a...

61 More Vehicles and Nine Trailers Acquired: Tower Hill Transport Buy 30 in List 11 A CCORDING to . accords maintained by The...

Completing His Open Letter to Hauliers to Whom Costing is a Mystery, "The Commercial Motor" Costs Expert Deals with Running...

A LTHOUGH primarily intended for dealing with private cars. a new vehicle-washing plant installed by Kennings. ltd.. at...

1 - 1 A N injection pump of the rotary distributor type is shown in patent No. 729,935 (J. Retel, 11 rue Maurice Mayer,...