It is becoming clear that the Ministry of Transport may soon face a crisis of confidence with goods vehicle operators over the...

'I shall try hard to convince the Commons' he tells CM Management Conference • A clear statement that he intends to persuade...

• A last - minute exhibit by Goodyear at the Commercial Motor Show is of major significance for the future of truck tyres. It...

Less interference and more freedom • "It is my firm belief that we as an authority and you as industrialists will do much more...

• A strong bid for the local buses operated by the Sheffield Joint Omnibus Conunittee (local council and British Railways) has...

• A pre-tax profit of £9.8m for the BET Co. has been announced in the director's report and statement for the year ended March...

• Three Ministry of Transport Goods Vehicle Testing Stations were opened in Yorkshire last week. They are at Beverley,...

• Starting on Monday, some 60 tipper operators in the North West are embarking on an extensive costing exercise to find out...

• This week, IBM is demonstrating in London a unique mobile computing centre. A complete computing system, a number of...

• HM Customs and Excise and the Ministry of Transport have announced a new scheme starting on October I to speed the approval...

• Sir William Swallow, retiring president of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, welcomed the guests at an "at home"...

• Mr. Peter Walker became the first British senior politician to accompany a heavy commercial vehicle on a working run, when in...

Implications of the Transport Bill • In an environment of radical change the prospects for the transport industry, whether...

. . is a major theme of next week's issue of Commercial Motor. Members of CM staff have been touring the galleries at Earls...

Dangerous driving: where do you stand with the law? An expert explains. What sort of a driver—and what sort of a man—is the...

Freedom for the small operator by lain Sherriff • The date of Royal Assent for the Transport Bill is now only a few days or...

• Manchester City Transport estimates that there has been a further seven per cent drop in passenger carryings during the past...

• The Annual Report of the Licensing Authorities to the Minister of Transport for the year ended September 1967 shows a marked...

• in order that fragile unpacked goods may be transported farther afield, J. Hurd and Son, Denton, applied to the North Western...

• Fines totalling £275, plus five guineas advocate's fees, were imposed on a haulier at Peterchurch Court, Hereford, on Monday...

A. W. Turner has been appointed chief engineer for ERF Commercial Vehicles_ After spending 14 years with the Chrysler...

We record with regret the death of Norman Nairn and Robert Ower. Mr. Ower, 70, until two years ago Was managing director of...

• An important aid to drivers and passengers on one-man operated double-deck buses is a passenger counter to indicate the...

• Preliminary details of an improved version of the RE single-deck . chassis, to be known as the Bristol RE Series 3, were...

• What is believed to have been the first "Bus Driver of the Year" contest was held in Coventry on Sunday. It was organized by...

• In view of abnormal pressure for wage increases a total deficit of only £35,209 for 1967-8 is regarded in the Belfast...

• Two more coaches are to be added to the range of models available in the United Kingdom, announced Mercedes-Benz (Great...

• An order for 150 chassis for one-man double-deck buses is to be placed with Leyland Motors Ltd. by Glasgow Corporation. The...

• Protests by two local authorities to a fares increase on buses run by the Gateshead and District Omnibus Co. were rejected by...

• Safe driving awards of the Road Operators Safety Council were presented in Hull last week to 212 drivers of East Yorkshire...

• By using electronic skid-sensing, the Dunlop Co. Ltd., Coventry, says it has both improved the performance and lowered the...

• A lightweight pressed-steel tipping body has been introduced by Steel Barrel Scammells and Associated Engineers Ltd_ Harelaw...

• A double-drive version of the Scania 110 forward-control six-wheeled tractive unit will be introduced into the British market...

by Paul Brockington • The need to provide good stability and traction was the main preoccupation of Mr. George Neville when he...

AS previously announced in Commercial Motor, this journal has arranged with the British School of Motoring for a special...

GORDON PANNELL looks at tippers with lain Sherriff IT may not always be apparent but tipper operators-big tipper...

with Brian Cottee Already the effects of the standard bus grant scheme and the swing to one-man operation are showing clearly...

looks at coaches with Carolyn Hyams FOR an opinion on the coaches at the Show CM went to a man who has been in the business...

of Transport is interested in the introduction of container traffic to the Far East. via the Canadian land-mass "The Times"...

- MEN, methods and machines" was the theme of the fifth Commercial Motor Fleet Management Conference and they were as crucial...

and publications Shnnkfilm packing Arbow Palletite packaging—a bulb shrinkfilm system operated on a contract basis by Arbow...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (1 1 ) • In earlier days, trial and error could provide a driver with a lot of...

Repercussions of that long strike by the Liverpool busmen earlier in the year are still being felt. The board of Owen Owen, the...

The Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia has undoubtedly caused some slackening of interest in the holidays provided by...

As might be expected, Scammell has some of the highest-powered exhibits at Earls Court—the Crusader with nearly 300 bhp, for...

Gasps of astonishment at CM's Fleet Management Conference last week confirmed that Ford's prototype turbine truck, Big Red,...

An R-plate seen on a vehicle in Northern Ireland has puzzled at least one reader. As in Britain, learner-drivers in the Six...

exhibition of the importance that this year's Commercial Motor Show has turned out to be? There are the new heavyweight...

that conditions arc suitable for people who may be anything from "under the weather" to dangerously ill, is a matter for...

To many operators visit ing the Show this is an unpalatable thought, but it is one that they will have to live with. Even those...

Showing the way out WHAT happens to people after they have been trained is clearly not the responsibility of the Road...

Most of the long-awaited plating and testing stations are in business in England and Wales from October 1. Robert Harrison,...

which one can add to as the new regulations come into effect and which would also detail such regulations in plain English? A...

double-bottom outfits being allowed on the roads of this country. Do such vehicles have an excessive cut-in and what is your...

Transport Bill in relation to drivers' hours? What exactly does the 10-hour provision entail when compared with the existing...

of my duties involve driving heavy goods vehicles up to 32-ton gross, All such driving is for demonstrations and exhibition...

role of preventive maintenance in modern road vehicle operation. Would you please indicate articles or other references that...

tained 1949 Austin Loadstar VB-K2VV model. Will the operation of this vehicle be possible under the plating and testing...

IN a preview of a selection of road transport management courses which seemed eminently suitable, I gave an indication last...

TWO new regulations concerning the carrying of inflammable substances by road come into operation on October 1 1968. They are...