• Mrs Thatcher has vetoed "too costly" plans to streamline
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Customs procedures when Channel Tunnel trains run direct from London to Europe in 1993. British Rail wanted to switch to Continental-style on-train checks.
• The Department of Transport has urged all drivers of light 4 x4 vehicles to instal roll-over safety bars after tests last week showed that some can overturn at low speeds.
• The Road Haulage Association has repeated its "vehement opposition" to the private-sector funding of road construction, saying it would ultimately end in tolls.
• London Buses' rear and side blind destination displays have been slammed by London Regional Passengers' Committee as "sloppy and inadequate".
• Transport Secretary Paul Channon has launched a booklet this week aimed at reducing road transport's impact on the environment. Channon says it is not his "mission in life to tarmac over the whole of England".
• West German police are collaborating with experts from the allied forces to monitor the condition of military vehicles used for hazardous loads in an attempt to improve safety levels.
• Derek Cooper (Transport) is offering a 24,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen trailer and the prosecution of the thieves. The vehicle, a 1979 Tasker twin-axle tipper, has a red chassis, aluminium body, low-profile tyres and no donkey engine. Its chassis number is 790930W928 and the II) number is 985822/ 79. It was taken froam Hillington on the A47 near King's Lynn during the night of 26-27 September.
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