RELAND has lifted duty on aany imports — but its Delartment of Industry and :ommerce is still carrying out surveillance on...

ORDAN introduced new road nd transit taxes on foreign eavy goods vehicles on unday, and the International :oad Transport Union...

GAS explosions should be blamed on the lack of road maintenance and not on heavy lorries as stated in a Government report, says...

DEPARTMENT of Trade officials were called in this week to intervene in a row between British drivers and French police. The...

PREDICTED Government cuts in road building have been greeted with a resounding cry of dismay. And speaking at the annual...

COUNTY councils can carry out their own experiments in rural bus services — as long as they get Government approval first. The...

FOOD and milk producer Unigate Ltd had its 0 licence curtailei by the South Wales Licensing Authority, this week, after hi...

FRENCH objection to a 'safeguard' clause included in changes to the EEC regulation on working conditions for lorry drivers...

, wide selection of management training aids — booklets, film slides, cassettes, etc was shown at a special exhibition arranged...

MIDDLE East operator Charles Thurleigh, trading . as Arrow Freight lnternationa, was ordered. to pay a total of £655 in fines...

ALL is clear. Assurances that Transport Minister William Rodgers did not spend weeks -defending his White Paper against ,...

CARPETS and cartons won't tix" is an old parcels carrier's dage, so Wilkinson Transport setting up a division specialfor the...

THE BASIC principles behind the 0 licensing system are good and should remain as they are. What should be scrutinised are the...

FOR the first time in the four-axle rigid vehicle market, Volvo lorries achieved market leadership during May. The 36 Volvo...

BOB YOUNG is the new finance director of Midlands British Road Services, He replaces Ken Cook who has moved to Roadline —...

river and Dnienced A PARTIALLY-SIGHTED driver and his son were tenced to three months' ja Newcastle upon Tyne mi trates court...

A NEW way to deliver sh was demonstrated to clothing industry last week, specialist transport comp Tibbett and Britten. Under...

LORRY overloaded with potatoes led to a prosecution at 'arrington against Joseph Edward Walsh, 30 Booth's Lane, 7mm, fruit and...

British Road Services round-the-clock rescue operation "is snowballing so fast that it looks as though extra staff might be...

THE Scottish motor show at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, in November, will see the debut of the '12 version of the RollsRoyce 290...

Dodge dealership North Eastern Motors Ltd of Newcastle and Fallin, Stirling are opening a new Dodge dealership in High Leven,...

HOW good is your livery? Does it look smart? Does it project your image? Does it attract new business? Does it protect your...

EYLAND is to produce a new , neration double-decker — at was the dramatic inouncement made, last eek, by D. H. Pitcher, Leyrd...

A SUBSIDISED minicoach service to the Sunday Market, at Ingliston, near Edinburgh, will soon be under way. This follows a...

April 24 saw the start of an experiment at Dublin's Phibsboro depot when 60 buses were fitted with the equipment which is...

MAN dealers, Borderman Trucks Ltd, have supplied the first MAN16.280 tractive unit to go into serviCe in the UK. It will be...

"A BREAKTHROUGH in di tribution methods for ti own-account operator" that's the reaction of transpo manager David Pick who h...

Commercial Recovery managing director Terry Williams believes the Volvo/CF Holmes outfit is the first eight-wheeler with a...

"MAINLY favourable" was the National Freight Corpora tion verdict on the Seddon Atkinson 400 tractive unit which has just...

Dual-purpose cleaner THE Gerni Webb Sandblaster works at 15,860kn/sqm (2,300psi) and is a dual-purpose cleaner which does not...

GO PLANT Ltd, a hire company specialising in mechanised road sweepers is fitting the Thermo-stop diesel engine safety cut-gut...

PROSPECTS for hauliers and bus operators, outlined in the Government White Paper on transport published last week, still look...

CM reviews its fleet... FACED with the question of acquiring fleet cars the transport manager should establish, at the outset,...

This car probably has had more problems than all the other CM staff cars put together. The eventual list of warranty complaints...

This particular Princess has the 1800cc engine and was specified with automatic gearbox. Maintenance requirements have been...

This car joined the fleet in )nuary 1975 and has just ocked up 48,000 miles Main point of interest in its record is the...

When this feature was planned, this particular car had led a reasonably trouble-free life. It had required rather a lot of...

Now with 21,000 miles registered, the Marina was delivered in September 1976. Fuel consumption has worked out at 30mpg on...

This is the longest serving car on the Commercial Motor fleet in terms of years and mileage. It has completed 66,000 miles from...

3nus does not help his case pima the EEC transport 3licy, by propping it up ith hypothetical cost gures (Commercial Motor, Line...

he "misprint man was at rork in your article Frieniiship helps loVV bus pc..ation . ' (CM June 3) on outhern Vectis bus...

a mot . • IP In the annual reports of the Licensing Authorities, 869 cases are quoted involving maintenance, and having...

I feel I must write to say thank you for your interest shown over my query re Garner vehicles and the space given in CM. Also...

Thanks Mr Smart, for bringing back memories of yesterday in your interesting letter about spark-assisted diesels (CM, May 20)....

we-year-olds Quail Usec COMPANY CARS represent a very large capital outlay, part of which can, of course, be recovered when...

Every now and then, Bob South, transport manager of Aerosol Products, Portsmouth, pops into our columns. Last week, he spent...

the local pubs should make coach operators sit up and hink. Is it really worth taking a party on a drinking expedition for E75...

Pbs out • • • by Bill Brock CAN cars in a mixed fleet be maintained adequately, or is it better to contract the work out to...

SOUTH Yorkshire PTE and CM have scored a double first. The Tykes are the first UK concern to fit a Voith DIVVA D851 fully...

ALTHOUGH we are familiar with Berliet tractive units in the UK — though in fairly small numbers — few of the French maker's...

Odd loads need extra care... CARE IS needed with any new type of load, but items of machinery and plant — pumps, machine...

convert to caravanette type of vehicle hich I will use to attend otorcar rallies and stock car cing. Is it possible to modify...

charge fares. It is, therefore, not a public service vehicle. The regulations about standing passengers all refer to psv, but...

compressor and ancillary equipment permanently mounted in a 10-ton-gross boxvan. Could you tell us if the vehicle can be taxed...

returning home in the vehicle late at night when he was stopped by the police and his use of the vehicle under trade plates was...

by Les Oldridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE The• MoT Test THE MOTOR Vehicle (Tests) Regulations 1976, made material changes to...