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• Drivers crossing the 7arth Road Bridgc. over the weekends of 20-21 and 27-28 May should be ready for long delays as roadworks will reduce the crossing to one lane in each direction. Vehicles wider than 2.89m (9'6") will be diverted over the Kincardine bridge at weekends.
• British hauliers are paying the highest rates of tax in Europe. The Freight Transport Association calculates that an artic covering 75,000 miles a year in the UK pays £26,000, compared with E21,500 in Germany and £1 9,900 in France.
t Britain also has the most congested roads in Europe because, while we own the lowest number of cars per head, we use them the most says the British Roads Federation. There are 67 cars per km in the UK, compared with an EU average of 44.
* The Association of British Insurers has announced its ninth list of security devices that comply with the criteria set by the Insurance
Industry Vehicles Security Scheme. For a copy send a SAE to 51 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HQ.
Parcels delivery firm Parceline has signed a partnership agreement with German firm DPD and has become a member of the European wide Direct Parcel Distribution network.
• RHA chairman Pat Lee attacked the anti-roads lobby at the RHA annual dinner this week. He says that although environmental safeguards are important there must also be a sense of balance.