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the victim of truck crime. It may not get your truck or components back, but it should make life harder for the thieves attempting to use or sell your property.
Daf 2100 tractor unit
was stolen at 02:00hrs on 15 December from the yard of Axtra Transport at Fishermans Wharf, Brighton Road, Shorehamby-Sea in West Sussex. The 4x2 signwritten unit has a wind deflector and is painted white. It can be identified by registration number D430 WO, chassis number 286071 and engine number D93181. Contact Melvin Weller on (0273) 441747.
AFord Cargo 813 tilt and slide recovery vehicle was taken at 04:00hrs an 9 December from the locked yard of
Forest Garage on the Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, West Sussex. The unit, registration
A21 CPI( is Fitted with a hydraulic boom and painted white with a red fluorescent strip down the body. The owner had only recently taken delivery of the vehicle and it is unliveried.
Contact Ronald Fildes on
(02931 611106.
he Metropolitan Police Stolen Vehicle Squad is warning owners of plant machinery to take extra precautions against thieves on building sites. Generators, compressors, excavators and even cranes are being targeted and in many cases are being exported.
The unit is so concerned by the problem that it has drafted in four extra officers to collate information on the gangs involved.
ruck crime is a major problem for commercial
vehicle operators nationwide. While it's difficult to get an accurate Figure in terms of overall financial losses, according to recently published material from the Home Office it could be costing the industry as much as £1 billion a year. Home Office figures also estimate the number of crimes against commercial vehicles during 1993 was approximately 40,000. Last year is unlikely to show any improvement. Given the amount of publicity on truck theft, and the information available on how to prevent it, there's no excuse for staying ignorant. The Freight Transport Association has produced a 100-page Theft Prevention Guide which is issued free to all FTA members-nonmembers can buy a copy for El 5. (Additional copies to members cost El 0).
The guide includes details of the FTA's own survey on truck crime, and sections on: employee, depot and transit security; advice to drivers; security equipment; secure lorry parks; handling insurance; and how to report theft. Copies of the Guide can be obtained from the FTA Sales Office at Hermes House, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 911Z; phone (0892) 526171.
Commercial Motor also has a limited number of its
Truck Theft Action Pack, produced in association with the RHA and Iveco Ford. The pack contains details on vehicle systems and depot security with a vehicle detail recording card and list of local crime prevention officers. The pack costs 29.95 (plus £2.35 post and packing) and can be obtained from CM's ancillary sales dept on (0371) 810433.