• Pan-European speed limits of up to 80krn/h for HGVs
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and up to 100Irrnih for buses or coaches could be on the way. If approved, the limits are likely to anger British operators which currently work to limits of 97knVh for HGVs and 1121unih for PSVs. Off motorways the EEC proposes an overall 80Icm/h speed limit. The EEC Council of Transport Ministers is expected to discuss the scheme at their first meeting next year — but governments are so far apart on car speed limits that Brussels has not even attempted to suggest an EEC-wide standard.
• Police are hunting for the driver of an artic involved in an accident on the M25 near Chertsey, Surrey on 2 December in which a 46-year-old army officer was killed. They are studying DTp videos of the scene.
• National Freight Consortium will be floated at the end of January, chairman Sir Peter Thompson has confirmed. Employee shareholders will be warned not to sell too many shares on the open market, because they risk losing special doublevoting rights.