The week that was
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ON THE ROAD
Deputy technical editor Kevin Swallow was road testing for future issues of CM. It saw him go all the way from Hinckley, to Durham, Doncaster and Sheffield, through Leicester, before returning back to Hinckley. Technical editor David Wilcox was with Volvo in Warwick discussing ways of taking weight out of 8x4 tippers, while technical reporter George Barrow was in Cramlington, Northumberland, to see Fergusons Transport. Content editor Laura Hailstone filmed Barrow being cut out of a Mercedes-Benz Atego by firemen from Great Holm Fire Station in Milton Keynes, as part of a training exercise.
QUESTION TIME
If more toll roads were built, would you pay to use them?
YES NO
7.6% 92.4 With a toll road suggested last week as the solution to traffic problems on the A14, a majority of commercialmotor.com users reject the prospect of paying for congestion relief. Looks like toll roads are not exactly popular with paying businesses Mr Osborne...
Next week’s big question: What needs to be done to attract more women to work in road transport? Vote on commercialmotor.com/news-and-blogs
TOP CM.COM STORIES
• Romanian truck missing a wheel stopped by Vosa • MAN launches Euro-6 models • Lorry driver stabbed in Dorset lay-by • Italian truck driver fined and vehicle confiscated at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court • Lack of MoT leads to licence suspension
Tweet of the week
@Miniclipperchat: We are ever so busy, BUT TOM DALEY IS LEADING IN THE DIVING!
(Probably best not to mention the result... Ec) Follow us @rtm_CommMotor