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30th March 1979
30th March 1979
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A change of heart?

DRIVERS WHO have been hounded from one London borough to another by parking bans may find a little comfort in the proposals for...

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Fighter loads, better pays can cut costs

LAYS in the reception of ods in city shops cost the d freight industry £120m a r, says the Lorries and Ennunent Committee...

lin in court battle -now firm to move

SMALL Warwickshire ich company, which has n a High Court appeal with ;ts over its local council's ler to ban the use of its...

tusmen strike today

WINCIAL BUSMEN in major cities all over Britain were due ;(3 on a 24-hour strike today (Friday) unless local authorities proved...

AA award for safety bumper

THE AUTOMOBILE Association's Gold Award for Safety has gone to the Quinton Hazel' company for its underrun bumper — as fitted...

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Lorry accident risk double says TRRL

THE RISK of a medium to heavy goods vehicle being involved in a serious injury accident is about twice as great as for a car...

Tax equals inflation

RAISING the tax on diesel fuel or increasing the commercial vehicle road fund tax is an inflationary action said Road Haulage...

World's dearest

PROFESSOR Alec Nove, professor of economics at Glasgow University, was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Scottish...

Callaghai pay slam

PRIME MINISTER Ja Callaghan was attackec drivers' pay in the Comn last week over action w led to the pay rise, and lat( was...

Tradition wins at CMI

FOLLOWING the lead set by Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kc the colony's other principal bus operator, China Motor Bus, I...

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cites cash grab bid

E MONEY must be made available the rates to subsidise passenger ;port authorities, said Jack Green week. d a share of...

AF's self-demount system

SUSPENSION is now offered by Trucks (GB) Ltd as an option on the axle for twoand three-axle rigids or tractive units in the...

eavy ban

WY LORRIES are to be ned from a Northamptone village's narrow main at following a plea from the I parish council. ounty...

Grant projects

NINE PROJECTS in three nationalised industries have been approved under Section 8 of the 1974 Railways Act. Transport Under...

WESTM NSTER HAUL

IT COULD be argued that there was only one MP who took a realistic view of the Seat Belts Bill, which received its Second...

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N62 not all-weather ay Yorks hauliers

,IMS from Yorkshire iers that the M62 is not g up to its reputation as an weather motorway" were ted by the county council. le...

uilders'

)DUCTION of commercial icles so far this year is rung well above last year's by contrast with car duction which is slightly...

'Haulage never fails'

FREIGHT TRANSPORT is the industry that practically never fails. Freight Transport Association president Malcolm Banks made...

Drivers' meals expenses

NO SPECIAL concession had been made to lorry drivers to claim expenditure on meals retrospectively, said Robert Sheldon,...

Dodges for GPO

AN ORDER worth 0.5m has been placed with Chrysler UK by the Post Office. Chrysler has been contracted to supply 2,546 Dodge...

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BRS man's support for delivery drivers

SUPPORT FOR low-paid local delivery drivers came last week from Eastern BRS managing director L. W. Atkinson when he addressed...

Foster allays fears over licence quizzes

PROFESSOR Christopher Foster allayed fears that 0licence applications could turn into "motorway-type public inquiries" when he...

Distillers

TOW1V1ASTER TRANSPO a division of Arthur Bell, whisky distillers, shows a fit of £2,000 for the half-yea 31 December, 1978,...

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;reek operator gets in for third offence

REEK coach operator was fined a total of E400 last week at r Street Magistrates Court, London for permitting the use of ach...

Yorks artic go-ahead

A NEW wage agreement with its crews means that South Yorkshire PTE will begin its articulated bus trials later this year....

British in favour of chassis

OPERATORS are still generally in favour of a coach with a chassis — although they are prepared to concede that the integral...

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New Timm models

LEYLAND will have an eight-vehicle line-up at this year's RHA Tipping Convention and Exhibition, covering its complete range....

Neville's ribless range

GEORGE NEVILLE'S first ribless body to be built in trailer form will be shown on the Telehoist stand outside the RHA Tipcon...

New trailer builders

A NEW trailer manufacturing company, Redmond Trailers Ltd, has been set up by Geoffrey and David Redmond, who were formerly...

Charrold expandini

NEVILLE Charrold's exp sion of its Mansfield work the first of three plan' phases that will provid , capability for a 40 per c...

Leypart

LEYLAND Parts Division introduced a range of veh and workshop accessoriet complement its normal pz The items fall into th brand...

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Ws guide to tacho centres

week's guide covers the traffic areas East Midlands, Eastern, ropolitan, South Eastern and Southern. e of the stations have a...

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World's toughesi proving ground

Noel V illier devises a double-decker test route in e word's mc taxing conditions —London. Pictures by Dick Ross ROAD TESTS...

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CM's yardstick for heavy testing

This year sees the introduction of new test routes for all categories of vehiclesmaximum-weight, mediums, light vans, tippers...

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Thames Valle3 trip for yam

By Bill Brook pctures by Brian WeatherIE FOR SOME TIME at CM we have talked of improving our light van test route. Our most...

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Mediums head west into Wales

by Steve Gray TO BRING our road tests for medium vehicles up to date, we have decided to change our Midland test circuit....

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Tippers will get rough work-out

by Bill Brock: pictures by Brian Weatherley PPERS operating throughout e length and breadth of the tuntry, mostly work within...

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Distracted from the primary tasli

at's what RHA I inks of Professor Foster's report. By Eric Russell IN THE VIEW of the Foster Committee, a licensing system...

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MIRA anticipates the future shock

Graham Montgomerie describes ne evolution of MIRA and examines some of the test work it undertakes REGULAR READERS of CM will...

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Simple gear to test performance

Steve Gray describes how most of the test results from the V IRA proving ground need only basic measuring equipment JR ROAD...

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Spectator sport

Sponsorship of Ford's top drivers in premier UK rallies has been redoubled this year by Eaton's Materials Handling Division....

Bring on the clowns

Transport 2000 is not beyond redemption. It at least has a sense of humour, which is more than can be said for the supporters...

A whale of a truck

Once upon a time a man became the owner of the world's fastest lorry by freezing a 38ft 20-ton whale named Little Irvy. Tyrone...

Matilda beaten

Sponsored jointly by IranSpec, Edbro distributors in Australia, and Thermo King, Super Boss went to Australia to do battle in...

Honoured in gold

am intrigued by the award of the Castrol gold medal of the Institute of the Motor Industry to the British Road Federation for...

Artist in glass

Originally a painter, Douglas Burgess, of Magirus Deutz (GB) Ltd, has become a' noted glass engraver whose work is widely...

David loath his sling

A young man described in Guardian as a "haulage age' has founded a new politi party, the Christian DemocrE He is David Hardwick...