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• The ETA wants revenue
from any increases in . duty in March's budget to be channelled back into transport. The Chancellor is planning a 27p/gallon (5.9p/lit) fuel price hike.
• There were five administrative receiverships in the road transport industry in January, according to Deloitte & Touche, renewing fears that 1998 will be a difficult year for the sector.
Hands-free mobile phones are safe, says the FTA, in response to a proposed change to the Highway Code which condemns mobile phones as "distracting".
• Roadchef chairman Tim Ingram-Hill is considering selling the 12-strong chain of motorway service stations.
In 1996 in England and Wales 781,000 breath tests were conducted, with 100,500 showing positive. In France that year 6,180,000 tests yielded 71,000 positive results.
• Government-commissioned research into ,pray suppression from HGVs "has not led to useful results" and panEuropean solutions are now being sought.
• Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) came into force this week. Vehicle keepers who plan to keep untaxed vehicles off the rood must now declare SORN the DVLA.
• Penske Logistics Europe is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of the 650vehicle Transportgroeo van der Graaf of Holland.