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8th August 1975
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New pay council could end disputes

BIG BREAKTHROUGH has teen made in the labour relaions of the road haulage indusry with the setting up of a Dint pay council in...

NBC to cut 49 million miles?

Dr JOHN GILBERT, the Minister for Transport, warned Parliament this week that as a result of an unspecified NBC deficit for...

'Status' plan for young drivers

ORGANISATIONS interested in the Young Driver Training Scheme were asked for their opinions about the relevant draft regulations...

Pandoro Depot

NEW depot service facilitie: have just been opened at a Stoke-on-Trent and Leeds 133 Pandoro Ltd, part of P & C Unit Loads. The...

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Call out a prof!

l'HE EXPERTISE of six uniiersity professors will be on all to the haulage industry, 3assenger services and truck nanufacturers...

Tipcon '76

HE 1976 Tipper Convention viii take place at Harrogate rom April 30 to May 3. This las been decided following vhat the...

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GLC accused over lorry routes plan

y CM reporter HE Road Haulage Association as accused the Greater Lonon Council of playing to the nvircrnmental gallery in its...

Minister tops the bill

'OP-LINE speakers and topine subjects will be the order of the day at the Freight 7ransport Association national oniference...

Grim market prospects

THE short-term prospects for the European commercial vehicle market are not bright and there will be little overall volume...

IPSV bill

THE Public Service Vehicles (Arrest of Offenders) Bill which has already gone through the House of Lords was approved by the...

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Will railways shed freight?

A GREAT deal of general freight traffic traditionally carried by British Rail will become available to road transport soon,...

FTA warns Post Office on parcels traffic

THE POST OFFICE will lose :he lucrative portion of parcels :raffic unless it finds a solution :o its financial difficulties...

Honourable intentions

If, after his meeting with the trade unions, the FTA and tl RHA, Dr Gilbert decides to seek deferment on the intn duction of...

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FTA calls for clarification

on Minister s tacho statement by CM reporter THE Freight Transport Association and the tachograph manufacturers believe that...

SLIC depot still up for bids

TWO MONTHS after the receiver was called in at the giant London-based haulage company of Roadships Ltd one of the firm's major...

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)river appeals against 'spying'

CM reporter iE depot manager of a New;tie upon Tyne transport n found one of his lorries attended on waste ground, locked and...

iickness led to 'terrible' maintenance record

HE serious vehicle prohibian record of a family haulage - m was largely due to the ill 3alth of the company's milder. This was...

Post haste trailers

A CONTRACT valued at £50,000 has been placed with Tasker Trailers Ltd by the Post Office. The order is for 50 urban chassis...

Leipzig welcomes British firm

COMMERCIAL vehicle corn ponents will be shown by British companies to visitors from all over the world at the Leipzig Autumn...

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Drop swop bodies

SEVERAL of the Commer 2500 vehicles which are being operated by the Glasgow-based truck rental company Melvin Motors Ltd have...

Heavy fines for Hull hauliers

FINES and costs totalling nearly £8,000 were imposed on two large road haulage firms, five one-man businesses and 26 drivers,...

Short hauls

Ted Hains is moving up from his post of general haulage director for P&O Road Services and becomes general manager of the...

Killer road lans

LONG-DISTANCE lorry d ers have demanded that Secretary of State for Scott act now over A74. The r are angry at being labe "...

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:ourses and :onferences

:E THEME for this year's Chared Institute of Transport weekJ. conference—to be held at :ford, September 19-21—is ow'ards a...

Dn the oad igain

1ARING TEMPERATURES brought out a record crowd to rw the Historic Commercial Vehicle CAub's Trans-Pennine n terminating at the...

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Doubts hang over Welsh bus operation

Report says that big changes are needed A GRIM FUTURE for bus operators in Wales is forecast in an independent report on the...

Ns and Ps slip-up

FARES increases sought by Lewis bus company, Galson,Stornas,vay Motor Services Ltd, are not as fierce as was first indicated....

Bus stops

STARTING times at three schools in the Barnsley-based Yorkshire Traction Company reduce costly duplication. A spokesman for...

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.oach operator Ners cruise

.E Yorkshire Traffic Cornssioners have granted an )fication by Sheffield coach arator E. H. Sims Ltd to er sightseeing tours...

he Nottingham collar

NOTTINGHAM bus priority ieme based on the use of iffic lights at major junctions iced a " collar " around the ier city when it...

' Improve terminals' call A CALL to reorganise passenger transport in

the Strathclyde Region on a more local basis has been made in a report by the Scottish Association for Public Transport. Local...

PEOPLE

lin Wells, who finds that his .nsultative work for the Road tulage , Association is now king up less time, is offering s...

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Straight-lift system takes the strain

FREE interchange between different makes of demountable equipment has been made possible with the introduction of a...

Waltco lifts leave bodies alone

A RANGE of tail-lifts, manufactured in the US by Waltco, is being marketed in the UK by Tirfor Ltd, of Halfway, Sheffield. The...

Three-wheeled tanker

A THREE-WHEELER demountable gully emptier has been designed for local authorities who want a lightweight vehicle capable of...

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Walk-through )ody for Sherpas

CREASED CAPACITY and eater deck area with the nimum effect on wind ;istance to maintain fuel onomy are features of the w...

All stick and no carrot

MINISTERS who take it upon themselves to make a public appeal normally understand that they must have a threat or • a...

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Don't catch a cold

What to watch out for when buying a secondhand refrigerated vehicle by Trevor Longcroft AT FIRST GLANCE buying a secondhand...

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A year late

Whatever the Gaelic revivalists might say, the Irish economy • and the future of the Republic is absolutely dependent on...

Hot coffee

America is renowned for its Irish cops, and certainly policemen over there have got to act fast to be effective. Alan Bible,...

Up the workers

There is little doubt that road transport makes good television. Z Cars and Barlow have had more than their share of transport...

Rally round

Another autumn date worth noting is September 13 and 14; that's 'the weekend after the CMLDOY finals at Bramcate. On this...

Wonder bus

The East Kent, and the Maidstone and District bus companies have been castin their eyes and their nets across the Channel for...

Inner wheels

The URTU newspaper Whe( states boldly on page two al its most recent issue "We stay in Europe." It then gee on to explain that...

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1CL taffing : rank and ile view

ving read CM's report on 1 staffing levels, I thought u might be interested in aring from the other side of ; fence, that of...

Who pays for lorry parking?

This branch of transport 2000, being a group interested in a balanced transport system, has read with interest the recent...

No request for the 50-ton cigarette

The comments by Mr Sayers and Mr Wilson to my original letter deserve some reply. • First, the only " fanatics" appear to be...

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Some of my company's small vans become due for their

annual DoE test next month and I understand that the test fee has been increased. Could you give details? The Motor Vehicles...

Q I have just recovered my ordinary driving licence after a

period of suspension, but the Licensing Authority will not return my heavy goods vehicle driving licence till after I have...

Q As a coach, driver I am not sure about road

signs which state that turns are prohibited except for buses. Does the facility to turn either right or left according to the...

In Q and A recently you speculated on the legal

position of a haulier's customer whose staff had loaded a vehicle which subsequently proved to be overweight. What is your...

Q I have been told that uno the new accident reportil

regulation, introduced by t Road Traffic Act 1974, it not necessary for a vehi( to have been involved in collision for the...

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■ Iew regs turn operators nto weight watchers

Tim Hoare SIGH OF RELIEF from the jority of bodybuilders can expected on January 1, r6. That's the date when the ;is changes...

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Help your reefer van maintain its cool

by Graham Montgomerie REEFER VANS are designed to keep the cargo cool: not an ultra obvious statement, this, so much as a way...

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Blue Rosette bodies twice around the course

lartin Hayes he current cold economic tte many operators are lining ways and means of asing profitability by lig money...

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Extending only to the professional

assis extension is an art which can be ivied only by experience and application. though Baico is under new ownership, the...

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oerchance to dream...

INADEQUACY of the light accommodation availfor long-distance road • tge drivers throughout the try is indisputable. )ugh...

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A demonstration

in how to show off by Tim Hoare uality display un its for £25,000 [ILE the bodybuilding intry in general has been 'ering...

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Danger from hitch-hikers

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE FROM time to time the question of carrying passengers in goods vehicles crops up,...

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..an coaches cope vith the Capital?

arking problems around the London circuit by Martin Watkins 4B-SITE coach parks, -tempered traffic wardens parking...

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Six points to remembei

'1. Coach Operation and Parking at Places of Tourist Attraction in London, a free leaflet published by the Greater London...

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Looking after tankers

by Johnny Johnson NOTHING teaches an operator more about the characteristics of special-purpose vehicles than operating them,...

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How lorry driving affects long-term health

by John Darker, .AIVIBINI OBJECTIVE EVIEIENCE as to the general health of lorry and bus drivers does not appear to be...

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rote pans

range of galvanised stacking te pans designed for the orage and handling of small irts has been introduced by 'elconstruct....

Container bridge

, container bridge designed sr stuffing a container of nester length than the vehicle n - Which it is loaded has been eveloped...

Cooling off

An insulated panel material suitable for refrigerated transport has been developed by Technical Panel Industries. The panel,...

Chuck it

A heavy-duty drill fitted with a 13mm (iin) capacity multicraft chuck has been introduced by Desoutter. The model 121 has a...

300 times brighter

The lamp is powered by two replaceable 1.5V batteries and it will flash for up to seven hours. The unit has no bulb filament to...