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27th May 1977
27th May 1977
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Dover Customs in costs row

RE1GHT operators using the art of Dover are paying the dl costs of maintaining the ustoms facilities while pasners use the port...

URTU president warns of strikes

UNITED Road Transport Union president Tony Fallon has told his members that the union is opposed to a phase three incomes...

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CIT blueprint for the future

A REPORT published this week, recommends changes designed to enhance the role of the Chartered Institute of Transport in...

Underamm forced

RESTRICTIONS on cash available to London Transport has meant that its bus services are running at only 85 per cent of strength...

NOSE TO TAIL HAZARD PROBE

THE Transport and Road Research Laboratory is to investigz the effect of an advisory sign on close-following by drivers. Using...

AN ATTEMPT by the Ira sport and General Worke Union

to persuade ti Brighton Industrial Tribur to reverse a decision givi last month, failed last wee) The bid was made by ti TGWU...

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rung LT

eliability problems caused ;hortages of staff and buses Id be solved by adjusting timetables to be more tpatible with the...

nions meet RHA or wages talks

UNION representatives and the Road Haulage Association are to hold a top-level meeting in London on Monday in an effort to...

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GRISTOCK NGER AT BUDGET

E recent Budget increases nothing to help the Gonment's declared intention ontain inflation, and a rise ransport costs mean a...

Carry on road building schemes

ONLY a week after the lifting of the Government moratorium on road building, plans have been announced for new major trunk...

CUSSIONS are taking :e between Rubery Owen and Eaton Ltd which could to a take-over bid by )n.

he Darlaston Rubery Own housing manufacturing lities would, if discussions favourable, become part of rn Axles Ltd. he further...

D6betic's coma cursed crash

THE driv r of a coal lorry which killed two people found out too late that e had been refused an hgv licence because he was a...

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NATIONAL Carriers' first product manager for its new contract hire

service is 25-year-old Brian Tarriplar who moves from British Road Services to take on his new appointment. Mr Templar will...

A HAULIER who startec business with one lorry built it

up to a 58-strong fl was jailed for six months Lincoln Crown Court on I day. Judge Richard Hutchini heard how things went wr(...

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CARRIERS BOOST COSTS, PROFITS

A FURTHER boost in profits is reported in the annual report of United Carriers published last week. For the year ended January...

SHORT HAULS

A6144 weight limit A PROPOSAL to introduce a weight limit on the A6144 through the centre of tymm, except for access, will not...

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Third time lucky* deputy LA warns

GREENOCK Transport Ltd escaped with a severe warning that it must put its house in order by the Scottish deputy Licensing...

Simplify laws AA

A CALL to simplify European traffic regulations and more uniformity of rules has come from the Automobile Association. The AA...

Canny Keith's company

KEITH Nicol (26), who formerly worked at the haulage firm of his father, William Nicol in Aberdeen, has formed his own company...

RESTRICTIONS on tic movement of heavy vehicli over the Severn

Bridge durir the Whitsun weekend hal been announced by Transpo Minister William Rodgers as they mean that only coach , and...

Moving house?

PLANS to move the Briti Road Services headquart( from London's Whetstone Leicester are under discussii with the transport...

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TIONAL TRAVEL (South st) Ltd is to take over all

:ional Express coach seres in Bournemouth for stern National's Royal Blue tches. :oyal Blue coaches has !rated express...

kpproval for outlaw service

'ORMER bus driver who had operated a service illegally was nted a licence to operate the service for the employees of one tory...

NBC bus report urges more cash

A REPORT commissioned nine months ago by the National Bus Company to specify the minimum levels of service for public transport...

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Kent 'third man' fails in tours bid

AFTER putting its case before a two-day Public Sitting, Kent coach operator, Olsen Brothers of Strood was refused an...

Leyland

at VITP LEYLAND is mounting a major sales bid at the biennial congress at the International Union of Public Transport (VITP)...

12 Metrobuses for China

• THE China Motor Bus Company in Hong Kong has placed an order with Metro-Cammell Weymann for 12 of its advanced double decker...

SALES AND SERVICE

Scania distributors and dealers offer a total, nationwide service. . They've got the men and they've got the means to take the...

LONDON Transport is org ising a weekly night out on

town for visitors to Londor A coach will leave Mat Arch at 19.00hrs ev Wednesday night for a gi ed tour of places of intei "off...

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HALE Tankers of Solihull is produced a new type of

ar door for its gully and sspool emptiers, water nkers and sewer jetters. The hydraulic door is deeper section than the...

Magirus/Fiat: a spares warning

MAGIRUS Deutz parts in the new 5.6 and 7.5-tonne light range, (CM, May 20) are not necessarily interchangeable with those...

Ctonefield on the air

TRODUCED at last year's fence Equipment Exhibim, the Stonefield space'me cross-country chassis is w in production. One of the...

Lifeline for Scania

FROM today, operators of Scania lorries will be able to take advantage of a new roadside assistance service, Scania-Lifeline....

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Champion's wonder test

THE Champion Spark Plug Company is using a mobile test bench to check out the fuel consumption and exhaust pollution of...

Stick-on instant vans

STICK-ON plastic panels prc duced by Futurama Signs Lt at East Molesey, London ea convert the appearance o Ford Fiesta saloon...

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Distribution Board must Como erate

V THE END of the first clay the annual business seminar the National Association of o-operative Transport Of:..ers, many of the...

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The article by Stephen Gray on 40-tonne lorries ("Let's Grow

Up", April 22) prompts me to ask if any of your readers can provide me with any hard figures to show tliat in general a...

Guide gout

teteleke , 16 • • I read your Editorial (CM May 6) regarding wrecker men. I do not know if you are aware of the fact, but...

ikie Ifteedsig?

May I bring to your notice, something which must affect many small coach operators. For many years we have been providing...

9ubitee ?mute...

We are organising London's only official Jubilee Parade, to be held on June 19, and urgently need four open lorries to carry...

Tkia [(append

la GW11400... I can tell you what happened to Garners (CM, April 15). The company produced interesting vehicles and began as...

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Watch your plans

GOOD ADVICE about obtaining planning permission for depots, as well as building and siting them, was given to delegates to the...

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Dirty lorries controls are coming

in... DEALING with the control of livestock import and export, Mr C. A. Cockbill, principal of the import/export branch of the...

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Starting in July, I have a number of coach tours

booked to the Continent and I would like to be able to stable my vehicle on the Continent to pick up passengers as they leave...

Q We are in timber haulage and normally use articulated vehicles

for this work. The artic unit and trailer do not have to be fitted with wings on the rear wheels when used in connection with...

Q Could you say what is the maximum weight which can

be carried on a four-in-line axle vehicle operated under the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order...

Q I have been offered livestock traffic, but I have only a flatbed vehicle If I buy a

demountable container to carry this traffic will it be necessary to pay higher road tax? A You will not have to incur extra...

9I am buying an old bus for preservation and use

at ra ies, but it has only one rear light. Could I use it on the road equipped in this way or will I have to bring the lighting...

When I use one of my rigids in order to

recover a broken down artic, one can look upon the complete unit as a drawbar trailer outfit, This is causing some puzzlement....

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COMMERCIAL MOTOR May 27, 1977 BARNSLEY has become a Pit Of a bus graveyard.

Many old buses — a huge proportion of vehicles disposed of by National Bus and the other major Dperators — finally finish up...

Sorting centre

To buy the new site, fence it and landscape it cost the :ompany some £185,000 and low yet another site has been acquired next...

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Regs to catch the wide boys

IN a previous article I dealt with the special Regulations in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations concerning...

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Care & Maintenance

These old tricks spell loads of trouble... LOADINO TRICKS learned in the old davs for dealing with heavy or awkward freight...