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Rural Road Bill Passed
Page 29 from 30th December 1955B EFORE the House of Commons rose for the Christmas recess, the Agricultural (Improvement of Roads) Act, 1955, received the Royal Assent. Mr. Hugh......
UK/EEC lorry sizes must conform: Lord Sandford
Page 19 from 15th December 1972• Independent decisions by Britain on the size of lorries are not practicable, emphasized a Government spokesman last week. "We could not have two......
Falling down
Page 6 from 3rd March 1984HEAVY LORRIES are being blamed for the closure of Hammersmith Bridge in West London last week. Although Greater London Council engineers have not......
Delays cost £500m
Page 7 from 5th December 1981HE EUROPEAN Commission now calculates that customs delays o lorries at Common Market borders are now costing E500 million a fear The figure was......
E ohn Prescott, shadow Transport Secretary. missed out on...
Page 20 from 5th December 1991last week when he marched out of the Hilton in a huff, and the day after, when the event was mentioned in the House of Commons, Prescott exploded......
Howell hits case home
Page 3 from 30th January 1982TRANSPORT Secretary David Howell told Guildford Women Conservatives last week that his White Paper proposals are "strongly pro-environmental".......
Call for bull bar ban
Page 7 from 14th July 1994• A call for "bull bars" on trucks and four-wheel drive vehicles to be outlawed was laid in the House of Commons last week with all party support.......
Daf joins in the fight
Page 7 from 19th February 1983DAF TRUCKS (GB) added its voice to the pro-down-licensing campaign last week when its 6x2 tractive units were launched (see p14). The new goods......
RULES FOR INDICATORS ON HEAVY LORRIES
Page 46 from 27th June 1958R EGULATIONS concerning direction indicators on heavy, lorries are to be applied early next year, Mr. G. R. H. Nugent, Parliamentary Secretary to......
Dealers back the Euro
Page 10 from 17th December 1998by Ian Wylie • Truck dealers are urging the Government to enter the single European currency as soon as possible to bring an end to lorry price......