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Records trial
Page 16 from 2nd February 1985SMITHS Transport Services (Gatwick), its transport manager and six drivers, face trial at Chichester Crown Court, West Sussex, later this year.......
Close eye on Dykes Act
Page 5 from 23rd July 1976"A CLOSE EYE" on what locali authorities are doing to implement controls under the Heavy Commercial Vehicles Act 1973 is being kept by Mr Kenneth......
Miracles take longer
Page 37 from 6th February 1976THE government is to try to put a figure on the damage done to buildings, roads and people by heavy lorries. Mr Kenneth Marks, environment......
A2/M2 link is completed
Page 7 from 24th October 1981THE Canterbury by-pass ha: been opened by Junior Transport Minister Kenneth Clarke. The completion of the four and a half mile £8.9m bypass marks......
Seat concessions fold
Page 17 from 20th December 1980THE Department of Transport is considering ending a concession which has allowed folding courier seats in coaches to escape the normal safety......
Hgv in narrow lanes
Page 27 from 4th June 1976SOME local authorities might well be abusing the 1973 Act by proposing that predominantly rural areas should have their narrow lanes opened up for......
Eight face 831 charges
Page 7 from 14th July 1984SEVERAL problems, including some of the defendants temporarily being unavailable, means that the Metropolitan Traffic Area has to wait in its......
Massive hours fine
Page 6 from 23rd March 1985A SUSSEX haulage company has been fined £30,000 and its manager given an 18-month suspended sentence following a major tachograph offence case at......
Call for bigger tax on hgv
Page 17 from 23rd July 1976A CALL for higher vehicle excise duty to be imposed quickly on heavy lorries met with little Government response last week. Mr Douglas Jay......
Tender for bus routes demand
Page 41 from 6th February 1976TORY MP Mr Michael Spicer (Worcester S) called in the Commons last week for an end to the present system of road service licensing for buses. He......