The Appeal Court ruling that journeys outside Britain cannot be counted when calculating total permitted driving and working...

Only half of cost increases can be passed on to customer from our political correspondent • Transport undertakings, including...

• A blow to those who would like to see "transport systems trammelled and hog-tied by restrictions" was struck by Mr John...

• Journeys abroad cannot be taken into account in calculating whether a driver has exceeded the number of hours he is permitted...

• A British finance company is currently considering a wide range of foreign truck marques, including some from Japan, which it...

• Yesterday (Thursday) in Brussels, the EEC Council of Ministers was due to hear Britain's arguments for an increase on the 99...

too-high truck tax-FTA to end BRS dispute • UK taxes on commercial vehicles exceed the road costs which they incur, and this...

• The secretary of the Freight Transport, Association, Mr G. Turvey, will speak on a resolution being put to the annual meeting...

• "The time has come for all in road transport to realize that the lorry will in future not be allowed to roam where it wants,"...

• Mr John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries, is coming under strong pressure to publish a White Paper setting out the...

• The Road Haulage Association is recommending to the DoE a relaxation in the present requirement that a driver who has failed...

• First shipments were made this week of Bedford CF vans and chassis cabs to West Germany. The Bedfords are specifically...

• Commercial vehicles are now dominating the motorways and should be compelled to move in "lorry trains" Mr William Edwards,...

• DAF Trucks (GB) Ltd, the new company formed to handle the truck operations of DAF in this country, has acquired premises at...

four-year-old depot closes • Pointers Transport Ltd has closed its Warrington depot in Fearnhead Lane, Fearnhead, opened four...

• The Transport Tribunal has decided to allow in part two appeals by hauliers against the decisions of LAs. The appeal of...

*The 7th annual Tipping Convention, which is sponsored by the Road Haulage Association tipping group, takes place at Norbreck...

• In a comprehensive study of the working of Industrial Tribunals since the passing of the Industrial Relations Act Mr Bowes...

for transport company • Financial backing to the tune of £50,000 has enabled three transport men to set up their own transport...

• A symposium entitled The Environment and Transport Technology is to be held at Loughborough University of Technology from...

• Mr Ross Maudsley has been elected honorary organizing secretary for the Leeds centre of the LDoY. All inquiries should be...

• In the comment on value added tax and insurance on page 20 of last week's CM, our insurance correspondent stated that...

• A haulage company said to have inadequate maintenance facilities for its existing fleet was on Tuesday granted two additional...

• At Bingley last week Gath Bros (Coopers) Ltd of Hird Street, Shipley was fined £80 on eight charges connected with records....

accident' plea fails • A plea that defects found when a six-wheeled tipper was examined five days after an accident. were the...

• A Warrington man hoped to get £100 from his employer, in return for stealing a £1,000 trailer, Ellesmere Port magistrates...

• The operator's licence of Meacher's Transport Ltd, the Southampton haulier, was curtailed by 19 vehicles by the South Eastern...

• East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd, Hull, was fined £20 before South Hunsley Beacon magistrates last week following an...

• A lorry driver who admitted twice making false statements in order to obtain a Class 1 heavy goods vehicle driving licence...

• A Lancashire haulier operating six vehicles and four trailers told the North Western deputy LA, Mr P. G. Haywood, that he had...

• A haulier and poultry dealer had his licence curtailed from five vehicles to three vehicles by Maj-Gen A. F. Elmslie, the...

• After pleading guilty to operating a goods vehicle which was not specified on an O licence, Colne Valley Urban District...

• . The National Freight Corporation has set up an executive boatd comprising Mr D. E. A. Pettit, chairman, and Mr H. E....

• A determined commitment to "bring sanity back to our transport system" is contained in a Labour Party manifesto A Socialist...

• Now in series production by MercedesBenz is a quiet version of the company's 0305-model town bus which, it is claimed,...

• City of London and Westminster Tory trade unionists have tabled a motion expressing alarm at the prospect of free London bus...

• An agreement has been reached between British Leyland and AG Adolph Saurer, the Swiss bus builder, over the manufacture and...

• Car rental facilities will be available at National Bus Company offices throughout the country beginning next week. This will...

• The Government's freeze may be hitting many people, but to the islanders of Luing, south of Oban, it is a godsend. Because of...

• The 800 old age pensioners in Lerwick, capital of the Shetland Isles, have been granted unlimited free travel on the town's...

• A major revamp of the liveries used by London Transport on its bus fleet and underground rolling stock is announced this...

• Details of all the vehicles operated by Crosville Motor Services Ltd are provided in a new fleet list published by the...

• Because of a higher demand for school transport, Cumberland education committee is considering buying its own buses. At...

• Union officials are travelling "incognito" on late night buses at Newcastle upon Tyne to help combat rowdyism. Routes where...

• To examine the possible advantages of using 30-ton rigid eight-wheeled vehicles as an alternative to articulated units Sutton...

• Designed to provide flexibility in load distribution on a vehicle employed for retail delivery work, a new Bedford twin-steer...

• The outstanding operational advantage of a 32-ton gcw drawbar outfit supplied by John R. Billows (Sales) Ltd, Kettering,...

• The new Code of Practice on Safety of Loads requires that the headboard of trailers should be capable of supporting half the...

• Fifty-two diesel engines, ranging from 65 to 400 bhp, from 10 manufacturers have their leading data compared in a new...

London roads and party politics HITLER and his military machine have the chief credit for the German motorways or autobahnen...

• Painted Pain First it was weight, then it was noise, then followed smoke. Each in its turn and collectively has been the...

by Gibb Grace COMMERCIAL MOTOR tested a Foden 30-ton-gvw eight-wheeler on site last year (CM April 14 1972). That vehicle was...

ALTHOUGH the 13-man commission of the nine Common Market countries is sttpported by nearly 9000 people working in the Community...

Psv 'Grey Area' I refer to the question of whether a psv driving licence is required when driving a psv vehicle without...

e xperience by Martin Hayes BRITISH coach operators can learn plenty from the experience of America's giant Greyhound...

by W Balne QUALITY CONTROL, the essence of the commercial vehicle licensing system, consists not only of servicing at intervals...

When refilling an empty duff and hub-reduction assembly, it is best to first determine how much oil the system ca//s for THE...

Alan Richards • Alan Richards. assistant managing director of National Carriers Ltd, is a mineralogist in his spare time. He...

Q I am an engineer employed by a company engaged among other things in the movement of ISO containers. I wonder if you can tell...

matters by JOhn Darker, Should transport managers hold an HGV licence WHEN Mr Jack Burrell, chief fleet engineer of...

by Les Oldridge, T. Eng.(CEI). MIMI. AMIRTE Police powers (2) WHEN A CRIME is committed on a road it is the duty of the...

the owner of a vehicle and any other person shall give information as to the identity of a driver alleged to be guilty of an...

learning by Johnny Johnson There is no need to be a drop out THE WITHDRAWAL symptons displayed by correspondence course...

For the next seven days MONDAY March 5th. hist HGV Driving Instructors (Yorkshire) meeting. Montague B u rton Ltd. Hudson Road,...

aycroft Transport Ltd. Cap: £100. Objects: To carry on the business of haulage contractors, etc. Subs: M, J. Hope, B....

R.A.S. Threadlock for studs, Threadlock for nuts and Threadlock for screws introduced by Rocol are, it is claimed, all that is...

A trailer park-brake control developed by Neate Brake Controls combines a straight rack with a repeat stroke action which gives...

by Trevor Lon gcroft The months of January, February and March are usually the coldest of the year with temperatures often...