HELP ON THE MOVE This may be the age of
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the electronic superhighway, but you can't be logging onto the Internet when you're driving a truck. Dedicated online travel information specifically for hauliers isn't available at the moment.
Some radio stations, such as BBC's 5 Live give out road information for drivers. The Road Haulage Association's international operation offers a comprehensive information service to members, using operators who give out a warning if there's a problem in their area. Details of how to join up are at www.rha.net, If you're not a member the regular web site links are perhaps not too helpful—a trawl through "Newsflashes" showed the most recent entry as being the Spanish blockade on 5 October 2000.
The Freight Transport Association can be found at www.fta.co.uk. But again the web site is really there to tell you what's on offer if you join up.
Its international service offers members an advisory helpline and emergency alerts for sudden problems en route.