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There are 42 service areas throughout 31,862 miles of British motorway and an Weatherley has taken a long, hard )k at them to see how they compare to )se on the continent. In his three-page ide, all 42 motorway service areas are red in an easy to read chart that gives I details on drivers facilities, parking 3rges, and who accepts which diesel ency cards.
The last few weeks have been the siest time of the year for the parcels moan ies and express carriers. This
..tor of the road transport industry has
Id up well through the recession and has an a tremendous improvement in -vice standards. David Wilcox has )ked at two of the newer and most interesting carriers who are proving that there are still opportunities in this market.
• Mike Rutherford has been talking to the British Road Federation about the state of the motorway and trunk road network and finds out exactly what the BRF is doing to improve the situation. Don't miss his "cut out and keep" article.
0 And Bryan Jarvis has been round the gruelling CM Scottish road test route with the sleeper cabbed Leyland 16.23 Cruiser.
He compared it against other tractive units in the 32-ton market sector and reports that it produced a remarkably well balanced performance.
For the full analysis of the Cruiser's merits read next week's CM.