W HEN, as they surely will, the national council of the Road Haulage Association approve the proposals to admit B.R.S....

main theme at the annual conferende of the Road Haulage Association to be held in Eastbourne on October 27-28. Papers will be...

A POSITIVE step has been taken towards British Road Services joining the Road rI Haulage Association. On Tuesday the following...

Th Minister of Transport intends to re E -introduce the special licences for drivers of heavy goods vehicles provided a...

Norwich, Edinburgh and Cardiff were published in last week's issue, figures for the " blitz " checks around Manchester and...

THE chassis prices of all versions of the Thames Clearway has been reduced • by £25. The reduction, which is actually for...

T HE name South Western Tippers Ltd. has been chosen for the official title of the tipper group just formed to cover Devon,...

THE Traders Road Transport Associa tion and other objectors have succeeded in their opposition to proposals by Lancaster City...

for the Construction and Use (Amendment) Regulations, details of which appear on pages 42-44 of this issue. The amendments,...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WHILST the new Construction and " Use Regulations which were promulgated last week arc mainly...

trailer is now available with an overall length of 47 IL and a clear lower deck of 40 ft, The width is 7 ft. 6 in. over angle...

a low platform is now being manufactured by Charles Pitt (Barton Stacey) Ltd. The height of the platform at the rear is 3 ft. 2...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NTERPRISING hauliers of the Netherlands continue to maintain their position as the most efficient...

H ATJLIERS sending trailers to Belgium and Italy under TIR carnets are not obliged to provide authenticated photographs of the...

roll off services between Tilbury and Antwerp and Rotterdam-in a letter to all shippers has stressed the importance of giving...

and works) of London Transport, has retired after nearly 28 years' service. Mr. Charles joined the L.P.T.B. in 1937 as...

P ROVISIONAL figures showed that in England and Wales during 1963 there were 2,867 prosecutions under the Motor Vehicles...

NAR:MARPLES last week gave M.P.s a lvi progress report on the drive to lessen Vehicle noise. During the past 12 month, he said,...

A TRANSPORT/LAND use survey üf the Glasgow conurbatIon area, and a study of Perth were announced last week by Mr. Michael...

THE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research hopes to conduct an experiment into drinking and driving —" in such a way...

MARPLES promised last week he would continue to do all he could to increase the safety of heavy goods vehicles, both for their...

T HE difficulties faced by bus operators who wanted to change their licences were condemned in the Commons last week during a...

A. TOTAL of £307m. was spent on ri Great Britain's roads in 1962. In the years 1953-63 the number of licensed vehicles more...

411. MARPLES has received a set-back al in his Plans to stop parked vehicles causing obstruction in London streets. He told...

rA A BEDFORD VAL with special bodywork has been introduced by the North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. as a service bus on a route...

O N the eve of a new Clayton U.H.V. system going into production for the B.E.T. group, Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd. announce that...

VRUS:TRATED by what h claims to be inadequate bus services run by London Transport, Finchley Borough Council is' reported to...

Transport company of Jamaica represents the first Dodge-Plaxton combination to be built for many years. Based on the new...

E XPERIMENTS began in Manchester on Tuesday whereby passengers on a Manchester bus route are to have the opportunity of a 10...

rA A COMPLETELY restyled exterior with deeper windows and slimmer roof is announced by Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd., for the...

licence by Mr. J. L. Denton, of Coieford, Gloucestershire, was formally refused by the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R....

A N application by Richards Bros., bus operators of Mod Grove, Pembrokeshire, for a renewal of a licence to run excursions and...

- of "Traffic I Cases "—reports of appeals before the Transport Tribunal—is now available at the various branches of Her...

I N a written decision the West Midland Traffic Commissioners have granted in part applications by 19 p.s.v.. operators to...

A DIABETIC, Mr. Laurence Howey, 41, van driver and food salesman, of Newcastle upon Tyne, whose driving licence, unblemished...

I - I A NEW move announced by. Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. is the company's impendin g entry into the field of road tanker...

A LARM that was occasioned amon g operators and manufacturers by a recent report (not in this journal) re g ardin g the effects...

T HE annual report of the Road Research Board of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, for the year endin g...

ri A MAJOR development in synchromesh systems for gearboxes, of parecular value in commercial vehicle applications, has been...

Headlamp Setting F REQUENTLY on a night journey car drivers flash their lamps at approaching goods vehicles. Yet, in most...

T IS week's prize-winner (once again) is Mr. D. V. Brown, of Tottenham, London, N.17. Mr. Brown's latest contribution concerns...

and Publications Digital Torquemeter A NEW digital torquemeter Type 1502 is now available from Dawe Instruments Ltd. It...

NOT MUCH FOR EXISTING UNITS IN LATEST REGULATIONS THE Minister of Transport laid before Parliament last week the Motor...

THE increased weights depend upon the vehicle concerned being plated. The Regulations say that any motor car or heavy motor car...

AN ANALYSIS BY THE TECHNICAL EDITOR IT is certain from the amendments to the Construction and Use regulations that the many...

without loss of economy ROAD TEST: Bedford 15 17 cwt. Van S INCE the last test of a Bedford CA van, the report of which...

I STAYED in Wilmslow and the trains kept me awake. I moved on to Stockport and was conscious of road transport moving...

WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS T HE north-west is very much a district of wheels within wheels, as for instance those 314 concentrated...

By The Hawk VIEW Apprentices Compete A British team of 28 apprentices left London Airport on Saturday bound for Lisbon. No...

rt A VAN recently built on a Thames normal-control chassis. by J. P. Hensmans Ltd., of Brentwood, for E. J. Holmes Ltd., an...

S " ETTING the railways free" is not a cry heard only in this country. Whilst I was in Canada, several times I came across the...

p ERSISTENT rumours have it that whatever the result of the General Election, Mr. Ernest Marples will no longer be willing to...

I N considering factors affecting transport efficiency in recent weeks in this series it has been emphasized that because...

A Hampshire reader is considering buying a tipper and starting up in haulage on his own account and asks for preliminary...

An Interesting Newcomer XPECTATIONS are that the placing of 590,585 ILa ordinary shares of 48. each of PETERBOROUGH MOTORS at...

Low Rates I N the July 17 issue, a letter by Mr. T. G. Johnson was published. In this he said "The blame for low rates lies...