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22nd November 1957
22nd November 1957
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Designing for - Air Suspension D ISPLAYS of goods and passenger vehicles

equipped with air suspension at recent Continental shows, notably at Frankfurt and Turin, have • aroused criticism of British...

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Best of Two Worlds

I T is generally recognized that Britain cannot hope to continue indefinitely her present high rate of direct...

Passing Comments

"High-handed Treatment" A SHORT leading article entitled "High handed r-k Treatment" was published in The Commercial Motor...

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One Hears—

Of many shopkeepers now asking what is the good of traffic if it is not allowed to stop. That if it stopped to drop buyers...

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Every Vehicle Deleted : " Revoked " Plea Fails

A LL three vehicles on a haulier's B licence were deleted last week by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon....

Illegal C-hire: Licences May be Revoked C ASES of illegal C-hiring

will in future \--receive firm treatment from the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. Alex Robertson. He warned last week...

Leyland-Pegaso Link to Boost Exports

T HE Leyland group has joined forces with the State-owned Spanish Pegaso company to exchange inforniation and gain new export...

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May Contract Licence be Changed Metal Workers to Fit to

Benefit Hauliers ? Plastics Domes HOW far may the evidence of a substantial shareholder in a haulage " company be taken into...

S HEETMETALworkers arc to fit the glass-fibre domes of buses at

the Stirling works of W. Alexander and Co. (Coachbuilders), Ltd. The management have approved this agreement by the Sheet Metal...

No. B Licence to Cheapen Transport

P suggest that experienced hauliers could not be trusted to carry timber was ridiculous, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern...

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Excursion Operators Accuse

R ECENT applications by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., had led excursion operators to believe that the company were deliberately...

Details of Irregularities Demanded

T HE good faith of an applicant was important and any admission of irregular operation cast doubts upon it. the North Western...

Ribble Men in the News MR. H. W. TILDESLEY and MR. S. F. BAKER have become directors of Willowbrook, Ltd.

MR. A. C. SHERWOOD has been appointed buyer of Jack Miller West Street Motors (East Grinstead), Ltd. MR. C. D. O'SuLuvart has...

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Bristol Introduce AirSuspension

A IR suspension for the rear axle is one of " the main features of the latest Bristol Lodekka double-deck bus announced this...

Minister Admits He Rejected P.T.A. Case

T HE first official admission that the Public Transport Association's case for the use of the Suez fares procedure in...

£66,000 Fare Rise to "Break Even

r ARE increases designed to yield I £66,000 a year were granted to Leicester Corporation last week, but the undertaking is not...

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Western S. M.T. Proposals "Dangerous Precedent"

A DANGEROUS precedent would be r - k created if the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., were allowed to operate a through bus service...

London Birmingham Motorway Work Soon

" I HOPE work will start this financial year on the London—Birmingham motorway and Ross spur road. Both will be built to full...

Six-wheeler Too Big, Say Works Hauliers

B Y a series of small substitutions over the past five years, a haulage concern succeeded in changing a 3I-ton vehicle for a...

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Concessions Must Go, Say Commissioners

C ONCESSIONARY fares operated by Sunderlanct and West Hartlepool Corporations have been drastically amended by the Northern...

Roads Not for Parking— Mr. Alex Samuels

"R OADS exist as a means for the movement of vehicles and not as a resting place for them," Mr. Alex Samuels, chairman of the...

London-Munich Meat Haulage Soon

-TWO left-hand-drive Atkinson eight1 wheelers, fitted with A.E.C. 11.3-litre oil engines, have been supplied to Oakleys London...

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Sheffield Seeks Direct Link with London Airport

A DIRECT coach link between Sheffield and London Airpor would cut holidaymakers' travelling costs by £2 10s. a head, the...

Paris Contest to be Supported

S OME of the successful drivers in next year's All-England Lorry Driver of the Year Competition will again be sent to Paris to...

Micrograms . . .

Duron Specified: Demon brake facings have been approved by Leyland Motors, Ltd., for Tiger Cub chassis. New Address: The Leeds...

T "YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO WALK" HE future slogan for public

transport should be "You can't afford to walk," the Midlands section of the Institute of Transport was told last week by Cllr....

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No Change in B-Licence Terms

THE Western Licensing Authority last week refused to modify the B licence of Budleigh SaIterton Transport, Ltd., Exeter, to...

Eireann Hauliers Want New "Fair Deal"

rUTURE transport policy in Eire was discussed last week at a meeting between Ministry of Industry and Commerce officials and...

Medway Motorway Announced

THE line of the proposed motorway to by-pass the Medway towns, was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Transport. It will...

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"Study Door-to-Door Time in Production"

F OR many years there had been too much concentration on " fioor-tofloor " time in studying the movement of materials within...

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T.R.T.A. Await Loading Ban Decision

T HE result of the London inquiry into proposed loading and unloading restrictions is being eagerly awaited by the Traders Road...

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Found a School for "Heavies"

Present Methods of Training Drivers Too Haphazard in Light of Current Road Conditions By a Special Correspondent W ITH higher...

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Has the Law on "Smoking" Really Been Changed?

Operators Who Maintain Their Vehicles Reasonably Have Nothing to Fear, although Latest Regulation is Far from Clear By Our...

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Vehicle Measures Its Own Engine Wear

W HAT is believed to be the first vehicle in the world carrying recording apparatus for deter mining the wear of its own...

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Novel Pit Design in Fleet Workshops

Reed Paper Group Provide Modern Depot for Roundthe-clock Vehicle Service L AST week. Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of...

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Snakes and Ladders

W HETHER because of the work of pressure groups, or because the subject is interesting in itself, road development has for some...

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QUICK AND SMOOTH Off the Mark

By John F. Moon, A.A , S INCE the Atkinson PD.746 double-decker bus chassis was introduced in August, 1954, an alternative...

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Opinions and Queries

Unite Against Renationalization W ITH reference to the article "Devon and Cornwall Call for Co-ordination" by Aleyn Grellier...

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New Equipment, Processes and Publications

Overhead Platform and Workshop C H1EF advantage offered by the new Overseer hydraulic platform is that its construction allows...

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Highway Experts Confer

M ANY facts hitherto unrevealed came to light, and a number of fallacious contentions were exploded, when leading highway...

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How Shift Work Affects Costs

H AULAGE contracts resulting from civil and military engineering projects often call for movement of large tonnages and provide...

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Bird's Eye View How It's Done— By The Hawk S IR

JOHN ELLIOT, chairman of London Transport, delighted a packed (in more senses than one) audience at the Public Transport...

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A Hydro-mechanical Transmission DATENT No. 783,995 shows a

variable-speed gearbox incorporating a hydraulic coupling. The chief point of the design is that in top gear the hydraulic...