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23rd October 1997
23rd October 1997
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Are British drivers a waste of space?

by Rob Willock • Nlost British drivers waste your money, then demand more, according to a partner in a freight forwarding...

Carlsberg-Tetley stays in-house

• Brewer Carlsberg-Tetley has quashed speculation about the fate of its distribution operation by ruling out a move to a...

BRIEFS

• t o k marketing director at MAN Truck and Bus UK, is moving to Mercedes-Benz (UK) as general manager, marketing. MB has...

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Second chance for convicted hauliers

by Karen Miles • Hauliers convicted for their involvement in traffic accidents may be able to seek a fresh trial if they...

Taxing target

• Road tax dodgers are being targeted in a nationwide clampdown by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. After 31 January...

First on pricing

• Edinburgh was named the city most likely to introduce road pricing first at the launch of The Centre for the Management of...

COMMEN

CHOKING TO DEATH H ere's a simple exercise for all truck operators: clasp your hands around your windpipe, and slowly...

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Germans strip driver's truck

by David Craik • A Kent-based haulier is accusing German police of racial victimisation after her Turkish husband driver was...

Truckline to bypass French strikers

• Truckline, Brittany Ferries' freight service, is aiming to beat French strikers and help UK hauliers avoid any blockades...

Montracon to close its Garstang factory

• Up to 50 jobs will be lost at trailer manufacturer Montracon when it closes its "out-dated factory" at Garstang at the end...

No cash from Freight Transfer

• Out-of-pocket hauliers hoping for money from the liquidator of Portsmouth-based Freight Transfer look set to face...

Keegan proactive in Dublin

• Dublin's new traffic supremo Owen Keegan plans to highlight areas where truck parking will be allowed in the city, rather...

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Government aims to cut death toll

• The Government is to set a national target for reducing road casualties by the year 2010, but it is unlikely to include a...

Delays up 50%

at Felixstowe • Driver complaints about delays at Felixstowe are continuing, despite last month's installation of new...

Tension builds in Walsall row

by David Craik MI Driver jobs at a Walsall sand and gravel quarry are at risk due to "unreasonable" worries from new local...

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Haulier faces charges following fatal crash

by Sally Nash • Cumbrian haulier Vivian Shandwick Lightfoot & Partners has appeared before Wigton magistrates charged with a...

CONTRACTS

• TDG Beck & Pollitzer has won a five-year contract to distribute batteries for M. Power using a dedicated fleet of three...

Calls for A66 link to be doubled up

• Road safety campaigners are to ask PM Tony Blair to order a killer stretch of the A66 in North Yorkshire to be converted to...

ERF shines bright for Western Star

• Canadian truck maker Western Star says that more than 60% of its production in the last financial year was made by ERF....

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Cars to blame for congestion

Latest forecasts from the Department of Transport paint an alarming picture of road congestion in the new millennium—but most...

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Supermarkets turn to rail-freight operations

by Sally Nash • Supermarket giants Safeway and Sainsbury ' s are both claim ing to be the first to start long term rail -...

Locals demand lorry ban

• A campaign of civil disobedience is being planned by residents of Tetbury. Glos to force through a local lorry ban. The...

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Ford looks at fuel choices

• Ford will launch its own range of alternative-fuel commercial vehicles in 1999. but the company has yet to decide which...

A flexible friend for Hoyer tanks

• Bulk transport operator Hoyer has bought a pair of Weightlifter triaxle skeletal trailers with unusual axle spacing to suit...

ERF opts for Detroit

by Brian Weatherle% • As forecast by CM, ERF is to market the 12.7-litre Detroit Diesel 60 Series engine in its EC heavy...

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AS-Ironic rings the changes

by Dan Gilkes • Iveco Ford is making it easier to drive EuroStar and EuroTech tractors with the UK introduction of...

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Top vans hit the big city

They're becoming increasingly difficult to find, but behind the concept vehicles and styling exercises CM's Toby Clark and...

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VI trouble leads to cut

• A Trafford disciplinary inquiry has cut the number of vehicles and trailers on the licence of a Liverpool company which...

£3,000 load taken off fine

• Fines totalling £9,000 imposed on Alan Price & Sons (Bargoed) for six overload'ng offences have been reduced to £6,000 on...

Hours warning

• Ronald Livingstone, trading as Dunfermline Carriers, escaped with a warning when he appeared before Scottish DTC Richard...

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Haulier broke promises

• An investigation is to be launched into claims that the wife of a bankrupt County Durham haulier has started up in business...

Son has chance to mend father's sins

• Stoke-on-Trent based DSH Freight Services was allowed to continue in business after West Midland Traffic Commissioner John...

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haulage factfile

Haulage Factfile page provides busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

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letters

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

Turkish troubles

T m writing in response to your story last week "Turks save on wages", and in particular on the matter of waiting money. I am...

Drive like Spock

W e live in an unfair world. This morning as I drove up from Southampton on the M3 I became aware of a Renault Magnum tractive...

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How's my driving?

T he current trend of placing stickers on the back of a truck or van and inviting the public to comment on the ability of the...

Trailer blazers

I have just spent a very pleasant hour looking at the special Trailer of the Year supplement given away with CM (2-8 October)....

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bird's eye view by the hawk Commercial Motor takes road

haulage very seriously. However, once a week, our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look...

Fresh and wholesome The incredible

0 never cease to be touched by the generosity of people in this industry. Transport refrigeration specialist Hubbard is...

shrinkin truck

M hen Malcolm Whiteley says pass the remote, he doesn't have channel-hopping in mind. Malcolm, an ownerdriver franchisee from...

Swatch out

nifty little machine, what? This Mercedes/Swatch Smart car looks just the job for AD getting round those tricky parking...

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212 ROADTEST:

D OAF 95XF 480 It's taken Daf a long time to turn the 95 Series into the truck it ought to be, but for owner-drivers looking...

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Workshop WINDOWS

There are off-the-shelf systems, tailored systems and a host of specific user packages to help monitor and improve your control...

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Stream LIN

Aerodynamic cladding may save fuel but it adds weight and pushes up costs. On road tankers wind-cheating is a real possibility....

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PENSION RIGHTS

Lose your business and you could lose everything, including the right to your personal pension payments. But there are ways to...

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COMMENT

The Law Commissioners have made recommendations on corporate manslaughter and the Home Secretary is considering a change in the...

Extracting cash from the French

H ere we go again! Rumblings from the French unions indicate a that another strike is on the way: the smart money says that the...

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The TCs have not lost their powers over 0-licences

C ontinuous licensing has been with us for some time now; it has led to a number of changes in the licensing system. For...

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A conviction need not be the end of the road

servedly. The Crown Court will "refer" the case (which effectively means a new trial) if the appeal is against conviction. The...

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TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER APPEALS: OPERATORS

Operators can appeal against a Traffic Commissioner's refusal of an application for a new licence, a variation, or disciplinary...

Be prepared to prove you have financial standing

T he biggest hurdle facing any new applicant for on 0-licence is that of proving he is of "appropriate financial standing"....

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any questions

Ban problem I was driving an artic home on the M25 when the traffic came to a standstill. I was only 200 yards from the...

Wrecker records

I operate several recovery vehicles which have a crane, spectacle-lift or a beavertail platform body with winch. Some are taxed...

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PROFILE D BARDSLEI & SON FACTFILE D Bardsley & Son.

BASED: Atherton, Manchester. FOUNDED: 1965. CONTACT: David Bardsley. FLEET: Four heavy and two light recovery vehicles....

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Peter Sewell of the Freight Trans_Roo Association's legal team advises

caution when towing trailers behind panel vans to avoid falling foul of tachograph regulations. The train weight of the...