T HE days when Britons could not see the joke in the newsbill message, "Fog in Channel: Continent Isolated", have gone. But the...

questions operators must answer BY JOHN N FRIEDMAN Ministry of Transport knows that the road goods transport industry moved...

TH E reservations are now rolling in for COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S Fleet Management Conference at the Hotel Majestic, Harrogate, on...

Long bridge Group INDUSTRIAL B C Y O O R U R R ESPONDENT M R. RON CARRINGTON, chairman of the Longbridge Group of oar delivery...

T HERE is to be closer collaboration between the RHA and the National Coal Board. This follows talks between Mr. a K. Newman,...

H AULAGE group and sand and gravel con tractor Greenwoods (St. Ives) Ltd. is waiting for advice from merchant bankers S. G....

IT'S the BIG Public Utilities and Municipal Vehicles Number next week. When CM turns the spotlight . . • New patterns in...

By Tony Wilding E XCELLENT organization was once again a feature of the Lorry Driver of the Year round at the Express Dairy...

A PUBLIC inquiry has been held into Newcastle on Tyne Corporation plans to restrict loading and unloading in the city centre...

Ford and Slater Invests m. in expansion By Tony Wilding M AINTENANCE is at last being put into its correct place—as one of...

work at Freightliner depots A N offer of a pool of hauliers to undertake collection and delivery work at Freightliner depots...

A FORMIDABLE list of 34 objectors had been whittled down to two when British Railways made a successful application for eight...

A HAULIER, James Raymond Dixon, 50, partner in the firm of Smith and Dixon, of Sunderland, Co. Durham, and six of the firm's...

"QOMEONE should start screaming to me, the motor manufacturers or to their MPs if they are having considerable delays in...

A WEST Country haulage business experi enced maintenance problems when it was "overtaken by circumstances" at its Pucklechurch...

objectors will say these licences are redundant and should be struck out. What is the practice in this and other traffic areas...

BARTO Transport of Chilwell, Notts, has N Aj applied to the East Midlands Traffic Commissioners for permission to raise fares...

A N application by Hebble Motor Services Ltd., Halifax, to increase fares on stage carriage services was granted last week by...

MINISTRY MAN TELLS OF PLANS FOR CONTROL BY THE PTAs C 0-ORDINATION of passenger services required full integration and this...

BIRMINGHAM and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd., has submitted a revised application for fares increases following the decision...

THE FINAL stages are being worked out of a bus reorganization plan for the BridlingtonScarborough area which will bring East...

TN the discussion on Wednesday's 'paper at the Public Transport Association Conference in Folkestone (pages 50-51), Mr. E. R....

INTRODUCING the annual report of the PTA council the chairman, Mr. W. M. Little, (chairman, Scottish Bus Group), made a...

THE first of 12 Ford R192 single-decker buses (above) with one-man 45-seat Strachans bodies has just been placed in service by...

'l E National Passenger Trade Group eers and committee of the TGWU have drawn up proposals called the "Busman's Charter". The...

FUTURE MANPOWER needs in the field of urban transportation planning are to be the subject of a special inquiry to be made on...

BLYTH (Northumberland) Corporation'i representations against the United Services Automobile Ltd. replacement of 12-journey...

Plea for aid for Highlands operators VIEW of the 80 independent stage carriage operators in the Highlands and Islands of...

R. Cull, transport and production director, James Duke and Son Ltd., has been elected national chairman of the Institute of...

By PAUL BROCKINGTON I T is generally anticipated that container traffic in France will increase 60 per cent or more in the...

BY JOHN CUL LEN 6 6 rTHE wider range of fuel and I power sources now being opened up has brought all of us involved in the...

T HE RHA's heavy haulage and machinery carriers' group national committee, has approved an MoT draft amendment to article 20...

T T has been announced by R. A. Dyson and Co. . 1Ltd. that the Newloader Mark II semi-trailer which went into production a...

ALTHOUGH UK operators of Magirus-Deutz trucks have been informed by the parent German company, Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, that a...

A SECONDARY-BRAKE conversion kit for fitting to Bedford TKs has been introduced by Primrose Group Sales, PO Box 1, Padiham,...

question can now be asked: "What has been happening to the Class 2 and Class 3 vehicles during the first stage of this...

rrw0 bench grinders have been added to the industrial range of Stanley Bridges Ltd. Suitable for general grinding purposes in...

N OTES on the new braking regulations and how they apply to both articulated vehicles and trucks with independent trailers, are...

H a great number of vehicle manu facturers now fitting alternators as standard equipment, the fan belt is being subjected to...

A DEVICE called an inverter, evolved by Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd., eliminates the unequal drain on the traction battery of...

DERBONNET condensation is often the cause of non-starting of petrol engines, and to combat this Duckhams has introduced Dry...

ARTIC CONTROL THE MAIN THEME THE opinions and recommendations of a vehicle manufacturer, a BRS engineer, a C-licence...

View BY THE HAWK Retiring? Perhaps! A T the end of this month Archie Prentice, that well-known campaigner from St. Cuthbert's...

rr HE three types of one-man operation . which London Transport proposes to introduce in its complete switch to this type of...

(d) "Passengers" used for the test will be given a full range of coins for payment, together with a range of tickets for the...

THIS Ford truck is one of the most impressive vehicles in its class that I have driven. I say this without reservation after...

READING YOUR road test reports individually gives one a good idea of the performance of the vehicle being tested, but may I...

I WAS very interested in your answer (Q and A, May 5) on the possible scope for an independent vehicle-inspection service. As a...

IN YOUR issue of April 28 the question was asked as to whether a road-speed governor was produced in the UK. We have been...

THE CONSTRUCTION which Mr. Stephen Swingler puts upon simple facts is quite amazing. He is reported (CM Page 31, May 5) as...

I WAS interested to read in Readers Write, April 28, the disclaimer by HWP stating that March 31 was not the date of the first...

ANTWERP CONFERENCE PAPERS OF ICHCA REVIEWED BY JOHN DARKER AMBIM p RACTICAL problems facing consignors and carriers of goods...

TARGON is seldom far from the lips of politicians and of those people whose words and deeds are controlled partly or wholly by...

of f2,000, with a deposit of 25 per cent how would I incorporate this in operating costs? A When dealing with the cost of...

A Yes, this is possible and in some cases individual decisions will have to be taken for the convenience of all parties to...

A Aeon Products (London) Ltd., 11-21 Northdown Street, London Ni, state that it is prepared to produce rubber-faced...

in your road test reports and give examples of its use? A Time-load-mileage factor is a product of average speed, gross weight...

purchased from a third party but I have now had to scrap the lorry. I have been told I cannot sell it until the licence has...

1963 BedfordYork six-wheeler fitted with 900 x 20 tyres as from January 1, 1968? A Provided it can meet the braking effi...

altitude? Can the loss be corrected by increasing the compression ratio of the engine? A The reduction in output of a petrol...

of the International Standards Organization recommendations and American Standards Association standard for containers can be...

B ECAUSE the road transport industry is still largely one of small units much control and communication continues to be oral...

A breakthrough of interest in road transport education A S recently as only four or five years ago, discussion and analysis...

Dunlop profits slip—but some recovery expected DROFITS of the Dunlop Co. in respect of the first six months of the current...