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8th January 2004
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Unions poised for final salary coup

Tanker drivers' representatives are expecting a breakthrough in the fight for final-salary pensions — Guy Sheppard reports....

Watson waits for first hearing in Arras

PAUL WATSON, the truck driver jailed in France for allegedly smuggling £500,000 worth of cannabis, will have his first hearing...

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Traffic zooms along the MG thanks to Toll

TRAFFIC SPEEDS along the M6 through Birmingham increased by 0% following the opening of the M6 Toll motorway last month...

Wardens win power not friends

TRAFFIC WARDENS will be given powers to fine motorists for driving offences in the government's latest bid to ease congestion....

Life saver

A truck driver saved a ma life by dragging him to sa through the sunroof of his upturned car before it bur into flames at...

Fork-lift licensii

The RTITB has introduce( new licensing system fort lift operators. Contact: 01952 520200.

Big bust

Seven people have been charged with drug offend following the seizure of EE worth of drugs from a truc Dover on 12 December.

Alex Steven

Alex Steven who ran Scot haulage firm D Steven & for 45 years, has died agE 75. The firm was foundec his father in 1920. Alex...

TA recruit

The Magnus Group, a 60 truck operation based in Suffolk, has become the I operator to join the 60-stri Transport Association.

Midland rise

in CM 1 January we said West Midlands joint induE council (JIG) had agreed 7% pay increase for driv€ in fact the recommended...

Orwell truckstc

The Orwell Lorry Park will open in Nacton, Suffolk; r Lancashire, as stated in issue of 18 December 2C

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Peanuts and monkeys

Mr X despairs at the short sighted measures hauliers are forced to adopt in order to keep trucks moving despite low rates and...

Subbies just cost too much

Guy Sheppard is told it's cheaper to buy your own fleet than use subbies. A WELSH chemicals manufacturer is investing...

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Charging zone story 'untrue'

Mayor Ken denies congestion charge scare stories —Jennifer Ball reports. LONDON MAYOR Ken Livingstone has played down recent...

Month's reprieve for German toll

THE GERMAN government has given Toll Collect, the operator of the LKW-Maut truck toll scheme, a one-month reprieve before...

Cop slams sentence cut

A DETECTIVE has hit out over the high court judge's decision to cut the sentence of a haulier convicted in a "sickening" case...

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Time for the leftovers

it's all over.., even the hangover has faded. But there are still some 'goodies' left at the bottom of Santa's sack... So we...

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PSA makes an ohm run SA PEUGEOT CITROEN has launched its contribution to the burgeoning hybrid vehicle market.

The £3m Efficient-C project is being undertaken in conjunction with the British companies Ricardo UK and QinetiaThe first...

Parking plan for Ashford

ASHFORD COUNCIL has outlined plans to combat problems with truck drivers parking illegally in Orbital Park following complaints...

Fined for dumping waste in the North

ONE OF THE LARGEST waste contractors in Waterford, Ireland has been convicted for one of the worst-ever cases of illegal...

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Something in the air?

The government is increasing fuel duty on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Will this stop hauliers moving to other alternative...

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Transport trends

The Department for Transport's report Tram Trends 2003 shows that the total amount of freight moved rose 45% between 1980 and...

Goods moved

In 2002, road haulage accounted for 62% c all goods moved compared with 53% in 19 Goods moved by rail declined slightly in thE...

Vehide mileage

The average length of haul over which gooc are carried by road has increased from 67k in 1980 to 92km in 2002. The DfT says...

Road freight effidency

Transport Trends 2003 also reveals that roa! transport has become more efficient. Just over 25% of goods vehicle mileage is now...

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THE DRIVER HOUR

GUARD TIMER 0 (her information given by the Hour Guard includes, total nine hour rest reductions and 10-hour driving...

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Bad example

1WAS EXTREMELY disappointed to see in CM an article which describes a number of different computer games on sale this Christmas...

M6 toll credit

READING YOUR news story on the M6Toll in the 18 December issue I'm disappointed with the underlying negative spin you keep...

Give people a chance to help themselves

I WRITE REGARDING the article headlined 'In the dole-drums' (CM 13 November). As a former HGV driver myself, and with...

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Threat analysis

Commercial Motor has carried out an exclusive survey into accident involving trucks — and it seems sales reps in Mondeos are...

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Crunching n tubers

In addition to CM'S survey of truck drivers, Volvo has researched truc accidents. Brian 111/eatherley assesses the danger...

Where to get help

The road safety research organisation Brake runs a Fleet Safety Forum (FSF) which produces a steady monthly flow of practical...

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C slams 'sham' icensing deal

A second bid for the return of a truck operated under a 'flag of convenience' has been turned down by a traffic commissioner....

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Six speeding drivers face suspension of licences

THE LICENCES of six drivers are hanging in the balance after they failed to convince a TC that their excessive speeds were due...

Binks has to be 'exemplary' in future

DESPITE A SERIES of test failures and prohibitions over the past year a company has kept its licence because of its good record...

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ur-week cut for maintenance failure hat ti

CHILMOUNT TRANSPORT'S third appearnce at a public inquiry in three years has led to its 0icence authorisation being cut from 12...

Leg injury blamed for breaking the ru

A GLASGOW HAULIER is off the road for a week after a public inquiry heard the company had broken the hours rules and used an...

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Cowboy clampdown

The Republic of Ireland is at last cracking down on illegal hauliers by revoking their licences and levying steep roadside...

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The times they are a-changing

Instead of simply demanding more money in their pay packets, workers are increasingly asking for extra time off. How should...

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The numbers game

Ireland's penalty points are saving lives — but with new offences be ing introduced have the lawmakers gone too far? Ann...

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ASS THE PARCEL

M decided to measure the performance of the parcels ndustry, so we set them a simple test: move two lightbulbs from Holland...

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CM .ives its final judgement

Clearly the parcels industry is geared towards regular business and, in most oases, the process would have been greatly eased...

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Small vans

I t's a sign of the times that when a new van arrives at the CM headquarters for testing we look forward to driving it. Not...

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Lan e vans and chassis--t - abs T he largest group of vehicles

we tested last year was vans over 2,500kg GVW The first on the list, in both chronological and alphabetical order. was the...

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T his year we tested eight pickups and 4x4s. At entry

level in the pickup market, the Proton Jumbuck was the only petrol vehicle we tested, and it managed a respectable 31 .6mpg...

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V olvo's FM9.380 eight-leg,ger is pitched as a lightweight alternative to

its FH12 8x4 at 32 tonnes.It probably didn't help that our test truck came with a highground-clearance muckaway spec and a...

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A s we've said elsewhere in this issue, 2003 was a

very big year for Commercial Motor, with changes aplenty across the hoard and nowhere was this more obvious than in the...

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W ith the used market still showing signs of growth, Commercial

Motor!s. Used Truck Tests have taken on even greater significance; last year brought us a steady mix of new and established...

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DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL

It's not exactly the Ferrari of the 3.5 tonne sector, but an Iveco Daily tipper can tackle jobs that would make some lesser...

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When summing up the Daily there are two lines of

thinking. The first says that a commercial vehicle sole purpose is to do a job, namely to pick up a load at one end, move it to...

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SKIES WIDE OPEN

As the European Union prepares to appoint a private concessionaire to deploy and run its new Galileo satellite system, Robin...

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ON SITE SAFE

Construction sites and quarries are dangerous places where driver training and a safety culture are as important as the...

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Hanson invests in safety

In November 20(13 Hanson Aggregates UK won an award for workplace transport health and safety best practice from the Quarry...

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VES

Nearly half of the cyclists killed or seriously injured in London last year collided with a truck. Colin Barnett visits a firm...

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CYCLISTS' VIEWS Dominic Perry, associate editor, Commercial Motor "Personally, rye

never had a problem with HGVs: 99% of the trucks I encounter out on the roads give me ample room. Generally speaking, car...

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CM GOES OFF ROAD

Mid-May might seem a long way off, but get planning for SED 2004, because CM will be there with trucks and vans aplenty! Here...

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Old Ores New Year Almanac

Peter Orr makes his predictions for 2004 and sees a bright future for the industry — in the unlikely fields of reality IV and...

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Automatic boxes a t urn

Trucks with electronic boxes fetch no more than trucks with manual ones T he track record of auto and semi-automatic gearboxes...

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All shapes and sizes

After a slow start, it turned out to be a good year for Man helm Auctions but the company is not about to become complacent....

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Used vehicle review Cargo

CM tests more vehicles than anyone else; now we're using our extensive database to highlight popular vehicles in the used...