Rory winner
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• Rory Lynch Transport of Shannon, County Clare, Ireland won best truck and best combination with the above F12 Volvo at the recent Truckfest held in Mondello in Co Kildare.
Plating issue
• The end to modification of goods vehicles when replating emerged as a possibility last week as the DOT started to look at the issue. The RHA is arguing that as long as a new plated weight is kept within the design weight the requirement to modify the vehicle should be dropped.
Signing on
• All Transcare's 500-plus employees are expected to sign up to the new terms and conditions which are claimed to lose drivers around £60 a week. The Tibbett & Britten division has said that those refusing to sign will be advised "of the company's intentions with respect to their future employment".
Ian Cott Haulage • In our Legal News story headed "Load, Rest and Use Fine", in the issue of Commercial Motor 15-21 July, we stated that Ian Catt, trading as Ian Catt Haulage, and his son Lee were fined a total of £782 for various offences in connection with the use of a goods vehicle. In fact, the fines and cost amounted to £506.
Ian Catt Haulage was not fined for the unauthorised use of a vehicle as stated in the report, but was given a conditional discharge for using a vehicle with no 0Licence.
We regret the error and apologise for any embarrassment caused.