Transport operators in London whose vehicles stand in the streets at night had best start looking for convenient off-street...

GLC and boroughs to implement six-zone plan covering 60 sq miles • Lorries are likely to be banned from parking in the stieet...

As from July 17 the test fee for vans and cars will be raised from £1.25 to £1.70, Mr Peyton told the Commons on Monday when he...

PICKETS TURN ATTENTION TO HAULAGE DEPOTS • The management at Chobham Farm container depot and the Transport and General...

• AB Volvo has reached an agreement with its UK importers, Ailsa Trucks Ltd, whereby Volvo will acquire 75 per cent of the...

on slow-motion lorry study Local authorities must help, says MP • The Department of the Environment is "well engaged – on its...

UK in January to May this year than in the same five months of 1971 — and foreign vehicles' share of the market exceeded 10 per...

• Twenty-six Labour MPs on Tilesday tabled a Commons motion expressing grave concern at the threat that the axle weight limit...

• A Danish lorry driver, Mr P. E. Knudsen, was imprisoned for nine months at Newcastle Crown Court this week following the...

• An estimated 500,000 commercial vehicles in the UK need to be fitted with windscreen washers by October 1 this year. Every...

• The European road haulage industry gets a (literally) colourful public platform in Shell's latest film "Long haul", shown for...

• Demand for the metric conversion chart recently offered by CM has exceeded supply. We are reprinting as quickly as possible...

NRDC offers help on development work • Operators and manufacturers who want help in developing new vehicles and equipment were...

• Air Products Ltd, of Burslem, Stoke-onTrent, held its third annual driving competition at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. on...

• The Transport and Road Research Laboratory, at the invitation of Colchester borough concil, is carrying out an experiment in...

• All that hijackers needed in certain parts of London was a mechanical horse, said an MP last week. "If they arrive in a...

• The Central Area Board of the GLC's environmental planning committee has decided to go ahead with their scheme to restrict...

• This year's LDoY special distance judging test continues to claim victims. At the Essex round last weekend 75 per cent of the...

• Transport International Pool Ltd, the trailer rental company based at West Thurrock, Essex, has followed the recent...

• Two papers will be presented to the APPTO annual conference in Eastbourne this September, one of them with the intriguing...

The first example of ti new-liveried van for SPD Ltd made its appearance at a truck show this week organized by Routes...

• A take over involving two East Midlands transport concerns was announced this week by NCC Plant and Transport Ltd, a...

No overall profit but chairman speaks of 'comeback for the bus' • In 1971 the National Bus Company improved its operating...

• Mr Henry Gethin Lewis, director of several engineering companies in the North, has been successful with the bid he made...

by Martin Hayes • A major blow to the future of the bus in the urban environment was struck with the publication this week by...

• Cheshire county council pays out £620,000 a year to parents in respect of more than 12,000 children who have to travel more...

• By establishing a subsidiary company, Sonella Motors Ltd, SELNEC PTE is likely to save itself more than Lim a year in...

• The NIRC could do nothing to help a Midland Red conductress, Mrs Doreen Barnett, in her wish to become a driver at the...

Sir Kenneth Corley, chairman and managing director of Joseph Lucas (Industries) Ltd, has succeeded Lord Redmayne as chairman of...

• Totten and Co Ltd, of Crow Road Partick, Glasgow, had its fleet cut by a margin of four vehicles and three trailers and the...

• A Dorset sawmills owner had his operator's licence revoked by Mr J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, the Western LA, sitting at...

• A warning that speeding lorry drivers who "bully" cars along Lakeland roads face not only prosecution but the revocation of...

• An Aberdeen scrap metal dealer had his operator's licence suspended for two months by the Scottish LA, Mr A. B. Birnie,...

• In order to improve its excursions and tours network, Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd, of Leeds, applied to the North Western...

• The RHA is again objecting to an application by Spinks Interfreight Ltd which is now asking the East Midland Licensing...

• Allegations that Purle Waste Disposal (North West) Ltd allowed "noxious and disgusting material" to pollute a stream resulted...

• The subject of overloading lorries is very much in the public eye at the moment, and there could soon be a campaign against...

by Gibb Grace • The SMMT is withdrawing from its position of a major supporter of MIRA which in future is to be supported by...

• King Truck Engineering Ltd, Market Harborough, has introduced a lighter version of its SWR range of machinery carriers,...

• Wingard Ltd of Chichester and Zanetti AG of Berne, Switzerland, have concluded an agreement for the manufacture and marketing...

• No anti-jack-knifing device has yet been found which will be reliable, safe and effective on all types of goods vehicles, Mr...

independent in '73 • From January 1975 Centrax Gears Ltd is to end its association with North American Rockwell Corporation....

• From July 3 the commercial vehicle sales, service and parts organization of W. J. Reynolds (Motors) Ltd is moving to a new...

The world's automotive engineers meet in London to discuss quieter, safer, cleaner and better-performing vehicles for tomorrow...

Papers summarized on these pages are:Commercial vehicle exterior noise: P. E. Waters, research fellow. Institution of Sound and...

• Avoiding the pitfalls of vehicle selection was the theme of an exceptionally well documented paper by Mr J. E. Farley, group...

"Do not expect a quick answer" on future changes in gross weight legislation. This was the message put over by Mr J. Furness,...

It was clear that initial price was not held to be of such absolute importance in deciding which model of truck to buy as it...

Problems of enforcement • The advocates of stricter enforcement should be greatly heartened by the recent Parliamentary answer...

view by the Hawk III One of ours Michael Keogh, the author of "What makes a haulier" (CM June 23), dropped into The Hawk's...

replaces VAL AN 18.5ft wheelbase psv chassis suitable for 53-seat, 11-metre bodywork has been announced by Vauxhall Motors...

coach by Trevor Longcroft THE Bedford YRT chassis (described on page 38) is suitable for 53-seat, 11-metre bodywork, and has...

• Both goods and passenger vehicle operators, have a common objective in endeavouring to ensure that the services they provide...

Richard Yorke • There is every likelihood that Richard Yorke's 42nd birthday on July 13 will be marked by a memorable event....

Remote control NOT MUCH NOTICE was taken of the meeting of the European Conference of Ministers of TranSport in London....

by Handyman Understanding metrics (3) THE METRIC SYSTEM only offers one coarse thread (CM last week) in the range M6 and M24....

to his depot, just inside his maximum duty time (11 hours) and his maximum spreadover time (121 hours). But when he is 20 miles...

matters by John Darker AMB M Planning for profit in the NEC THE recent report of the National Freight Corporation showed...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE The Road Traffic Act 1972 THE Road Traffic Act 1960, which has been regarded as the main source of...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. 5 into 1 does go at Ealing TO HAVE no fewer than...

continued are made and it is significant that large companies, not least in America, increasingly expect their managers to...

Trento Haulage Ltd. Cap: £100. Objects: To carry on the business or haulage and transport contractors, etc. Subs: M. Pashali,...