T HE road haulage industry last week received its most salutary lesson in the importance of observing the law on drivers'...

A LTHOUGH the restriction of C-licensees by requiring them to prove need for their vehicles would place a great administrative...

Smoothing the Traffic Flow • nVER the Easter weekend the Automobile Association • -" was in co-operation with police...

Of great interest in the Bicar—the Italian combined tanker-lorry. That a vehicle of this type would be quite likely to meet...

30 m.p.h. GREEMENTS have been reached " Transport and General Workers' calculation of drivers' pay with the intr on the...

by British Road Services and the Union on the revision of the oduction of running schedules based important aspect is a...

L AST year's turnover of Transport Development Group, Ltd., increased by €516,000 to a record figure of £3,398,000, Mr. P....

U NLESS the bus industry gets some relief in the Budget, the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., will almost certainly have to seek...

MR. GEORGE WILLIAM Duracav has been made a director of the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co., Ltd. MR. H. WHITEHOUSE has been...

("RANTING a haulier's request for a `s-i. public A licence to replace his special A. Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing...

A PIONEERING effort in the electrical heating of a roadway is to be carried out at the Mound, Edinburgh, one of the city's main...

D URING the year ended September 30 last, 12 carriers' licences covering 16 vehicles were revoked and 18 covering .36 vehicles...

THREE road schemes which will cost 1 more than £14m. were mentioned in the House of Commons, last week, by the Minister of...

A FORMER motor mechanic was awarded damages of £1,625 at Airdrie, last week, against Baxter's Bus Services, Ltd. The mechanic,...

cURTHER regulations to control noise emitted by vehicles were forecast last week in the House of Commons by Mr. G. R. H....

Oa in Dorset: Oil has been struck in Dorset by the B.P. Exploration Co. New Dunlop Depot: The Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., are to...

rniIs is the first time I have - ever been asked to grant a licence on the strength of evidence which deals with illegal...

AFTER several months' experience with a AFTER designed 30 ft. long bus seating 68 paS1engers-12 more than in most of the...

T HE fleet of seven Aand two B-licence vehicles operated by W. Inson and Son, Ltd., was unable to cope with demands for...

A PPROVED by the Ford Motor Co., Pl. Ltd., a 12-seat version of the Thames 15-cwt. van built to public service vehicle...

licensed vehicle to another company who provide the driver is an offence, the West Midland Licensing Authority Mr. W. P. James...

" I AM anxious to find a man who will perform as able and successful public service as Sir John Elliot, and that may take some...

Association, the Industrial _Disputes Tribunal have increased the salary of the general manager and engineer of Salford...

'THREE modified Land-Rovers have been acquired by I Southern Television, Ltd., Southampton, far outsidebroadeasi work, their...

S TATE-OWNED and private=enterprise interests are both competitive with and reliant upon each other in the distribution of...

By The Hawk Bird's Eye View "W HITHER workers? Have you so soon forgotten the days when we were under the iron heel of the...

A NOVEL fire-appliance version of the Land-Rover and a trailer gully-emptier designed for use in conjunction with a standard...

rOMING of warmer weather prevented The Commercial Motor from testing the effectiveness of the Jenheat anti-freeze unit, .a...

G REAT progress has been made by Buckley and Co. (Warrington), Ltd., since denationalization. The most modern methods of...

II 7HOM the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. 1 This was the explanation in classical days for what it is now...

steering was unaffected. T HE Trojan reputation for building vehicles which are noted for fuel economy is enhanced by their...

INTENSIVE use is made of a . fleet of light vehicles by Wilsons Tyre Depot; Ltd.,: to provide road transport operators, farmers...

Says Arthur R. Wilson, M.I.R.T.E. V ARIED opinions may be expressed about the value and result of the Road Haulage...

Heavy Gearboxes Clayton Dewandre Device Reaches Production Stage : British Maker Now Testing It A N . air-pressure servo to...

C LOSELY allied to the topic of log sheets discussed a fortnight ago is the vexed problem of drivers' hours. Whether in...

T ONDON S.W.I 9. Evening, winter. Fog oozes through the streets, choking 4 and blinding. Nosing through this thick blanket, an...

of seven consecutive days (or two if a Bank Holiday is included), eight hours may be substituted for the period of nine...

A DISC brake for heavy vehicles is covered by patent No. 809,075. The disc has a brake on its edge which is applied first and...