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haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-beat yarns that illustrate the stranger, or sillier, side of the business he'd like to hear from you. As a softhearted old bird he's also happy to publicise charitable works— and is always interested in events for the vintage vehicles he drove as a fledgling. Drop the Hawk a line at Commercial Motor, Bird's Eye View, Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax him on 0181 652 8%9.
Never leave home without one
on't they make a lovely couple? Liz Weed, Total Fuel Card executive, presents Eddie Jordan, team owner of Jordan Grand Prix, with a Eurotraffic fuel card. Total, the sponsors of the Formula 1 team, have provided the card for transporting the teams Fl car to Grand Prix circuits around Europe. Eurotraffic is a Continental fuel card and can be used in 10 countries which, I dare say, would come in rather handy if you happen to run an international haulage fleet. At the moment, however, with just the one Reliant Robin in the garage, I shan't be applying for one.