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10th July 1997
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Getting tougher on the cowboys

by Karen Miles • Hauliers are likely to be working under a tougher enforcement regime when the Government introduces its...

Dover cameras spot stolen trucks

• Nationwide police computer vehicle checks at ports could soon be a reality after a threemonth trial at Dover led to the...

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Bell Lines founders...

by Brendan Nolan and Karen Miles • Hundreds of hauliers are bracing themselves for losses of up to .17m following the final...

...with no guarantee

• Bell Lines' banker, Allied Irish Bank, has bounced a "guaranteed" £8,000 cheque paid last week to Newport haulier Bevan &...

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No excuse to ignore tad()

by Michael Jewell • Drivers who use their tractive units to drive home at the end of the working day must comply with...

RHA blocks licence application by LVH

• The granting of interim authority to a Sheffield company on the strength of a single bank statement has been attacked by the...

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Talks on Russian border

• Russia's Prime Minister is due to meet the President of the European Commission next week to discuss the transit problems...

EWS criticised for freight train crash

• Rail freight's brightest star has been found to have operated in a way which contributed to a freight train accident earlier...

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Hauliers may beat Edinburgh car toll

by David Craik III Hauliers should be exempt from paying tolls to enter Edinburgh when they are introduced in the next...

Government drives drug crackdown

• Truck drivers could face roadside drug checks after Government research revealed a 400 0 , increase in illegal drug taking...

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Budget boost for gas

by Charles Young III Supporters of gas as an alternative fuel welcomed last week's Budget, in which the price gap between...

New Vauxhall vans join the fray

• Vauxhall will launch a new Astra hatchback at this September's Frankfurt Show, probably followed by van ver sions of this and...

Bierton takes 95 twin-steer

• One of the first new Leyland Daf FIG 95.480 XF twin-steer tractive units sold into Norfolk has gone to Beccles ownerdriver...

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Warned on maintenance

been warned that if their vehicle maintenance is not in order in six months' time their licence will be on the line. The...

Load case collapses over code

• The defence costs of Hertsbased Bradmill Meat are to be paid out of public funds after Epping magistrates cleared the company...

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Tachographs were disabled

• Dalmellington, Ayrshire-based haulier Alexander Anderson has been given a final warning by Scottish Traffic Commissioner...

TC unable to act on unsuitable site

• North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna has decided that he is unable to take any action against a licence...

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letters

A plea for help ' know that you are already aware that my partner, John Mills, an Enfield lorry driver, has been in prison in...

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bird's eye view by the hawk n ith the ravages of

recent years laying so many fine family firms low, it is a pleasure to learn of an operator celebrating its centenary and...

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1. NG IIALRY

I t's official—twins are no longer a rarity. In the US alone, 120 pairs of identical siblings are born every day as a result of...

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(Alai ROADTEST: VOLKSWAGEN LT35

VW has decided to leave ABS and traction control to the option list (at a cost of .C751) which almost accounts for the £930...

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Europe's first rail freeways open later this year. But will

they fulfil Neil Kinnock's dream of cutting 400,000 truck journeys a year? S uch is the road haulage industry's advantage over...

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They say that charity starts at home: in the case

of Kent Link Transport that also holds true for success. Unlike many hauliers, Kent Link has a policy of concentrating on its...

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111

% A O mania 01 6 91' 656911 F rom a mobile fruit and vegetable shop in 1972, to a temperature-controlled storage and...

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New Labour

new trucks? A n air of optimism pervades. The election has produced a stable Government; house prices are rising; handouts...

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New Labour

A s far as Joe Public is concerned, the advance of the all-consuming road building programme is in overdrive and can seldom...

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Facing the enemy

C ompetition is an essential part of business life—it pushes us all along the road to better service and greater achievement....

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'Some are controversial, some are popular and some are essential'

A new Government, another roads review. For the fourth time in as many years the national roads programme is to be reviewed....