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26th September 1981
26th September 1981
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Avon declares war on 'juggernauts'

RUES could be banned from large areas of the County of Avon, if s being discussed earlier this week are implemented, writes N...

Chill winds in W. Mids

THE NEED to reach a wage settlement in the West Midlands this year looks like taking prece. dence over the Transport and...

No claims

VON County Council has pped plans to sue local fliers for allegedly causing nage to road surfaces. he council had planned (CM,...

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Armitage movelsoon' hints Minister Howell

NIEW TRANSPORT SECRETARY David Howell won praise for ;peaking "like a real transport man" last week, as a busy schedule tept...

Worried INTRO

THE INTERNATIONAL Thr Transport Operators Groui is concerned about mounting problems facin! sector of the haulage indust For...

Luxembour

THE ITF-affiliated Luxembc Federation of Railway Transport Workers has rence the collective agreem covering its road haulage dr...

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Jew Spicer gearbox

kIEW GEARBOX series from ner-Spicer was announced at Frankfurt Show last week. he first model in the new ies, designated the...

He liked Inverness

A DRIVER who refused to do long-distance hauls simply because he disliked being away from Inverness was not entitled to such...

Women an asset

COMPANIES which fail to develop a woman's career art losing out on a valuable asset. No Barriers Here is a guidE published by...

Dorada loss

DORADA HOLDINGS, th vehicle distribution, engineerin and merchanting group, repor an operating loss of £679,000 fr the six...

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Off-road vehicles after 40 convictions

E VEHICLES were suspended for one month from the licence I by L. & C. P. Harper (Hauliers) Ltd of East Cottingworth, which...

Cool deal

RISTIAN Salvesen has made onditional agreement to buy le American cold stores ailing 22m cuft from Pet Inc, a lolly owned...

Clocks away

FRONTIER frustrations caused by time differences between European countries may be eased by new European Community rules on...

Scots' new limit

CENTRAL Regional Council roads committee proposes to in troduce a three-ton weight res. triction in the centre of Grange....

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Two's company, but three's a crowd

NO OPERATORS who operate from the same premises have been yen licences for 12 months but a third had its renewal application...

Three-tons veto plan

WITH THE introduction of a ni lorry park at the Cattle Mark Northampton County Cour wants to prohibit vehicles we ing with an...

Clothes move with speed

NEXTDAY SERVICE — that is the name of a scheme launched I3 Tibbett and Britten, said to be the first of its kind in the UK, gun...

WORK has started on the firs part of the A55

Improvement bi tween Llanddulas and Aber. Th contract has been awarded to consortium of Sir Alfred MacA pine (Northern) Ltd, an...

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CHAEL LATHAM has been apnted managing director of dges Transport

Ltd, an indeIdently operated company hin the BRS Group. Based at - nlinson Road in Leyland, dges' area of operation exds from...

Pat Beeson has been promoted to assistant traffic manager (east)

with Crosville Motor Services. He takes over from Bob Howells, who has moved to West Yorkshire Road Car. Mr Reeson started his...

Gordon Pettitt, British Rail divisional manager of Liverpool Street Division,

has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Link (Rail) Ltd. Link is a consortium of eight companies owning 14 rail depots...

An award for meritorious se vice has been given to

Adar Hamilton, traffic manager c Bathgate branch of Cartranspo Ltd. The award was given by S Robert Lawrence, chairman c the...

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Recession letting up, say manufacturers

1E RECESSION has bottomed out at last and there are signs of iprovement on the horizon, according to at least three major :hide...

Heavy du 3urtainsider

FR of Rochdale has introduced heavy duty curtainsider to mplement its existing nylon der design. t uses nylon free-running...

Bosch trips up thieves

BOSCH is claiming the "highest possible degree of security" for its new electronic anti-theft alarm system for commercial...

Shutters

NOISE irritation to drivers vans fitted with roller shufte which is caused by slats radii when the vehicle is on t move, has...

New body range from Tido

A NEW range of grp rigid and trailer fridge bodies, available wii shuttered rear doors, have been introduced by Tidd Trailers...

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Less roll

IEW polymer claimed to give as a lower rolling resistance I improvements in fuel econy is being used by Dunlop. new compound is...

Transit concrete mixer

MINI MIX of Chesterfield says its first 1.3cum capacity mini-transit concrete mixer has recently begun operation in...

Plug-in relays

TO ADD to its existing ranges oil fuses and associated accesso. ries for the Automotive Aftermarket, Littlefuse (GB] Limited of...

Lead note

TECHNIQUES for measurin! concentrations of lead in air ar dealt with in a guidance not published by the Health an Safety...

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Part and parcel

NATIONAL EXPRESS h launched a parcels servi named National Despati which is operated in conjunct with Marlaway Ltd, a Lontil...

ScotMAP

A FURTHER group of ScotMA revised service networks is b ing introduced by a Scottish Bi Group subsidiary. The revisions to...

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Red Car

LLOWING the announcement he liquidation of Red Car Seres (Norwich) Ltd (CM SepIber 12), the Eastern Traffic -nmissioners have...

All Greek

IIING to the recent accidents the Continent by cut-price authorised coaches to lens, Junior Transport MinisKenneth Clarke has...

New psv sales fall

NEW BUS and coach sales fell from 432 vehicles in August 1980 to 256 last month, but importers' sales remained steady,...

• Neighbourly conditions

AN OBJECTION from a neighbour to an application for a psi/ operator's licence by K Line Travel Ltd, of Huddersfield, led to...

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European drive axle

UROPEAN production and arketing plans for the first in a Dries of Rockwell-designed Dmmercial vehicle drive axles be built by...

Five-speed Escort option

10M December, Ford will be offering the Escort 1.3-litre and 1.6re versions with an optional five-speed transmission. "The new...

Two new Transporter

DAIMLER-BENZ are extendl their Transporter program with the addition of two ni models. The new vans and ph ups have a gvw of...

V10 M-B

IN FUTURE the Mercedes-Be heavy twoand three-axle cc struction-site vehicles will he the large-volume high-perfon ance V10...

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RMAN FOWLER'S promotion Ti Transport Secretary to iaI Services Secretary

isn't rth anything financially to 1, but the increased scope it es is reward enough for being of the Prime Minister's most hful...

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at belts and dividual freedom

E HAWK is being somewhat iplistic in his assumption that compulsion to wear a seat t must be a "good thing" VI, September 5)....

Training for management

YOUR Training Number (CM August 29) made little mention of management training. Although many companies recognise the need for...

I'm for coach travel and yet . .

HAVING READ your news item (CM September 5) headed Coachmen Join Up, I have taken several coach tours abroad for the reasons...

Bad luck with Bedford

WITH reference to the article on the Bedford TL going to Nigeria (Technical News, August 29), I only hope that they have better...

Not the meter, but the bracket

LOOKING THROUGH our CM Road Test file the other day, I came across your road test of the ERF B-series with the Cummins...

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ome Counties tting on oil

)W MANY people in impshire, Surrey and Kent will ver know that oil flows only -ee feet beneath them? ercising a "skill akin to...

le noblest omputer of them all

RONYMS have become an ustry in Britain as well as oss the Atlantic. Every large ianisation has, I am winced, a department jaged...

Over the moon about GRAB

A MOST apposite acronym, GRAB, has been coined by the Motor Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund. It stands for General and . Regional...

Piggybackers dice with their bacon

RESEARCHERS who monitored more than 400 vehicles overtaking on an A-road near Bedford are, says Care on the Road, particularly...

Illegal hold-up on Humberside

CONTROVERSY over the handheld radar gun to measure speed continues. This time a Humberside police office has caused trouble by...

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Colin Burrows caps a fine performance

The tanker driver from Ascot, who's rarel0 seen without his Esso headgear, repeats h 4 1975 success and clinches the LDoY title...

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Efficiency must bg the Eighties watchworc

We must grasp the technological nettle, an distribution must play a major role if the Ul is to compete successfully in world...

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Hybrid electric just the mixture for industry

With fuel prices on an ever-upward spiral, electricity could be exactly the right medicine to counter the industry's ills....

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Hybrid electric just the mixture for industry

deration from the various )ps. He suggested that if curnt battery technology can be , plied to cater for these sudden irsts,...

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Vehicle weights and weighing, 2

HE TRADITIONAL method of veighing a vehicle is to place it in a weighbridge, either with all :s wheels on the weighbridge...

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Direction indicators

FHE MOTOR Vehicle Lighting 3egulations require that iirection indicators flash at a . ate of between 60 and 120 times 3 minute....

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Redundancy selection, 2

by Douglas Ainley ONCE redundancies have been decided on, a vital decision facing employers is how to define the group of...