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1987 TRANSPORT HANDBOOK • If you were to have a bet on the one reference book likely to be found in most traffic offices, the top contender would surely be David Lowe's Transport Manager's Handbook, published by Kogan Page. The 17th edition, priced at £17.95, has been updated to include all the latest transport legislation such as the changes to EEC and UK drivers' hours law, and passenger vehicle licensing.
The 428-page handbook also contains data on operator licensing, tachographs, VED, weights and dimensions, vehicle lighting and marking, type-approval, safety and insurance. There are also two chapters on vehicle rental, hiring and leasing, and on fuel economy, which were omitted in the previous edition.
Lowe, a former transport operations writer on Commercial Motor is a full-time independent transport consultant, writing extensively on transport topics.
C] Kogan Page has also revised its Guide to Heavy Goods Vehicle Driving Tests and Licensing, which is a useful primer for would-be HGV and PSV drivers.
The 123-page guide is written by RTITB-registered driving instructor David Soye and explains the exercises and disciplines needed to pass the HGV or PSV test. It backs this up with information on coupling and uncoupling procedures, road traffic law, road signs and the Highway Code.
Within the guide, which is priced at £5.95, there is a question and answer section, and advice on how to complete all the relevant licence application forms. A list of RTITBapproved driving schools and training centres is included in the index.
Details on both these books can be obtained from Kogan Page, 120 Pentonville Road, London Ni 9JN (01-278 0433)