iii "I feel so bitter about the people who've taken the vehicle. They've got into my property and stolen it... its taken years...

• A British firm whose driver was attacked by French farmers last week has issued the French government with a writ demanding a...

• Police and insurers in East Anglia are to meet next week for the first time in an attempt to check the unprecedented rise in...

• EC transport ministers are no closer to reaching agreement on allowing hauliers to trade freely in Europe, following a...

• The Dartford Bridge company is set to beat its target of closing the 65m-high crossing for only 15 hours a year due to bad...

• Dozens of hauliers have phoned Comm e re ia Motor since we launched our Loss of Licence campaign two weeks ago. As a result,...

• Reefer operators throughout the UK and Ireland have been hit by the collapse of Irish meat processing giant United Meat...

• Magistrates have refused to postpone trials of 33 employees of Sheffield haulier Newell and Wright, accused of breaking...

• Fixed penalty parking fine went up yesterday with neN fines for parking in London. The fixed penalty will be £21 (now £16)...

• The row over British Steel' decision to switch limeston movements in the Yorkshir Dales from rail to road (CM 6-1 February)...

• Renault's 12-litre truck engine, used in its AE and Major R ranges, has been given a mid-life update. The revised ACE unit,...

• Haacon semi-trailer landing legs, sold through IMS of Loughborough, incorporate load compensation feet which are said to...

• Following user trials to evaluate reliability and back-up, ARC Southern has added ERF to its preferred buying list for...

1 Higher and heavier construeion vehicles from Volvo, desined for continental markets are nlikely to replace current UK aodels...

11 Christian Salvesen has specified an SAF air-suspended selftracking axle at the rear of the bogie on 23 13.6m Gray and Adams...

• Tibbett and Britten Group has bucked the recession with a 15% increase in its pre-tax profits. But while reorganisation and...

• The Post Office is launching a bulk users' letters service using 80 dedicated trucks and 16 depots. The Streamline service...

• Daf says it has spotted tin first signs of an upturn in th4 UK truck market — evei though last week it announced ; worldwide...

• Car transporter Toleman Automotive appears to have abandoned plans to axe nearly 100 jobs in Liverpool, following a sharp...

• The Transport Development Group is restructuring its Transport Division, closing two out of nine companies and grouping...

• Bradfordbased Connection Freight and six of the company's drivers have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £7,045...

• No action was taken against the licence of Buxtonbased Turner Brothers when the firm appeared at a Manchester disciplinary...

• Two drivers who were made redundant from Cert's Cumbernauld depot have lost their claims for unfair dismissal before a...

• Michael Chilton declined to tax his vehicles as a protest about what he sees as discrimination in vehicle taxation between...

• Newport, Gwent-based Frank Wall, who was given two days in which to get his two vehicles through a fresh MoT test, by South...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• Volvo Bus and Scania are developing ways for their vehicles to be used on guided busways, as more authorities are considering...

• The managing director of Boroline was laid off last week, in the first round of redundancies made at the Kent-based operator...

• Daf has told the first customer for the Optare Spectra that its new nine-litre engine secretly installed in the doubledecker...

• Iveco Ford's new 59.12 DailyBus chassis-cowl is being released to four bodybuilders. The longer 4,480mnrt wheelbase model has...

Citroens gofor • Power steering is now a standard fitting on all Ford Transit 190 LWB models. Ford is offering the former...

• The Toyota Hiace is now available with an approved highroof conversion. The Truckman colour-matched glass fibre roof...

• On test at Fiat Lubrificanti recently was a Sofim 2.5-litre charge-cooled • diesel engine, rated at 96kW (130hp), although it...

• Somerset County Council has lost a vehicle worth £76,000 after cunning thieves destroyed every security device on the...

me he first started buying CM in 1915, when a mere lad of seven — for a story relating to the Christmas road test on his...

it hired Blakey of "On the Buses" fame to tour the five South London boroughs the buses will pass through, meeting each of...

bit like an elephant's. As far back as July 1990 the Sandbach team issued a spec sheet for the E12 range which included a model...

• The No Learners — HGVs Excepted" signs at the start of motorways have not yet been changed, but learner truck drivers have...

held idea for Christopher Jackson, Conservative industry spokesman in the European Parliament. He believes it would be a major...

FR TO ID TH N E A ir suspension is now taken for granted on tri-axle semi-trailers. If bogie axle-spread is to be kept short,...

NOTEBOOK out" when negotiating rough ground. A single shock absorber on each side and an anti-roll bar characterise both Volvo...

"The Government should start to do something about setting a rate for owner-drivers," she says. "We are not being paid a fair...

II I am in total agreement with Mick Chilton regarding vehicle excise duty (CM 13-19 Feb). I am an owner-driver and make...

• In the Times Guide to 1992 there is a whole chapter on television, a chapter on the professions and six pages on air travel....

• As a qualified and RTITB/CITB registered instructor, may I clear the confusion over lorry loader operator training. The CITB...

elling a truck should be just the beginning of a dealer's partnership with a truck owner; the dealer should resolve all an...

• This month's Workshop highlights how protecting the environment is putting legislative and technological pressures on...

• Dr Paolo Volpi, director of Fiat Lubrificanti, has warned that oil drain periods may have to be reduced as emission limiLs...

• Cummins has changed the cylinder head fixings and tightening requirements on its NT, L10, B and C Series engines. In place of...

• Volvo has reduced routine servicing time by 22% on its vehicles and is offering an extension to driveline warranty to...

vehicle recalls • A number of truck models are included in the latest recall bulletin from the Department of Transport. AWL)...

• Nee° Ford's technician of the year awards go to Tony Ashbridge (parts) and Terry Lee (service). The finals for parts and...

• Up to two thirds of bearing problems are caused by deficiencies in installation, lubrication or maintenance, according to...

III Workshops are beginning to feel the effect of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) but they escape lightly in comparison...

future of vehicle maintenance lies in diagnostics. Workshop has looked at three approaches to diagnostics: bespoke;...

engine is cranked over (but not started). This detects if it is the rings that are giving problems, and on which cylinder: the...

the brink of extinction its highest profile product has been the 7.5-Lonner but the company manufactures a range of vehicles...

engine oil while it is still hot. The engine is an 8.3-litre Cummins C series producing 198kW (265 hp), which should have its...

imagine the following scenario: a commercial vehicle is brought into your workshop for a routine service. During the service...