D-day is June 10 but Midlands hauliers already Facing the strike weapon )PERATORS in the Midlands face the hreat of a strike...

'NO JUSTIFICATION" an be found for international Harvester increasing its kl Om bid for SeddonAtkinson, a spokesman for Morgan...

A NEW axle weighing device which has been jointly developed by P and 0 Road Services and the National Freight Corporation is to...

MR FRED Wiley, the Transport Minister, intends to press for a substantial increase in the British share of EEC road haulage...

THE OPERATING surplus made by the National Bus Company in the year ended December 31 was was £2.6m before deductions compared...

UNITED CARRIERS Ltd suffered a £126,515 drop in pre-tax profit in the year to January 31. The annual report published this...

IF the EEC tries to continue with the policy of comprehensive harmonization of international and domestic transport rules, the...

A 100 PER CENT increase in the sales of ZF transmissions in the UK within three years was forecast by Dr E. Braun, joint...

ROAD GOODS transport will probably double and bus traffic show a modest increase throughout the world in the next 20 years,...

LORD MASSEREENE and Perrard, Conservative peer, is to ask the Government in the House of Lords next month why the ferry charges...

SIX I_DoY events last Sunday attracted 624 entries. Of the 48 who qualified for the September 9 final, 11 were there last year...

A SAVING of more than 1m has been made over 10 years by the Post Office Telecommunications department by restricting engine...

THE Institute of Road Transport Engineers is considering the possibility of a joint examination scheme with the Institute of...

LIKE ITS Tory predecessor, the Government has no intention of banning road freight during summer weekends. Prohibitions during...

THE GOVERNMENT has no powers to spend money on lorry parks, which are entirely the responsibility of local authorities, MPs...

Ken Hatcher (Hatcher Bros Ltd, London) has been elected chairman of the Road Haulage Association in succession to John Wells....

THr TRANSPORT and Roae Research Laboratory is hold. ing exhibitions and demon. strations from June 4 to 9 at part of the fifth...

THE Transport Minister has ir mind increased penalties fo: operators using vehicles whicl emit unacceptable levels o smoke or...

THE Transport Minister, M Fred Mulley, has once agait told the House of Common: that more experience wa needed before he could...

THE AVONMOUTH bridgc which will complete MS frorr Carlisle to Bridgwater wa: opened yesterday.

ASSOCIATED Deliveries Ltd has opened two custom-buil: regional warehouses in Caldi. cote and Eccles to cater for in creased...

N ACCIDENT in which a 5-ton coil of steel came off n articulated vehicle at the notorious Keadby Bridge" nd fell on to the...

WARNING that mainmance in the open would ot be acceptable in the ,astern traffic area came - om the deputy LA, Mr erald Kidner,...

MR EDWARD M. Haines, a director of P and 0 Road Services and managing director of Coastal Roadways Ltd, Felixstowe, told the...

AN APPEAL by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd against the decision of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners to refuse it permission to...

ONE VEHICLE has been removed for one month from the licence of Murdo MacDonald who operates two tippers on the Island of...

A COMPANY secretary who had been taken under the wing of a vehicle examiner at a vehicle testing station had become reasonably...

by Martin Hayes WHEN FORD launched its A-series go-between model last year most psv operators recognized at once that the...

Chassis: Ford A06 4m (13ft) wheelbase chassis scuttl with three-litre V6 petrol engine or 2.4-litre or 3.26-litr diesel engine...

AN UNPRECEDENTED row in which the three main unions within London Transport are calling for the retention of Sir Richard Way as...

A MEETING between the South Yorkshire PTE and the South Yorkshire County council — since April the official PTA for the area —...

A DEFICIT of £19.6m on its operations in the current financial year is now being estimated by London Transport. The revised...

A RATIONALISATION agreement has been reached between the National Bus Company, Greater Manchester PTE and Lancashire United...

New Turner transmissions promise to be quiet quick and efficient EASIER and quicker synchronization, compact ness, lightness,...

A BATTERY electric tractive unit has recently been purchased by Watney Mann for silent night-time shunting duties at the...

Instruments which come into force on May 30 are The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1974 No....

AUTOMATED radiator shutters from Kysor are now available for Gardner 8LXB engined vehicles, including those fitted with...

WE record with regret the death of Sir Harry Ricardo, at the age of 89. Sir Harry was recognized as one of the leading...

IT IS taking the Government longer than expected to come to a decision about the lead content in petrol. Government spokesman...

1 13 9 04 4 D TEST w Trevor Longcroft 'ictures by Harry Roberts TIE COMMANDO is the first new ehicle range to be produced by...

)y Graham Montgomerie technical editor 'rives several of the new Wercedes and is left with nixed impressions. -AST WEEK I...

Daimler-Benz 'environmental' cab on all the new rationalized range The most obvious new feature of the Mercedes-Benz range is...

IN road haulage there is now no close season for increases in rates. There is always somewhere or other a body of hauliers...

No doubt about which subject drew most response from RHA members at the annual dinner last week — not, as you might expect,...

When the editor was in Brazil last year, one of the several "wonders" of the furious roadbuilding activity which made a big...

I was warmed by the newspaper reports of the case, last week, in which the owner of a coach was fined not only for having no...

The provision of replacement of vehicles has become an increasingly serious problem as money becomes scarcer and the supply of...

James Gosden )nce resisted because of he implication that oper[tors who hired could not [fiord to buy, the trailer tire market...

kdministration and cash-flow problems have been experienced since the introuction of Value-added Tax just over a year ago. Just...

by Robert H. Grimsley B.Com, FIAC fVhether it's a whole new depot or just a workshop extension that is contemplated, it pays o...

by CM reporter ONE of the main reasons for an operator to buy an articulated vehicle these days appears to be to obtain a...

kn interview with Scania's chief engines and transmissions engineer govides a cool assessment of the prospects for truck gas...

( ri order to assess the task John Darker xamines the results of BRS Parcels, a vastly more profitable member of the NFC's...

If you want to know the most reliable economic barometer in Britain, ask Ray Lewis, London transport manager of Silver Roadways...

by Les Oldridge IN R v Sibbles (1.959) Crim LR 660 it was held that the defence of automatism — a sudden personal affliction...

Among special publications produced by Commercial Motor in order to aid operators are: CM Vehicle replacement guide — our new...

for 18 months and when I took the job it was agreed that I should have two weeks holiday. I understand that I am entitled to...

read in several truck specifications that they are fitted with such engines but they only rev to 2200 rev' min which I would...

a Licensing Authority to suspend my heavy goods vehicle driving licence? A If you feel that a Licensing Authority has been...

for travel in Common Market countries yet the insurance people still advocate the possession of these documents when operating...

into a preceding vehicle the driver of the following vehicle has no defence against a charge of driving without due care and...

check recently, one of the tyres on rrovehicle was found to have a cut in it. J had only that morning received the vehicle back...

Stainless-steel exhaust systems, now marketed for Ford 6 cwt and 8 cwt vans by Grundy Auto Products, are guaranteed during the...

Leaks in any pressurized gas system can be located by the use of a lowsurface tension fluid called Leak Detector from...

The Nu-Line vehicle immobilizer renders either the brake or the clutch pedal inoperative. Nu-Line Products claim that their...

Zenith is now marketing a handbook covering all aspects of design, operation, maintenance and adjustment of its carburetter...

Four-wheel drive fork-lift trucks from Anser designed for work on rough ground are marketed by Barlow Myers. The range consists...

Base supports — stringers — have been introduced by Bowater for their Interpal disposable pallets and containers in order to...

Surely your comments under "Ups and downs" (CM Birds-eye view, April 2.6) issue, were written very much tongue in cheek. If...

[We checked at A E Edmunds •Walker branch at 815b Great Western Trading Estate, Park Royal Road, London N WIG, whether they had...

I was very interested to hear of , speech made by Mr Charles Yeates a Kettering OR co-ordination of hirini rates. If the trade...

After reading Mr R. N. Hannay's letter (CM April 26) about his unsuccessful attempts to obtain spares for his Guy Vixen...

our recent article about the Greyound gas turbine coach (CM April 2) whilst being extremely interestig contained one point of a...

If I may for once write to you in a serious vein, I would like to comment on your article (CM May 3) on retarders. We hauled to...