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5th November 1992
5th November 1992
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HIDDEN THEFTS

• This week Commercial Motor attended a conference to record the progress of Car Crime Prevention Year 1992, along with dozens...

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Penalty points plan Dr overloads

by Alan Millar • Hauliers who persistently overload could see their trucks banned from the roads under a new penalty points...

• The Health & Safety Executive's new List of Authorised

Explosives now provides information on legislation introduced since 1987, such as the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991....

Private rail indicates 'joy for the haulier'

• Hauliers will win a bigger share of the freight market after British Rail is privatised, Labour transport spokesman Peter...

DoE rejects plan for Ml truckstop

• A farmer's plans for a 280vehicle truckstop on the MI in Leicestershire were dashed last week, three months after the...

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Prescott to push DOT for enforcement cash

/ Shadow transport spokesman John Prescott looks set to campaign for tougher enforcement in the road transport industry...

Ferries stick firm on 10% surcharges

• Cross-Channel ferry companies have stuck by their decision to impose currency surcharges of up to 10%, despite complaints to...

Re-plating rush to Xmas

/ Hauliers who want to replate their trucks to take advantage of the heavier weights to be introduced next January should...

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• Clive Price joined the Institute of Road Transport Engineers'

engineering executive this week. He was fleet engineer with Redland Roof Tiles. Slow limit • Strathclyde Regional Council has...

Staff protect benefits

by Karen Miles • Parcelforce staff said this week that its new owner will face legal action if it attempts to reduce the level...

M25 pollution fears

• Traffic congestion is causing dangerous levels of pollution outside and inside vehicles, according to research compiled by...

Licence curtailed for 108 failures

• West Midlands Travel had its 0-licence curtailed last week after a public inquiry heard that 108 of the bus company's...

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Green bus meets Euro-2

• Scania launched an environment-friendly city bus at last week's Bus-RAI show in Maastricht, Netherlands along with a new...

Operation trial for Duo-mode trolley

• Arnhem has placed an order with Van Hool for its experimental Duo-mode trolleybus. Arnhem is the only Dutch city to operate...

Nissan prepares spring launch for new Cabstar

• Nissan Motor will launch its all-new Cabstar 3.3-tonner in the spring of 1993. The stylish new chassis-cab looks rather like...

Vintage mover • The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has

taken delivery of an ERF E6.21 17-tonner for transporting museum vehicles around Europe. It is fitted with a hydraulically...

Air pantechnicon • Scania has delivered its first full-air suspended

pantechnicon in the UK. Based on a P93ML 17-tonne chassis, the Scania has a Marsden Vanplan body with top sleeper pod. It joins...

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Strong-bodied Mu!Miner bus

• Carosseriefabriek Veth of Arnhem has departed from traditional construction methods and materials in its new Multiliner...

Underfloor tipping range from Edbro

• Edbro is developing an underfloor tipping gear system which is on target for launch next year. The company is saying little...

Volvo takes it to the limit

by John Kendall • Volvo has announced an 8x4 FL7/10 tipper chassis with a 6.47m outer axle spread which is ready for 32-tonne...

VW mini goes lower

• An Austrian bodybuilder with an established range of small buses and coaches on Mercedes-Benz chassis has added a VW-derived...

ERF bags £2.8m order from BOC

• ERF has secured a £2.8m order for 69 trucks from BOC Distribution Services. The 63 Cummins-powered tractor units and six...

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Elan expands • Parcels carrier Elan International opened sites at

Carnforth and Bridgend this week after winning two major contracts in the areas which will be serviced by 14 new drivers....

Coke bar for Barnfather

by Karen Miles • The business bought from the troubled operator Barnfather by AAH Holdings took a battering last week as...

DVLA strike hits HGVs

• HGV licence applications and registrations were disrupted by a one-day strike at Swansea's Driver and Vehicle Licensing...

Tippermen threat

• About 40 Derbyshire-based owner-drivers' livelihoods are hanging in the balance following a warning from Tarmac Quarry...

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Drivers' jobs at risk as baker cuts back

by Ian Reeves • Union bosses fear that 50 jobs will go at William Jackson's Hull distribution centre following the grocery and...

Leeds gold for Panic Link

• Franchise parcels operator Panic Link has won a 12-month £150,000 contract to deliver supplies to the 600 branches of the...

Hauliers lose on diesel hike

• Rising diesel prices are adding hundreds of pounds a week to hauliers' fuel bills and losing them valuable contracts as...

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Six drivers convicted

• Drivers hours and tachograph offences have cost Knottingleybased Harrison Commercial (Sales) and six of the company's drivers...

Environmental conditions on depot

• Local residents have succeeded in getting environmental conditions imposed on operations from Lliw Valley Borough Council's...

Partners warned against sharing

• The partners st„ of Cleckheaton based TKS warned about allowing someone else to use their Operator's Licence, when they...

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Tip-off on tad() charts

• Failing to produce tachograph records to the police and DOT traffic examiners has cost Newport-based Cardiff Transport £1,475...

LEGAL

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

Crown Court cuts hours fine in half

• Fines totalling £14,500 imposed on London Rearers of Wix in Essex for permitting drivers hours offences, have been halved on...

Licence reduced • The authorisation on the licence held by

Parkhouse Fuels, of Newcastle, Staffs, has been reduced from eight vehicles and trailers to five vehicles and three trailers by...

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Euro Eagle hungry for work

• ERF has manufactured vehicles in the UK for 60 years and is now about to take on the continentals on their own turf. It has...

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Our second second progress report reveals tyre and gear problems

and some minor snags marring our time with an otherwise excellent van. T yre wear was the greatest concern at the end of the...

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NEC: what went wron

• "A dinosaur which had its day," Just one of the epitaphs which industry spokesmen have read over the grave of the stillborn...

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How La can you go

oming soon from America is a radio security system that can be hidden in up to 40 locations inside a car and transmits a...

The things they say

A tipper operator stopped by police in London was found to have no 0-licence. His excuse? The vehicle was for personal use, to...

Air we go

ii he Eberspacher/ CM Stay Cool competition has been won by David Hope, boss of David Hope Haulage, Uckfield, Sussex. The...

Old films never die

U ed up with your friends with irritatingly out-of-focus home videos? Why not try some wacky selections from Vintage Videos of...

A gold star for Red Star

Ifil wo weeks ago the Hawk promised to keep you informed of the progress of the Bosnia appeal in which Red Star is providing...

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Mercedes twin-axle cattle transporter has been stolen from an abattoir in Lancashire.

The blue and white vehicle, painted with the name Whalleys, was stolen during the evening of 9 September from Castill Laithe...

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EVENTS Packing 'em in

• The Institute of Materials Management is organising a one-day seminar and exhibition to examine the implications of the...

TRAINING In training

• EP Training Services will be running a five-day CPC national freight course at a new venue in Southampton. The course begins...

PUBLICATIONS Electric vehicle forecast

• The Motor Industry Research Association has published a report on the future of electric vehicles. It provides a detailed...

PRODUCTS On the way out

• BOC has introduced a range of environmentally acceptable refrigerants, designed to replace the harmful CFCs which will be...

ROADWORKS Motorway delays

• Major roadworks on the M62 in Greater Manchester will continue until December. Junctions 13, 14 and 15 will suffer various...

ROADWATCH

• For the latest information on the roadworks and road restrictions nationwide contact one of the AA Hotline numbers listed below.

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In a recent random lorry check, west London police found

one in three vehicles had dangerous defects. We join the enforcers on patrol. • Since the beginning of June the Metropolitan...

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Price: £62,730 (ex-VAT). Includes Space Cab (23,730), full air management

kit (21,790), measuring fifth wheel package (21,180), seat belts (£185), Philips stereo radio/cassette and six-disc CD...

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SH RPS

El Three hi-tech research projects involving large numbers of organisations and transport operators from countries inside and...

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Keep off the road

Is it right to say a vehicle can stop on a motorway to permit a person to recover an object that has fallen on the motorway and...

No licence to train

• I plan to start an LGV driving school with an artic. I am not sure which type of Operator's Licence I would need. An...

A tale of two areas

12 We have an Operator's Licence for 4 1 vehicles in one Traffic Area and wish to base 10 of those vehicles in another traffic...

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FROZEN ASSETS

• It's more than two years since the UK Food Hygiene Regulations were put in place, governing temperature requirements for food...

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Wasted life

Ni John Kendall's article on trailer axle alignment (Hold The Line, CM 15-21 Oct), raised an interesting subject that is all...

Sad show

• I am deeply disappointed to find that the apathy of manufacturers has led to the scrapping of next year's CV show at the...

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(14 4 .if f 'This is one situation

where we could all gain by putting on weight' 4 T he 44-tonne maximum vehicle weight is vital to industry for 1993 but are...