• Keltruck, the West Bromwich-based distributor for Scania trucks, has recently delivered its 1000th Scania to Laura Ashley.
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Scania and Keltruck's Spring collection for '87 features fine quality in simple classic design — the livery that keeps its looks year after year.
The Laura Ashley trucker will feel comfortable and alluring in this gentle bottle green scheme, subtly highlighted by the gold-leaf logo.
Surely the perfect outfit for that garden party, dinner in town or even the odd delivery or two in the country. the only one.
Since California deregulated its haulage licensing laws in 1980 the average age of lorries has risen from four to six years. Increased competition, which has driven down profits, is blamed for skimped maintenance. As a result accidents increased by 20% in 1984 alone, and the trend has not been reversed since then.
Some see the RI1A/FTA "No need to Speed" campaign as a pure PR device to head off compulsory fit ment of speed limiters. These cynics will find support in the attitude of the Californian Trucking Association, the RHA's local equivalent. The CTA dislikes the use of unmarked cars, but regards it as "preferable to stricter enforcement and tighter controls".
One purely transatlantic feature of the under-cover operation is that "shotguns will be stored under front seats instead of being vertically mounted on the dashboard."