I S plating—the legal nomination of a maximum gross weight—to be required as the price for a 40 m.p.h. speed limit for goods...

A] try Pendree T . HE sales director of the Goodyear Tyre and Co. (Gt. Britain), Ltd., is 60, looks 50, and at th sales his...

T AM assured that the following is the truth, the whole truth -Iand nothing but the truth: a trunk driver was instructed to...

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT N ' speed limits for commercial vehicles are shortly to be proposed by Mr. Marples, Minister...

O RDERS for more than Elm. worth of new machine tools have already been placed for installation in the Basingstoke works of...

T HE bedrock of hauliers' costit charging—tonnage and mileage be altered if recent proposals quently . become effective. The...

A S from February 5 next, the national road goods transport ment CMR will come into Co Federal Germany in respect of all 1...

Mr. C. T. Humpidge, general manager Of Sheffield Transport Department, has been elected chairman of the Yorkshire area of the...

at A.E.C., which took effect from January 1, have been announced. Consequent upon the retirement of Mr. George Robinson,...

kLLOCATION of duties at d level is announced by the Motors group. enry Spurrier, chairman and ; director, will in future take...

ippointments which came into on Monday with the reorgani' Small and Parkes, Ltd., the er friction materials manufacve been...

A MONG the names appearing in the 1-1 New Year Honours List were the following:-- BARONS Sir Leonard Percy Lord. PRIVY...

NA P.s will go back to Parliament later this month to find the Government in ILLa tough mood, with several major non-transport...

. A SKED by Mr, W. F. Quin, chairman rt of the Scottish Traffic Commissioners, if he collected fares on his miniature bus...

T " new edition of that useful publication the "Headlight Wage Calculator" is now available price 3s. postage paid, from...

T HE area office of the Road Association in Bristol b moved from Albion Chambers t House, St. Georges Road, Bi Telephone...

B ECAUSE seven road object were present and represenh first hearing of a 12-vehicle ar by T. W. Bates (Aggregates), Stanwell,...

IN the U.S.A., semi-trailers carry 90 per cent, of the long-distance loads undertaken by road haulage, and despite there being...

T O serve the needs of traders in Preston and the surrounding areas a spacious modern parcels depot at Longridge Road Trading...

T WO entirely new lightweight V-formation diesel engines at produced by the Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, USA. One is a...

A interesting new type of •160-ton trailer has recently been built by Cranes (Dereharn), Ltd., • for B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd....

I N July of last year Road Servict donian), Ltd., Dumfries, were c. of a large number of offen operating vehicles at a greater...

D URING 1961, East Midlanc Services, Ltd., introduced 1 operation on some stage routes first time since before the war were...

entioned in last week's issue, sh European Airways, faced problem of providing road translarger groups of passengers and ;gage...

enable the pre-loaded containers to be raised from ground level or vice versa. The wheels of the containers are guided by...

Hover-vehicles Across the Mersey? AR. GEOFFREY HARDING, general IVI manager of Wallasey Corporation Motor Bus Department, has...

A FINAL specification was filed at the r patents office this week for a variable-rate suspension called the Camryde which has...

T HERE was a growing deman sengers for full-day coach a series of destinations, with the of time bein g spent in the vek Mr. G....

A NEW company has been f, John Brown and Co., Ltd., specialized commercial vehicle Sheffield, probably by batch pi This is...

G LASGOW CORPORATION are to seek Government authority to borrow more than Lim. for the purchase of . 150 Adantean-type buses...

T HE name of Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd., has been chenged to Gardner Engines (Sales), Ltd., in order to bring the name...

T HE feasibility of technical collaboralion in the automobile engineering field is bein g examined by the British Motor...

1 - 1 A NEW van, bought by Exeter subarea of the Road Haulage Association, was presented yesterday to the local W.V.S. " Meals...

First Ten Months' Exports a Record T HE cumulative output of commercial vehicles to the end of October last year-387,668—was...

)RE very long, and . especially if the plans are ied out for Britain's entry into •the Common . ket, there will have to be...

Southern Coach Centre's Concentration on 15to 19-seat Bedford-Duple Models Exemplifies New Interest in This Field By A. A....

A LL operators working essential but unremunerative bus services in Scotland's highlands and islands should receive direct...

/ passenger vehicle heater, the 7, has been developed by the )ewandre Co., Ltd., and is to se standard production unit to e...

product announced by E. R. ird, Ltd., Ipswich, is the Autontcrior cleaner which is claimed ffectively all types of upholstery...

WITY conveyor track incoring a light alloy framework and eels has been developed by Sunderland), Ltd., Framewellr, Co. Durham....

g journeys the need to keep the crator pedal depressed, generally :ermediate position, often proimp and aches in the driver's...

the oil engine from 1861, when Nikolaus August Otto conceived the four-stroke cycle, to the present day is covered in a new...

L..) QUIPMENT for filling Wanner highpressure grease guns is now obtainable from Step Industrial Eqpipment, Ltd., Berkhamsted,...

'e more, and how , much it is!" O N November3, 1961, we forecast that the enlarged version of the Bedford 300-cu.-in. diesel...

pers, Tankers and Lorries of the braith Organization Provide a Varied Service to Local Industry By Ashley Taylor,...

INADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS FOR ROAD TRANSPORT OPERATORS IN LICENSING APPEALS UNDER NEW BILL'S PROPOSALS By W. Higham Reid T HE...

RIFYING though road accints are in their cost in lives and their effect on the national' has also been expertly estimated anon...

(ING to the letter from Mr. A. Pratt in the issue ecember 22, 1961 re " 180 0 Out," we have also :ed an engine running at 180°...

1961 Brought Many Additions to Hauliers Expenses which Became Harder to Recoup Because of More Competitive Trading I N the...

lk/IOUNTING the engine of a vehicle IV' such as a double-decker bus is the subject of patent No. 878,291: To minimize the...

pneumatic suspension is Made in patent No. 877,872. This discloses a variable suspension that is purely mechanical; that is, it...