Weight check • A safety check on trucks in Humbers
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Weight check • A safety check on trucks in Humberside has cut the proportion of overloaded vehicles from 25% of those checked to just 5%, say trading standards officers. Almost 2,500 LGVs have been checked in the past nine months.
United voice • Renault VI communications manager Robin Dickeson has urged the road transport industry to improve its public image, which he describes as "poor". Transport bodies need a cohesive voice to campaign for an integrated transport policy, he says.
Check threat • Hauliers storing hazardous substances on-site could face extra red tape and close monitoring by local councils if additional rules laid before Parliament this week become law.
Beast crackdown • A crackdown on livestock transporters by Dyfed County Council has led to warnings that hauliers overcrowding animals will be prosecuted under the Welfare of Animals During Transport Order, introduced in January.
Tax rebates • Owner-drivers are among those paying Lam in unnecessary tax because they forget to claim back some business expenses, says the Independent Financial Advisors Group.
Fish convoy • The French Government has promised to protect hauliers carrying fish into France from blockading French fishermen protesting at cheap non-EC fish imports. Hauliers should contact the British Embassy in Paris with travel details.
Cab change • Following the acquistion of AWD by Marshall-SPV, production of its Bedforddesigned cabs is being contracted out to Motor Panels, now a subsidiary of the Mayflower Corporation.