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12th July 2001
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BAN LIMO As the foot-and-mouth crisis abates the FTA has

lifted its ban on farm vehicle inspection. The FTA vehicle inspection service carries out an average of 2,500 inspections a...

Ex-haulier must pay up for ushing driver to the limit

• by Cal Newsdesk A former haulier has been found negligent and could face a bill running into six figures after pushing a...

• Dangerous drivers leave 38,000 other road users permanently injured

every year, yet are rarely punished according to road safety campaign group Brake. The toughest charge they face is one of...

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• The first Road Haulage Forum since the general election

took place last week, without one of its key ministers. However, all sides are playing down the absence of Transport Minister...

• by David Crahr Hauliers travelling into the centre of

London will not be exempt from congestion charges. From January 2003 every CV will be forced to pay £5a day as part of a new...

Payment system delays

• A month-long trial of new operating and payment systems at Hanson Aggregates' Stanwick depot (CM 21-27 June) has been...

RAE insists drivers return WO rebates

II A group of Scottish ownerdrivers are complaining that a 'love by RMC Readymix Scotland to make them repay the VED rebate...

Grain suppliers want government answers

• UKASTA, the grain suppliers' organisation, is hoping that the shoddy treatment it says it has received at the hands of the...

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The Kilsyth brothers appeal lost licences

• by Mks Ritual' Two troubled haulage companies which are run by two brothers and bear similar names are both considering...

Exel Europe

• In the article "The Bigger They Are..." (CM 5-11 July 20011 we incorrectly stated that earlier this year the t affic...

COMMENT

Too much pressure The extent to which driver David Gill was pushed beyond both his own limits and those of the law by his...

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Tough times for Urs international hauliers

• Last week's news that major European haulier Nippress Continental and other firms within the HR Holdings Group had gone...

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Premium problems in Ireland

JO Hauliers in Ireland are being forced out of business by insurance premium increases of more than 65%—the insurance...

Hays faces court over mail

• by Guy Sheppard Logistics group Hays is fighting to retain control of business worth £10m a year following a claim that...

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Register trailers to combat crime

• by Robin Meczes Fresh calls have been made for a trailer registration system to help combat the thefts which are costing...

Keep mobiles static!

It The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling for legislation to ban the use of mobile phones at the...

Timber haulier calls for a ban on cross-loading

• A former timber haulier is calling for a ban on one of the most commonly used methods of hauling logs. Owner-driver Malcolm...

VAT reclaim offer for small fleets

11 language barriers are costing international hauliers about £4,000 per truck in unclaimed VAT rebates on fuel, road tolls...

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Everyone needs a big successful brother

ArvinMeritor's new TA low maintenance Trailer axle. The job of a big brother is to help and support, to make life easier. Just...

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The Combo grows up

Vauxhall has released the first official picture of its new Combo. The Corsa-based highcube van features fully integrated...

AA maps loos and landmarks

III AA Publishing has been busy compiling a new range of mapping products. The major new product is the "AA Street by Street"...

The Master gets a new look

II The Renault Master's interior has been given the first significant revision since its launch. A new dash panel now...

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I by Toby Clark mong the new MANs that we

rove last week (see page 17) tere was a wild card: a truck - ore MAN's Polish subsidiary tar, which builds a range of ehicles...

I The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' monthly sales

report shows that CV registrations rose in June compared with the previous two months. Light CVs (1.8 - 3.5 tonnes), Ike r...

WINNERS Mercedes-Benz enjoyed a good month compared with last year,

with registrations up by 200 in the truck sector, lyeco more than doubled its WV sales figures compared With this time last...

go heavy on the fizzy drinks

II Coca-Cola Enterprises has rdered 25 Mercedes-Benz tego 21-tonners to join 27 simi lar vehicles already in its RDCbased...

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Impressions

• The Alpha features many Paccar-sourced components— and not just from Oat: the suspension is Peterbilt with Kenworth...

Alpha 420

• In best Foden tradition the Alpha 6x2 mid-lift tractor can be supplied with a bewildering choice of engines, There's the...

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MAN's Evolution in a single generation

MAN's L2000 and M2000 trucks have been around a long time, but the company feels that the latest "Evolution" versions are still...

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Fleet cut for hours and base

A Kingswinford, West Midlands-1010 based haulage company has had its vehicle fleet cut by more than half following drivers'...

AXLE/VEHICLE OVERLOADING 1Z ENVIRONMENTAL *. CONCERNS LICENSING HEARINGS DRIVERS' HOURS COURT CASES AND TRIBUNALS SPEEDING CHARGES VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

STANDARDS WARNING Stourport-on-Severn-based Jack Brown Transport has been warned about its maintenance standards. The firm...

Fleet suffered 100% prohibitions

A 100% prohibition rate at a fleet inspection has led to the licence held by a long-established Swansea skip hire operator...

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Novice escapes with a warning

A "novice" owner driver has escaped with a warning at a keds disciplinary inquiry tfter his truck lost a pair of wheels in...

Driver blamed pressure for tacho chart offences

An agency driver who claimed his bosses had pressured him into falsNng his tachograph charts was hit with a £500 fine and...

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SLAVE LABOUR?

Recent issues of CMhave highlighted apparent gross exploitation of owner-drivers in the quarry and building materials sectors....

SECOND CHANCE

I have been in prison for over four years and will be released in October 2002 but could be paroled in April 2002. Prison is a...

RECOVERY RATES

Regarding your recent stories on the Gwent recovery opera. tor which has been accused ol overcharging, I wish Michae Eagles the...

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CHANGING POWER A gremlin crept into your piece on ERF's

Road Relay system (Vehicle News Extra, CM 5-11 July) that could mislead. I would like, on behalf of EFT, to set the record...

GIVE US WHAT WE WANT

I was not surprised to read last week's news story on the state of the country's motorway service stations—truckers have...

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More news of our Continental colleagues not knowing their collective

arse from their collective elbow. A Backfire reader has written in to tell us of the Swedish driver he found parked outside...

By our Northern Correspondent Eric Strongitharm Oswaldtwistle.

Mystery surrounds the sudden departure of Spagthorpe fleet sales supremo Len Darnit following the return of a large number of...

Abbey National's chairman found himself in a sticky situation after

he was presented with ajar of jam in protest over a new toll motorway that the bank is financing. The Alliance against the...

International hauliers beware.

If your drivers are heading for Spain, you'd better keep them away from Spanish sweety shops. A new range of lollipops are on...

Hassam Aboudaba

thought his 2450 Reliant Robin van, resplendent in its Trotters Independent Traders livery, was well cushty. All was well until...

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RF's ECX range was unveiled last July, little more than

five months after MAN announced it was taking over the British manufacturer. The marriage has already seen an exchange of...

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DRIVERS' VIEWS

Reg Reeves drives a Renault Premium 400, with a singleseater cab, for Irlam out of Warrington. "It's a big cab," he said as...

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Y$ 1011LIC A few years ago, your chances of getting a new 7.5-tonner on the road within three months were slim. Chassis-build...

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Bodybuile

Ordering the body and equipment at the same time as the chassis might seem like simple common sense, but bodybuilders regularly...

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T he haulage industry provides the bread-and-butter customers for the ferry

inatistry because it uses the services all year round while "ciwy street" is a volume user only in holiday times. However,...

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CUTTING COSTS

• For regular crossings always try to negotiate a deal with the ferry company because substantial savings can be made. •...

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A legal tussle between a logistics company and its local Fire

Authority could have tough financial implications for some warehouse operators around the UK. Late last month City Logistics...

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The mighty United States Air Force certainly has vast resources,

but it still requires the services of the private sector to make its operation run smoothly. David Taylor has been speaking to...

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Ad The European Parliament has created some pretty absurd legislation

in its time, but with the Working Time Directive it really has surpassed itself. Imagine the scene. Some bright spark sits...