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• The AA has ordered more than 200 specialist roadside assistance vehicles from LDV. The order, worth more than 26m at showroom prices, brings the number of 400 Series vans bought by the AA to 400 in the past year.
More than 3,650 people were killed on Britain's roads in 1994, but this is
the ice records
in 1926, says the Department of Transport. There were 47,000 serious injuries and 270,000 minor accidents last year.
• Greek farmers are planning to restart --ocscibioc, protestf. on Sunday 9 April, causing renewed disruption for hauliers. The initial blockade, which left eight hauliers stranded for days was lifted at the weekend.
* Granada Hospitality has opened a roadside coffee bar at Leigh Delamare ser on the M4 near Chippenham. It is open from 08:00 to 21:00hrs, seven days a week, with parking for 65 LGVs.
• Central Trailer Rental Group, formally Tiphook, is facing a from Transamerica Leasing relating to missing and damaged containers following the sale of Tiphook's container business to Transamerica last year.
• German authorities are considering a night truck ban on the congested B170 between Dresden and Prague. The Saxony Government is keen to implement a ban between 22:00 and 07:00hrs on the stretch, which is used by 11500 trucks a day.