T HROUGHOUT the world, except perhaps in the most backward countries, the construction of new roads and the maintenance of...

A STRONG Road Haulage Disposals Board headed by a distinguished lawyer, Sir Malcolm Trustrain Eve, Q.C., was announced last...

Making Transport History FINE work in collecting, preserving and exhibiting I historical specimens, documents (including maps,...

That rate-cutting ends in profit-gutting. That petrol stations are to be beautified—that's the spirit. From Mr. Lennox-Boyd,...

Socialists Want No Haulier on Board: Sales to be Completed in 18 Months By Our Parliamentary Correspondent A N attack on the...

A STRONG indication that the Government are, at present, afraid to increase the speed limit on heavy vehicles from 20 m.p.h....

THE Minister of Transport has appointed Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve, Q.C., chairman of the Road Haulage Disposals Board, with Mr....

WHEN the Ely Transport appeal VI' again came before the Transport [Appeal] Tribunal, fast week, it was decided to adjourn the...

SIR DENIS Tausco - rr and DR. DONALD STEWART have been elected vice-chairmen of the Automobile Association. MR. B. C. WREN has...

B RETAIN used more oil in 1952 than in any other year, according to figures just published by Petroleum Information Bureau on...

VEHICLES from Italy, Germany and V Holland will he among those to be displayed at the International Conference on Public...

TWO new express services, the first of their kind to be sanctioned in the South Wales Traffic Area, will be operated as from...

" W E think the old arguments for subsidizing those going to and from Work, because they were a -lowly paid body who had to...

T HE Western Licensing Authority last week granted Avon Coaches, Ltd„ Netheravon, permission to run an express service to...

A FOURTH application for an increase in fares could hardly be avoided unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer had second...

T HE third 120-ton trailer with hydraulic suspension produced by Cranes (Dereham) Ltd., Dereham, Norfolk, has been purchased by...

EXAMPLES of the first range of tyres L. to be manufactured in this country in which the outer cover also forms the air...

'IMPROVED accommodation for ItouriAs in Northern Ireland is provided by new Leyland Royal Tiger coaches, the special bodywork...

RTEPS taken by packing houses to LI defeat pilferers were described by Mr. H. M. Atkinson, of Lloyds Packing Warehouses Ltd.,...

A N accessory to eliminate headlight dazzle and offering certain other advantages not associated with normal dipping systems...

By H. Norman Letts, 0.B.E., M.Inst.T. Board's Powers Vague and Largely Consultative : Delay in Accepting Tenders May Cause...

Four hundred agents attended a Lucas conference at Harrogate last week. The Standard Motor Co. ' Ltd., have opened new...

Jabberwocky W HAT a pity, said a Member of Parliament, the other day, that the Government invited the Road Haulage Association...

I N March, 1945, shortly before her nineteenth birthday, the Queen, as Princess Elizabeth, elected to join the Auxiliary...

T HERE is a great deal of controversy these days about certain men not being willing to drive heavy vehicles at 30 m.p.h. A...

Publishers', Wholesalers' and Contractors' Vehicles Provide a Tightly Scheduled yet Flexible Distribution Service, Joining...

A Fine Tradition Backs the Operations of Charles Rickards, Ltd., and This Pervades Every Department of their Undertaking :...

By Alan Smith Without Previous Experience of any Operation Under Similar Conditions, London Transport has had to Plan...

N EW features available in the 1953 range of American Ford trucks include fully automatic transmission in the F-100 series, ....

0.E.E.C. Experts Find Stringent Control Exercised Over Operation of Services, Rates, Drivers' Hours and Conditions of Fitness,...

Provisions that Should be Included in a Contract for the Exclusive Use of a Vehicle : How Costs Should be Computed . B EFORE...

IN a heavy vehicle, the axle-shafts usually transmit the full torque, and have to be large and strong in conse quence. By...