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28th September 1979
28th September 1979
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Enterprise for all

The president of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport, Mr Ian Cunningham, defended the status quo on road...

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rou need this book

M publishes in November a ook containing about 50 lestions and answers on the se of tachographs. The questions cover the ower...

EEC cash trickles in

GRANTS totalling more than E13m have been made by the European Regional Development Fund towards the cost of over 50...

Labour's opposition to tachos crumbles

TACHOGRAPHS will almost certainly be a legal requirement in all new vehicles from January 1, 1980. As CM went to press...

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DAF to sell more coaches

DAF IS widening its Britishi coach range for next year by adding mid and rear-engined vehicles. The company announced this...

CM test preview

CUMMINS 250 turbo power is the latest change to the all-British ERF B-Series tractive units. CM has been testing the new ERF on...

Close ratios save fuel

HEAVIER vehicles can save up to 20 per cent fuel when fitted with a new ZF eightspeed Ecosplit gearbox, it is claimed. A...

Transport for BIM

TRANSPORT PEOPLE feature among those who have recently been invited to become Fellows of the British Institute of Management....

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Van livery winner

TRANSPORT MANAGER of International Paints, Robert Witt (right' is presented with the silver salver by CM's publishing director....

Rutex to reveal all

THE PROBLEMS of rural transport are to be thrashed out at a symposium at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory on November...

Fowler taken to task for 'reckless haste'

CONFEDERATION of British Road Passenger Transport president Ian Cunningham has hit out at the Government's "reckless haste" in...

Closer control

FERRYMASTERS has opened a new £220,000 depot at Newark, Notts, on a twoacre site to build up the company's activities...

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Travelling gentlemen require licences too

"TRAVELLING gentlemen" — itinerant scrap-metal dealers — belong in the licensing system. And the West Midlands Licensing...

Doughty expands

DOUGHTY Trailer Sales of Bournemouth, which markets the Lube Liner fifth-wheel lubricating disc, has extended its parts...

Distribution seminars

THE CENTRE for Physical Distribution and Management is to stage a series of seminars given by American experts who claim that...

Mobile display trailer

Portakabin and Coventry Steel Caravans of Newport Pagnell have co-operated to produce the Kabmobile, a 7m (23ft) mobile...

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Tipper man's upset

A SELF-EMPLOYED driver, Alan Whitefield of Paddington, was fined a total of £225 at Newton-le-Willow Magistrates Court for...

Guide to ATP fridge rules

TRANSPORT operators car rying frozen foodstuffs on in ternational journeys will wel come a new Department o Transport...

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Driver sacked after overnight stay row

A DRIVER who was sacked by Barrie Lake (Haulage) Ltd, Sheffield after refusing to take out a load which involved an overnight...

Climax updates fork-lifts

TWO NEW fork-lift trucks have been added to range of materials handling equipment currently manufactured by Coventry's Climax's...

Accounts by computer

FREIGHT COMPUTER Services, which has been working for the National Freight Corporation for seven years, is to offer a range of...

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PEOPLE

CPT elects new• president NEWLY-ELECTED president for 1980 of the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport (CPT) is...

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CIE mobilises entire

fleet for Papal visit ONE OF THE biggest coach and bus operations ever undertaken in the British Isles is being planned in...

1:Wa Psv licence survives

in q uiry A FIFE BUS operator was warned that she would have to comply with conditions laid down by the Traffic Commissioners...

Express to the West

FOLLOWING a study of local travel patterns, National Travel (South West) is to introduce winter service revisions, including...

Arndale open at last

MANCHESTER'S new Arndale bus station opened for buses this week. The covered bus station, built inside Manchester's new Arndale...

13rum jubilee

BIRMINGHAM coach operators Allenways is to celebrate its Golden Jubilee next month. Allenways, which went limited in 1929, now...

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Mid-engined coach is '20 years outdated'

PADENNE of Italy is the latest coach bodybuilder considering building vehicles for the British market. A spokesman for the...

Operators step up promotion

LONDON'S Tourist Coact Operators' Association ha! announced that it is to step tit its drive to promote industry'!...

Hours cut again

FURTHER phasing-in of EEC drivers' hours regulations for psv drivers come into effect from October 1. Maximum driving in a day...

Jetlink success

LONDON COUNTRY Service's inter-airport Jetlinlr 747 Green Line coach servic( has proved a success. The non-stop coach service...

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Foden auto dumpers impressive on trial

AUTOMATIC DUMP trucks were last week demonstrated by Fodens Ltd at Ardley Quarry, Oxfordshire. Vehicles from both the...

Back-seat drivers?

TACHOGRAPH manufacturer Kienzle has developed a device aimed at improving the fuel consumption of the vehicle. Known as the...

Somme!l trailer on sole

THE SCAMMELL name is to appear on a range of chassisless van semi-trailers designated Fleetline. The Fleetline, built by York...

Lucas Om investment

THE CUSTOMER will benefit from a E2m five-year investment on new battery manufacturing techniques. Chloride says that when all...

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Renault market research may pay off in marketplace

RENAULT Truck and Buses has announced two new models, the GF 151, a 16-ton rigid, and the TF 231, a 32/34ton tractive unit...

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By bus today-or walk tomorrow

nere is no longer any choice-the bus must win the end, if there is to be a viable future for passenger transport. Alan Miller...

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BR now to run

bus services? BRITISH RAIL chairman Sir Peter Parker was principal speaker at the conference, and played on CPT's intitial to...

Real cost of inflation

IT WAS STATED recently in Commercial Motor that hauliers' costs have increased by 20 per cent over the year — yet the newly...

Fire Brigade flummoxed

I WAS MOST interested to read Know the Law — Hazard Warning Labels (3) (CM, September 14). I feel I should point out, however,...

Who knows George?

I MAY BE able to help you with some information about 'George', the yellow VW LT31 featured in the Light Vans Livery...

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Interface up to it

Hands up all those who knew an - interface with the media" was a Press conference? And how many of you Smart Alecs knew that an...

Skinned as you wait

The sleight-of-hand specialist who can unknowingly relieve you of your braces without removing your jacket is a bungler...

A good gas!

A Calor Transport driver who had a good idea has won £3666 with it. This is a quarter of the first year's net saving of £14,500...

Quarts in pint pots

Much of Britain's motorway mileage has now reached the age of decay. This has been accelerated by the appalling winter and many...

Jobs for the girls

The road transport industry is no longer the sinecure of male chauvinists. Women have infiltrated it in greatly increasing...

Prayers please

The suggestion by a Devon vicar that parishioners should pray for garage owners not to profiteer on petrol opens up wide...

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Better on the road than in the Navy

Alan Millar joins Don and Gerry on a run down to Spain Costa del Azahar to pick up goods for Herts-based Infradex POSTERS in...

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Broken-down vehicles, 1

by Les Oldridge, T. Eng (C El), MIMI, AMIRTE I GET more inquiries about the law concerning the towing of broken-down vehicles...

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No special magic in moving carpets

Brian Chalmers-Hunt recounts the story of Wilkinson Transport "s bold move into specialised transport for carpets MOVING floor...

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Drawbar demounts aid trunking run

Own-account operator claims to be the first to be to use drawbars, demounts and demount tail-lifts in combination, Report by...

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Own-account group a decade's planning

COMMERCIAL MOTOR contained a feature article nearly ten years ago on "Distribution & Transport Planning for Plessey" which...

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Serrations and splines

THERE are many components on motor vehicles which have to be located on a shaft so that they do not revolve on the shaft but...

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Original idea was right first time

...says Steve Gray of Ford popular D-Series range, which he has road-tested in its latest and most economical form. But driver...

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FEW SECTORS of a community have more to gain from

reliable and versatile transport than farmers. When public services are not readily available and when farmers do not have the...

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Auto lube saves servicing costs

By CVs FgieerLg Hdior WHATEVER job a lorry is employed for, maximum use is of prime importance. It is here that an automatic...

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Take stock of those regs...

IL could oe later t non yoL thi K, war ris Alan Villa' NO LEGISLATION remains relevant if left for too long, and the last...

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Vehicle hire is more flexible

A CV rEoorter advises you look before you leap into lorry purchase ALTHOUGH FARMERS I have talked to tend to regard their vans...

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Best bets are 16 homers

Your quid to tho big rigbs By CV's Stew Gray THE SIXTEEN-TON sector of the British commercial vehicle market is the most...

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Roughing it...

CV road - tes[er Bill Broci.c. ta - ces 13 4x4s - t - rroJgia field ca - rct s[recr_m_ SINCE the introduction of the Land -...

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Don't be stumped by the MoT test

It's a Coddle if you ta - Ke your time By CV's Technical Editor THERE is no need to fear the annual Department of Transport...

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Why Al Farmers haul own sugar beet...

t-\AT Peter Jones t-\AT Peter Jones FERRYING 6109 tonnes of sugar beet 12 miles to the Peterborough sugar factory for £1.27 a...