the news in the general media when they are either causing a nuisance or involved in some form of dramatic incident, or both....

• With the demise of Perkins' Japanesesourced six-cylinder diesel, Renault had to find a new high-power option for its Dodge...

• MPs approved this week the changes in drivers' hours due to come into force at the end of September. Roads Minister Peter...

• A London police inspector has warned that lorry drivers driving in the capital should look out for police enforcement....

IN UK operators moved another step closer to 40 tonne operation this week with the clarification of weight limits for...

• London's Labour boroughs are confident that the night and weekend ban for lorries over 15.5 tonnes is here to stay. The...

• The first sale of a National Bus Company subsidiary has been approved by Transport Secretary John Moore. National Holidays...

• The first enforcement weighbridge site for trucks in Lincolnshire is now open. The Holdingham site will be used regularly for...

• In its first major move since being taken over by Bunzl, York Trailer has expanded its tipping business activities following...

• The picture accompanyini our story on the Motor Trani port Awards (CM last week) showed Les Wharton of Leyland Trucks, and...

• The ending of the Emergency Load Transfer Scheme (ELTS) is causing concern among the emergency services about their ability...

• Glyn Samuel, National Chairman of the Road Haulage Association, this week told delegates at the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting...

• The furore surrounding the Cranfield Institute of Technology's study of overtaking behaviour (CM, July 12) appears to be...

• Prospects for a second crossing of the River Severn between South Wales and the south west of England look increasingly...

• Michelin has introduced a new, wide single semi-trailer tyre which, it claims, will resist severe tri-axle bogie scrubbing...

• An American computerised analyser for petrol engines, which has been adopted for use by General Motors dealers in the United...

• In a Vehicle News item last week we inadvertently pushed the price of BCT Equipment's DeItrack light capacity column...

• The first Iveco Ford 190.30 4 x 2 tractive unit to be converted with a trailing axle by Southworth Chassis Engineering has...

on its seven new Seddon Atkinson 301 tractive units has enabled Burton's Biscuits of Blackpool to achieve an average 33.2...

• To help reduce risk of theft from curtainsiders, Cover Protection of Liverpool has produced a remotelypowered electrical...

• ketitco Nationwide, the Fruehauf trailer rental and contract hire subsidiary, has put its first step-frame skeletal...

• Walker of Markyate has built up stocks of its windcheating Walkervan box body which can now be ordered on the new Transit...

• Machins Transport (Surfleet) of Spalding. Lincolnshire has put four new FL6, 28-tonne GCW tractive units into service on a...

• • • The new Eastern Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh is determined that vehicles in his traffic area are going to be the...

• Despite having no definable operating centre, six applicants who were described as "travelling gentlemen" were granted new...

• The number of vehicles authorised on the PSV Operators Licence held by Seamarks Coach and Travel Limited of Luton has been...

• Sheep farmer Arthur Pooley has won his battle for an additional articulated vehicle without having any environmental...

• A series of offences, including operating vehicles not authorised on its Operators Licence and paying insufficient excise...

• A £2.5 million road terrninal, featuring the latest bottom loading equipment and computerised control, has been opened by BP...

• Documentation hold-ups, for 'FIR operators, should sow be a thing of the past in Dover and Folkestone when Direct Trader...

• Details of lorry facilities on the proposed Channel Tunnel shuttle trains have been revealed by Eurotunnel, the Channel...

• As part of its major swop from rail to road, the Post Office's Royal Mail Parcels is taking more than 250 trailers on...

• VMH Transport Services of Bristol has signed a major commercial vehicle order worth nearly 22 million with the Symphony Group...

• After a "disappointing" first six months, the Unigateowned Wincanton Group has increased its 1985/86 turnover by 30% to 2246...

• The share price of ERF (Holdings) climbed steeply last week, prompting some speculation that a take-over bid may be in the...

first ERF El0 tractive unit equipped with a 187kW (250hp) Cummins L10.250 turbocharged engine and Fuller gearbox. The new 4x2...

• The number of freight vehicles carried on Trucldine' Poole-Cherbourg ferry route rose last year to 60,400 — ai increase of...

'EXCLUSIVE • Two weeks after Peugeot Talbot revealed its intention to build six-wheel minibuses at its Coventry factory,...

• United Transport International, the overseas bus operating company in the BET group, has placed a firm order for 125 Freight...

• Hot on the heels of an order for 1(X) Olympian bus rhassk from SinvanorkRug Services, Leyland Bus is to supply another six...

Citybus into service. It was expected to start operating last winter but was delayed owing to unexpected certifications...

the West Midlands County have been sent out by West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. The first batch of ,ervices out...

• CM has a new news editor, Brian Weatherley, who succeeded Alan Millar earlier this week. Brian joined CM's staff as a...

• David Eatock has been appointed director of the UK office of Daf Trucks International Division based in Marlow, Bucks. He was...

• Rentco Nationwide and its • Four senior appointments have been filled at Pickfords domestic and industrial removals...

• Pickfords Removals has made Linda Soultanian its publicity manager. She will be responsible for co-ordinating the company's...

• After 19 years as its assistant secretary, Fred Offord has been promoted to company secretary of Eastern National Omnibus at...

John Donnelly is now managing director of both Rentco Nationwide and Rentco Ireland. He was previously Rentco's general manager...

• Lift-truck manufacturer Lansing Bagnall has a new managing director — Ian Williams. The appointment follows the promotion to...

FS E GOES NORTH N Freight Software Systems. the microcomputer software specialist for the distribution business, has moved...

TO HULL AND BACK II North Sea Ferries has just opened its new terminal at Zeebrugge. It includes new freight parking...

OLD NEWS • More historic commercial vehicles are going to qualify for exemption from the HGV Plating and Testing Regulations....

MT BLANC AND FREJUS • Revised tolls for the Mont Blanc road tunnel and the Frejus road tunnel between France and Italy for the...

FINANCE FOR FIATS • A new company has been formed to specialise in providing finance for Fiat light commercial vehicles...

TRUCKERS CLUBS • The United Kingdom Truckers Association has been formed to unite independent truckers clubs, with a view to...

DIGITAL MAPS • The Ordnance Survey is now marketing its mapping information in a digital form, and says that it can be used...

TACHOGRAPHS • Lynch Truck Services of Huncoat Industrial Estate, Accrington, Lancashire (0254 301331) has been approved by the...

SIGHS OF THE TIMES • Electronic dot matrix display systems are being used to give advance warning of a major motorway...

the report in your issue of July 5 (pages 4 and 5), I write to assure your readers that there is no "new threat" to British...

the road haulage industry for over 30 years and, in the past operated a fleet of vehicles involved in household removals and...

. 11 Monday, June 23, was the starting date for the Econocruise Economy Drive '86. A five-day non-stop journey .around Britain...

Tim Blakemore looks at how manufacturers are reducing rolling resistance and prolonging tyre life • Fundamental changes in...

With a slimmed-down workforce and increased productivity, Japanese-owned Dunlop tyres are back in the black this year. Bill...

Alterations to the remould regulations could see hauliers making better use of their casings. Bill Brock reports •...

A survey by Dunlop revealed that a quarter of all truck tyres are run underinflated. Bill Brock looks into ways of avoiding...

VW LT35D ODEST PACE Generous load space is offered by VW's 1.75-tonne panel van, but its 2.4-litre naturally-aspirated diesel...

in Removals and Storage concerning household removers Midland Van Lines who have sponsored footballer Greg Downs, a full back...

the star of the 'Duncan Dares' feature who, seemingly, tries his hand at most things we lesser mortals would think twice...

introducing a new drinking water system to its vehicles so that the porkers en route to market can enjoy a decent drink of...

Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) that its membership is somewhat browned-off with the DTp's decision to alter the date...

watching the World Cup from Mexico, 60 motor trade teams from England and Scotland were battling it out for a good cause in the...

We take a look into the crystal ball to see how tomorrow's designers may tackle the commercials of the 90s Nigel Watts, whose...

An engine deal with Nino of Japan and the capture of African markets are among radical developments taking place at India's...

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New Zealand has pre-empted Britain in liberalising its PSV services, but operating conditions there are very different. Allan...