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Dereg -guide • The Transport Act 1985 comes into force on October 26, bringing with it deregulation and more open competi tion in the bus industry.
Your Guide to the 1985 Transport Act explains the Act, clause by clause, with information on the law applied to competition. It also includes useful addresses.
It is available from Transport Book Service, 59 Park Place, Cardiff CF1 3AT, phone 0559 370456. It costs £9.60 plus 90p per order for postage and packing.
Haulage data
• Finance house Lloyds Bowmaker, which operates Road Haulage Association Financial Services for the RHA, is offering a free Road Haulage Data File booklet to anybody in the industry.
The 40-page pocket booklet contains statistics on the haulage industry including vehicle registrations, traffic, length of haul and tonnes moved. It also has general economic data like population figures and employment information.
To obtain a copy of the booklet ring Lloyds Bowrnaker in Bournemouth on 0202 22077 — ask for Arnold Course.
Drivers' book • A new drivers' guide book has been published by the Freight Transport Association. The 74-page Drivers' Handbook is primarily concerned with the laws that concern the truck driver, including the new hours regulations, details of the recently-introduced fixed penalty tickets, loading/unloading and tachographs.
The book is available only to VIA members, price £2.50. Contact the FTA on 0892 26171.
Kids' staff
U The Freight Transport Association has published a 19-page booklet that, says FTA planning director Richard Turner, "aims to get the message across to young people that life as we know it would not survive without freight transport."
Copies are available from the FTA, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9I1Z.
Brake maintenance
• Available from MOT test stations is a booklet that aims to help operators maintain their trailers' braking systems properly.
It is published jointly by Rubery Owen-Rockwell and the Freight Transport Association and includes maintenance and preparation of trailer brakes for the annual test. Tyres, anti-lock and load-sensing systems are covered. The 20-page booklet Trailer Braking — Guide to Effective Maintenance is free of charge at the test stations.