Brakes Off 17 Tonners

• Two-axle rigid vehicles plated at 17 tonnes GVW will be allowed on British roads from 1 April next year, as forecast by CM last week. The Construction and Use Regulations......

"illegal" Loads

• UK hauliers face prosecution for carrying undeclared dangerous cargoes on board the disaster ferry, Herald of Free Enterprise. Townsend Thoresen, the ferry's owner, claims it......

Foden Euphoric At Erf

• ERE is enjoying a sales and production boom that promises to make this year the company's best since 1979, says chairman, Peter Foden. The 'E' Series range of tractive units......

Stop Press

• As Commercial Motor went to press it was announced that the tribunal considering the death of Michael Delaney under the wheels of a TNT lorry near Wapping last year has......

• Latest Figures From The Department Of Transport Reveal A

3% increase in 11GV traffic in 1986, against a 5% increase in road traffic as a whole on Britain's roads. The most dramatic change in freight traffic was recorded among......