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The name game A re LGV operatives truckers or lorry drivers? The Hawk was chatting to a haulier the other day who expressed concern at the creeping Americanisation of the UK transport industry. "We are not truckers, we are lorry drivers—this is not America," he told the Hawk. Well what do you think? Should CMcall you truckers or lorry drivers, or are both acceptable? The Hawk awaits the readers' verdict.
Treble sangrias all round-530 times A Spanish trucker who won £2m in a lottery is definitely not the sort who puts X for no publicity on a pools coupon—he is standing everybody in his village drinks all week.
Sherrying in the driver's good fortune are 530 thirsty inhabitants of Prades, near Barcelona, where villagers will be able to order whatever they fancy from its four bars.
"I don't think they will break me," says the generous winner, confident in the knowledge that Norman Lamont cannot interfere with beer and wine prices in his home town.
Knife-edge rescue halts runaway forklift Ds it a bird, is it a plane? No, it hero lorry driver Dave Rawlinson to the rescue as a runawayfork-lift truth threatens to smash into a crowded shop and a mother and child in a car Rawlinson swung his truck into action blocking the path of the runawayfork-lift as it careered out of control down a one-in-eight lain Sheffield "It hit my cab with a right old bang" says Dave, who stopped the rogue vehicle just yards from the shop. Its owners are paying the quick-thinking Wigan trucker for damage to his cah Are you receiving me?
EEot content with your basic mobile phone, Allan Amey, managing director of Leyland Daf Vans, appears to have opted for the very latest in hi-tech satellite communications with the information going straight to the top.
Apart from signals from outer space, Amey is receiving a delegation from Birmingham City Council which was picking up the first of its vans from a 450-vehicle order. The three-year contract is a boost to Amey's plan to lead a management buy-out from the receiver—the official receiver that is, not the one on his head.
Red noses all round ahe spirit of Comic Relief's Red Nose day on 12 March was entered into by transport operators throughout the industry as proved by these pictures of bosses showing what clowns they can be when really trYing BRS held a "Dunk a Director" day allowing staff at its Milton Keynes headquarters to give managers a good soaking in return for a donation. Worth every penny,! should say. Taking stock of the situation here is Phil Chapman, BRS director of rental. Give us a lick of your cone, Phil.
Just down the road in Swindon, MAN Truck & Bus joined in and erected a illuminated tomato on its headquarters in Swindon— let's hope it wasn't of the irradiated variety Parts marketing controller Darren Weeks says each department chipped in to aid the charity Any more red tomato/nose stories? I'd be happy to ketchup with them.
Hedging your pets 3 ats stranded up trees are old hat to firefighters in Gateshead, Tyneside who have developed an exciting new skill in rescuing hedgehogs hidden inside car chassis.
The emergency services were faced with this prickly problem after animal lover Rita Locke saved a hedgehog from a gang of stone-throwing yobs.
The frightened animal scuttled through the body panels of her Vauxhall Chevette and refused to come out. After three days she called in firemen who dismantled the vehicle to find the tiny creature hiding above a rear wheelarch. The kindly firefighters have adopted the hedgehog as their station mascot where it is believed to be on 24-hour curl.