IN BRIEF
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• The Road Haulage Association's Tipcon exhibition and conference for the tipping industry will take place at Harrogate from Thursday 29 April to Sunday 1 May 1988.
• Roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley says that if hauliers want bigger and heavier drawbars allowed on British roads they must mount a publicawareness campaign and argue their case properly.
• Leyland Oaf Aid has a new phone number for its truck recovery service, which can be contacted by in-cab telephones on (0274) 606926. The Freephone number (0800) 919395 remains in service for callers using conventional phones.
• The Post Office is using a 21 million computer to speed up deliveries. It will plan optimum routes and work out alternative ones in the event of transport breakdowns, which are the main cause of delays.
• P&O ferry crews at Dover have voted overwhelmingly to continue their 11-week strike. Lorry queues are likely to get longer as summer approaches with holidaymakers going to the Continent.
• The Government will resist any European Community moves to bring in tighter controls on new minibus drivers as they would cause problems for voluntary and community services, says transport minister Peter Bottomley.
• Drivers in Avonmouth are being stopped by the Department of Transport and asked what they think about the proposed second Severn road crossing.