• We won... didn't we? The hundreds of hauliers and drivers who supported CM's Say No to 50 campaign with letters and petitions...

• Oil giant BP's 300 tanker drivers were expected to accept a 4% pay offer as CM went to press, The BP offer came with a...

• Bulk diesel prices fell by an average of 0.6p/lit in the seven days to 16 December, bringing the total saving this month to...

• Mercedes-Benz went public this week on its plan to join Volvo, ERF and Scania in a fullblooded assault on the truck contract...

MI Britain's hauliers face having a 48-hour maximum working week imposed by Brussels, despite the UK's refusal to sign the...

• A Blue Circle tipper driver was killed last week when his truck tipped over in a South Wales quarry. William Goodwin, known...

• Billy Daniels, the lorry driver sentenced to 13 years in jail in 1989 for smuggling cannabis from Spain, was due to take his...

• John Davison has won his bid to start up in haulage again as John Dee — but the size of his operation has been restricted....

• Front underrun bumpers on trucks would save 80 motorists' lives a year — a third of those killed in head-on crashes with HGVs...

• A leading member of an extremist animal rights group behind recent attacks on hauliers' meat trucks has quit the RSPCA's...

• In a decision that sets the limits of cabotage, European Community judges have banned a German company from using a Dutch...

• Daf has revealed that prototype versions of its larger capacity engine, which will take the 95 Series into the 375kWplus...

/ Andover Trailers has produced a 33-tonne payload, 15mlong tilting trailer, which it says is ideal for recovering brokendown...

/ A 65m-capacity Feldbinder bulk powder tanker with a fivepot bottom discharge unit and 25-tonne payload, has gone into service...

• Trailer maker Craven Tasker has shut its two Scottish factories at Cumbernauld, dismissing production staff hired to replace...

• ERF's strong export performance has resulted in a halfyear pre-tax profit of £330,000, against a £1.36m loss last year....

cuts by seeking 147 volunteers for redundancy, including 100 productionline workers. It aims to reduce its workforce to 1,300...

• Faults on clamps used to secure drums of phosgene gas led to W&J Riding being ordered to pay fines and costs totalling...

11 Following a two-day public inquiry in Cardiff, South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has put off deciding what...

• The hearing of a series of charges alleging drivers' hours and tachograph offences by drivers employed by Newall & Wright has...

• The Bus & Coach Council warns operators that the proposed EC directive to reduce coach speeds to 62mph would jeopardise...

• Deregulation could kill off Britain's bus services unless urgent action is taken, according to a report from the Association...

• Neoplan has fitted its first Cummins engines — and they are also the first 14-litre Cummins to go into a new coach chassis in...

• Volvo plans to launch a rearengined single-deck citybus chassis at next month's Geneva Show, with right-hand-drive versions...

Iii umbling out of the hawk's bag among all the other goodies are a scrumptious Scania 100th anniversary cake and six...

TECHNOLOGY • It comes as no surprise to learn that the heavier the loads on an axle, the greater the rate of wear on the road...

VIEWPOINT ntil the advent of the EC, the UK, like all other European countries, went its own sweet way on the construction and...

provide reliability, stability and good ride and handling, which benefits driver and load alike. Many of these parameters are...

CHRISTMAS • "It does not always follow that the pioneer in a particular field will maintain a profitable lead over his...

quieter engines, cleaner exhausts and friendlier suspensions, most manufacturers could be forgiven for leaving the small matter...

Commercial Motor over the past few weeks complaints concerning Tesco. I find it hard to believe some owner-drivers' complaints...

• Cummins has increased the drain intervals on the current versions of is LIO 10-litre and Super E 14-litre :ngine ranges...

• Motorlink, the van-based workshop consumable supplier now has 500 customers on its Consumable Control System, under which it...

O Scandinavian paint maker Trans-Laldc, which claims 47% of its domestic market, has launched its products in the UK. It is...

says RM1 F • The hazards faced by contact lens wearers when welding or using heavy duty switch gear has been highlighted in a...

• The Federation of Engine Remanufacturers (FER) and the Retail Motor Industry Federation ( RMI) have joined forces to launch...

• Bendix has updated its air brake fault finding guide, What's stopping you?. The pocket-sized guide, which runs to over 100...

• The VBRA and PPG Auto Refinishers are staging a series of seminars to help paintshop managers understand the requirements of...

• As is usual at this time of year, companies are publishing new parts catalogues. Unipart subsidiary Truck and Trailer...

• The General Accident insurance company has developed a training package designed to reduce the number of workshop accidents....

• Volvo is to introduce a PC-based diagnostic system for vehicles equipped with electronic diesel control (EDC). The PC will...

G enRad took a separate suite to enable it to demonstrate the workings of its Interactive Service Diagnostic System. (Turbo...

F orget what some patronising secondhand vehicle salesmen might tell you about certain trucks never breaking down, because they...

Ford 220.36 with the TurboTech cab. However, the combination of an Iveco 13.8-litre engine, Twin Splitter box and Rockwell axle...

service with the usual in-cab checks. The test button on the dash illuminates the warning lights to confirm none are blown....

T op speed limiters will be mandatory on all new trucks over 7.5 tonnes registered after 1 August 1992. But it is not only new...

• The AVL845 engine diagnostic system from VL Churchill gives a readout of power, torque, and relative compression of diesel...

• Garage equipment supplier Tecalemit has launched an oil dispensing reel kit. The self-fit kit contains a 4:1 low pressure oil...

• Delvac 15W/40 oil from Mobil has superior low temperature fluidity and high temperature viscosity retention, says the...

• Lifting equipment manufacturer Somers Handling has introduced a range of three, four, five and seventonne column lifts with...

• Zero Degree, Pirelli's twin circumferential belt system, has been extended to a super single trailer tyre, the ST35. It is...

• Wheelmate is a simple device designed to aid socket alignment when tightening and removing wheel nuts. It supports the socket...

• Low-cost wheel aligning is on offer with Bear Automotive's CCD1500 at a little under £6,000. The hand-held unit retains many...

• Tangye has added a combined jack and stand to its range. Lift is provided by a pneumatic cylinder with a 250mm stroke with...