Driver Worked 17! Hours

2 in a Day, Court Told A FTER hearing that a driver employed by Bristol Street Motors, Birmingham, had sometimes worked 171hours in a day, the Birmingham stipendiary magistrate......

B.m.m.o. To Try Storing Energy

L ATER this year, the Birmingham and -1-4 Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., are to experiment with a bus incorporating a flywheel device to store energy that would otherwise be......

Ribble Complain About Private-hire Bus

A ?PLYING to withdraw a Sunday1-1 afternoon to connecting Kendal and Meathop Sanatorium, Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., claimed last week that they had been hit by competition......

Bus Revenue Dropped By £1,274 Last Year

1 — k A NET loss of £3,242 in 1957 was reported last week by Sir Basil McFarland, chairman of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Co. He said the fleet of oil-engined buses......

"no Real Vehicle Shortage" 1:1p Ecause J. And G. Axon,...

• IL•P had not sufficient vehicles to "meet their customers' needs, they had lost a large arnotint of traffic, the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R. Lindsay,......

"lorry Drivers Have No Promotion Incentive"

D RIVERS of goods vehicles arc at a disadvantage compared with bus crews and factory hands because they have to work without the incentive of possible promotion to a higher......

"assert Yourselves"

O NLY through transport are trade, commerce and business made possible, so transport should assert itself with the public. This was urged Last week by Sir Reginald Wilson,......

International Problems Droblems Of Operating Semi-trailers

on services to the Continent were discussed last week by the international hauliers' committee of the Road Haulage Association. Couplings and insurance were among the matters......