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• Hauliers have been slov to take advantage of pretest brake checks, offered by the Vehicle Inspectorate It believes many operators are unaware of the scheme which is currently operatin in nine districts. The VI wi decide next month whether to extend the trial to all vehicle testing stations.
Low pay
II Just under three quarters of recovery operators are forced to accept recovery dub work below nomia rates of pay, says a survey by the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators.
Thundering five
• Pegaso Troners have been placed with a further five operators as part of tho UK trials of the vehicle arranged by Seddon Atkinson (CM 6-12 July). The vehicles have joined the fleets of Stuart Taylor Transport in Preston, Matthews International in Great Yarmouth, MRCP in Diss in Norfolk, Beresford Transport in Stoke-onTrent, and lnterleasing in West Bromwich.