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19th September 1996
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Two-year deadline for hi-tech tachos

by Derrell Hayes • The European Commission is to introduce legislation within two years requiring hauliers to replace five...

Dole cheats caught in road checks

• Nearly 5 % of truck drivers stopped as part of the latest national multi-agency check, Operation Cargo, were found to be...

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Ferrymasters raid leads to charges

by Derren Hayes • A number of P&O Ferrymasters drivers are to be prosecuted for hours and records offences following an early...

Jury out in tanker case

• Jacksons Transport of Ossett and its former managing director Alan Jackson were this week awaiting a Bradford jury's decision...

SHAME ON YOL

I n the rubbish strewn office that is forever nerve centre of Joe Soap Haulage, CM's notfavourite haulier is busy cleaning his...

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44-tonne lim set for chani

by Karen Miles • More 44-tonne trucks could be working on British roads before the general election, if a Government...

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layby rebuilds squeeze cafes

by Lee Kimber • The Highways Agency is rebuilding two Leicestershire laybys to make them too small for mobile cafes. The...

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NFC pensions queries

by Karen Miles • The pensions ombudsman is to investigate a second complaint against the management of the NFC pension fund....

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URTU to shame rogues

by Karen Miles • Employers who force their drivers to break the law could face media ridicule thanks to a campaign about to be...

Dealers supped move up to 44-tonne trucks

• Truck dealers have come out in support of calls for an increase in the current 38-tonne weight limit on commercial...

Police reject M25 camera call

• Police have rejected calls to tighten up speed camera operations which may be snaring innocent drivers on the M25. The...

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Isuzu Isl-Series hits the road

by John Kendall • The first production Isuzu N-Series rolled off the Leyland Trucks line last week, four months after the range...

Coating aims to cut smoke

by Charles Young • Emission technology specialist Engelhard is claiming a 9% cut in fuel consumption and an 85% reduction in...

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Perkins powers Volvo 1.5-tonner

by John Kendall • Volvo unveils its Perkinspowered 7.5-tonner at the Hanover Show today, ending the year-long speculation over...

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OEM slim Hubodometers built to fit all axle sizes

II Enfield-based OEM Group has introduced a slimline range of Hubodometers, designed to be interchangeable with all axle end...

Lighter hydraulic tanks from Hyva

• Lifting and tipping specialist Hyva UK has introduced a range of off-the-shelf lightweight oil tanks for vehicle hydraulic...

Blaze bar fills gap

• Vision Alert Automotive has introduced, Blaze Bar, a compact lightbar intended to fill the gap between a standard beacon and...

Don launches pad range after 10 years' research

• Scheduled for launch this autumn is Don 7450, a new range of brake pads representing nearly 10 years research and...

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IC warns of fatal fatigue

• West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Bourlet warns that too many deaths are being caused by trucks running into...

Haulier told to keep promises

• The managing director of a Barnsley haulage company was told that if its vehicle maintenance went awry in the future,...

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Hung jury aft( Ml crash deal

• A truck driver accused of killing a woman after allegedly smashing an artic into her car walked free from court after a jury...

Vehicles suspended for 61 prohibitio

• Five \ chides have been suspended from a Batley haulier's licence until the end of the year following the imposition of 61...

sinea prey io us public inqc r:. In December 1994,

when 10 vehicles were suspended, 14 imniediate and 15 delayed prohibitioiis had been imposed on the company's vehicles, There...

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UK drivers work longer & harder

by Miles Brignall • British drivers are working on average 50% longer than their European colleagues and only 1 in 50 will...

TGWU warns of cab monitoring dangers

• The Transport and General Workers Union has warned that drivers employment terms and contracts will have to be modified as...

Lottery winner drives on

• A Surrey owner-driver plans to carry on working despite winning more than 11.2m on the National Lottery. Farnham-based...

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letters

Forking out I take goods into the fruit & vegetables section of the new Spittlefields Market in Leytonstone, east London....

Report speeders

T agree l(X)0 with M Powell 1 of Kent (CM Letters 5-11 September). I am a driver by occupation and can he asked to make...

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bird's eye view by the hawk

Wanted: sign writers o you run a sign writing company that still paints commercial vehicles in the traditional manner? If so,...

How the west was recovered

5 rum the west country comes news that Somerset Rescue has put into service a Scammell S24 6x6 heavy rescue and recovery unit,...

More about Leyland 3 ontinuing the spate of material celebrating

Leyland Motors in its centenary year comes Leyland Lorries—A Celebration, by Arthur Ingram and published by Nynehead Books....

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MASSIVELY POWERFUL

F 4 ,' cry industry in recession has talked 'bout "downsizing" the workforce, and . he tipping industry has been hit harder...

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ROADTEST

44 substantial pack of inverted leaf springs for the rear bogie, with massive underslung stabilisers—anti-roll bars, if you...

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W hatever the size of your company, your fuel bill is

one of your highest expenditures so it pays to consider ways to reduce it and achieve better value. Few operators really study...

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Watching the pennies

I n the present business environment of highly competitive pricing, in which most operators find it impossible to pass on cost...

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D ublin Docks has become something of a magnet for hauliers

in the past two years. Not only is the Irish Republic's growth rate so good that it makes the rest of Europe seem sickly, but...

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C iv il service unions are mounting a spirited fight against

the Government's planned closure of the Cardiff and Manchester Traffic Area Offices in March 1997. Eighty jobs are on the line...

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T he Government's aim in introducing the landfill tax, first announced

in 1994, is to encourage recycling of waste materials from household rubbish through to construction projects. Cynics believe...

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RATES A rate of ,C2 per tonne will apply to

listed inactive wastes. These include rocks and soils, ash, furnace slags, ceramics and concrete materials. A rate of £7 per...

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"Why are we ignoring this safety improvement by failing to enforce it?"

4 uropean Union bureaucrats come in E for a lot of criticism. A lot of it may be . ji.istified, but some of the directives...