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Ford Cargo parked in Mitcham, South London — "On the eighth day God made truckers."
Of course he did, What a pity the wheel was not invented till later. Still, I suppose they had transport caves to hang around in while they waited,
The pong remains the same
ow appropriate that a bulldozer was needed to clear a mountainous spillage of cattle feed off the M25 after a lorry overturned at Wisley, Surrey. The foul-smelling nosh created a 14-mile traffic jam in which drivers must have been grateful it was not high summer, allowing them to keep their windows wound up.
Fortunately, the lorry driver involved escaped with only a broken wrist.
Pedestrian charter falls on deaf ears
P Harry Barnes has been pressing Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope to extend the stopping distance required at zebra crossings and to allow more time for pedestrians crossing at pelican crossings. How unsporting.
The proposal fell on deaf ears — Chope says he is satisfied with the "Zebra" Pedestrian Crossing Regulations 1971 and does not intend to amend them. As for the pelican crossings, the time for pedestrians to cross was increased in 1987. So, that's how they won the last election, PM take note.
I Spy winners
1 ix NrT stands for knew T Thomas Nationwide Transport win a copy of I Spy Trucks & Working Vehicles, published by Michelin (CM 3-8 January). Congratulations to budding truck enthusiast Christopher David Jones of Manchester, aged 8i; Melanie Osborne of Barnsley; SM Colclough of Nuneaton; CJ Chesterton of Leicester; David Willan of Bunneside, Cumbria; and GT Mason of Newbury, Berks.
The winners of the Bird's Eye View bumper Christmas competition will be announced next week.
Alarming Lada beats the cops Alarming Lada beats the cops
ILI raffle cops got the wind up when they failed to stop a Lada with a souped-up engine doing 110mph (177km/h) on the wrong carriage of the Mll during a 25-mile chase. Even a roadblock failed to persuade the getaway driver to come quietly — he simply jumped out and fled across a field with a passenger, abandoning the 1.5-litre Lada Samara. Two men were later arrested.
The Hawk does not know whether the driver heard about Porsche-driving Defence Minister Alan Clark who led police a merry chase, later claiming that he thought he was being escorted to avoid security risks.
Brussels spout
ard to believe, but a Government department has won an award from the Plain English Campaign.
The Department of Trade and Industry gets the gong for its booklet, Brussels can you hear me, which explains in plainspeak how business can benefit from the Single Market. la he NFC Foundation has reported on the many charitable and community activities it helped last year, financed by I% of NFC's pre-tax profits.
Donations of more than Z1,000 were made to organisations at the sharp end of society's problems, including charity for the homeless, Crisis; the National Aids Trust; MIND; Oxfam; the Rainbow Trust, and The Samaritans.
The Hawk is delighted that a donation of more than £250 was made to his good friends in the Hawk and Owl Trust. Similar beneficiaries included the Dolphin Society; the Little Sisters of the Poor and Holiday Endeavour for Lone Parents.
The foundation matched pound for pound many fund-raising events at depots of NFC companies such as Lynx, BRS and Exel Logistics.
In all the foundation raised £1.3m, and NFC in the Community, chaired by former BRS boss Steve Abel, encouraged managers to link with voluntary work in their local communities. Brownie points all round.