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22nd December 1994
22nd December 1994
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BRIEFS

• BOC Gases is recruiting 55 drivers at Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Wolverhampton, Thome and Fawley, Hants, which will take on...

Fatal crash leads to suzie retrofits

by Amanda Bradbury • Operators of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes registered before April 1989 are to be forced to fit self-sealing...

Livestock hauliers face fines in code

• Livestock hauliers will be fined up to £1,000 per animal if they do not stick to export journey plans under a code of...

Roads slashed

• Road building cuts in line with the £1.1bn spending cuts announced in last month's Budget mean six road improvement...

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Goodway loses on training fine appeal

• Felixstowe-based haulier Goodway has lost its appeal against a £13,000 fine imposed for causing drivers to take...

IS IT THE END OF THE ROAD?

T he party's over. The great car culture, spawned by Thatcherism, fuelled by a Government that measures industrial virility by...

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• Around 300 truck drivers at Northern Dairies have accepted

a wage deal which increases the 32-tonne rate from just over £174 to nearly £179 for a 39-hour week (pay including London...

Registrations increase II%

by Ian Wylie • Truck makers and dealers are looking forward to 1995 following a 17% rise in the sale of new commercial...

• Transport lawyer Stephen Kirkbright told a public inquiry last

week that the boss of a company whose truck killed six people is "constantly striving for perfection". Representing...

T&B loses out

• Tibbett & Britten is about to lose around 50,000 car deliveries a year as vehicle transporter company ECM snatches the...

Tribunal review for ex-prisoners

• The Transport Tribunal is set to review the granting of Operator Licences to two exprisoners after the Road Haulage...

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DOT plans 50mph limit

by _Ian Wylie • Hauliers fear a 50mph rushhour speed limit, announced last week, could increase accidents and reduce traffic...

Haulier counts cost of charity

• A Christmas mercy mission has left a Cambridge haulier £1,200 out of pocket after it helped a charity. CDS Transport...

Smoky diesels in E Midlands blitz

• Smoky diesels in the East Midlands are to be targeted in a vehicle-spotting blitz on 1 February. Environmental protection...

CONTRACTS

• Axial, formerly Silcock Express and Toleman,have retained only the southern half of a Volkswagen vehicle handling and...

• Hastings, East Sussex-based owner-driver Barry Hodd says the 50mph

limit will make motorway driving even more hazardous. "The slower you are forced to go, the smaller the gaps between vehicles...

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Technology rules in MAN' 2000 range

As its name implies, MAN is depending on the 2000 range to take it into the next century. The F2000s are packed with...

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Lower option for 11-B 1838 tractor

• Mercedes-Benz (UK) has developed a low-height version of its right-hand-drive 1838 tractor. The 3.6m-wheelbase two-axle...

First Unipower M-Series bound for Oman

• The first new M-Series combat support vehicles have emerged from Unipower's Watford factory. They are part of a batch of...

Strato grows • Seddon Atkinson is working on a 6x4

76 Strata tractor for 44-tonne GC\A/ operations. The double-drive tractor will be offered with a choice of 10 or 14-litre...

Scania buses • Scania has announced plans to assemble a

range of buses at its Angers factory from 1996. The French plant is expected to manufacture up to 300 complete city and...

Multi-wheeler FL with chips

EXCLUSIVE by Brian Weatherley • A Volvo FL multi-wheeler powered by an electronic 12-litre DI2 engine taken from the latest...

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jailed drivers

EXCLUSIVE by Juliet Morrison • More than 150 truckers are threatening to march on Parliament next month to draw attention to...

• Virginia Clarke is facing a Christmas away from her

truck driver husband as he is locked away in a Spanish prison for a crime she insists he did not commit, She cannot afford the...

Pay in the south set to rise 3.8%

• The prospect of Britain's truck drivers winning aboveinflation 1995 pay increases became brighter last week. The first of...

"Truckworld remains the only place in the world where I

have seen men eating lasagne with rice and chips and potatoes and finishing the meal off with a Himalayan bowl of fruit crumble...

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Bid rejected • Baker Transport Services of Bradninch, near Exeter,

has failed in its bid for a new international licence for three vehicles and one trailer. Licence suspended • A Westminster...

£345 for inexperience

• Licence, vehicle and hours offences have cost Golborne-based Harry Hayes £345 in fines and costs. Hayes, trading as H...

Dangerous vehicle ban on licence

• A vehicle found to be seriously defective has been banned from being specified on any licence for six months by West...

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Unfit for 0-licence by lack of interest

• North Eastern Deputy LA Mark Hinchliffe refused to renew the six-vehicle, four trailer international licence held by May...

Speed limiter out of action

Warren Warehousing & Distribution (Southern) of Charlton, London has pleaded guilty to using a vehicle when the speed limiter...

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Hazgoods under the spotlight

On 1 January the first of what could be a barrage of changes to hazardous goods haulage comes into force, when drivers in this...

A third proposal, currently under discussion, would require risk prevention officers

(RPOs) to be appointed by any organisation concerned with packing, loading, transporting, unloading and storage or disposal of...

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Readers Digest contract

I would like to clarify that Paul Spain Group still retains a contract for the delivery of Reader's Digest magazines...

Stand up for our industry

A s usual, hauliers were hit the hardest in the budget and mini-budget, with an extra 4p a litre on diesel(CM.15-21 December /...

Attitudes must change

W ith reference to your article on haulage boss Tony Salter who said that truck drivers are workshy and would prefer to draw...

Media targets

T have recently retired after 1 spending a lifetime in the road haulage industry And I would like to comment on a letter in...

Time for a re-think

T he Government's rejection of 44-tonne trucks offers an opportunity for the freight industry to reassess its whole approach to...

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nuon

Our 1994/5 parcels survey was carried out at the height of the Christmas rush to test the mettle of the UK's parcel carriers in...

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TOUGH TORQU

Hino's 295hp FY1P eight-legger snatched CM's top tipper fuel record from ERF. We've tested its more powerful big brother—the...

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OPERATOR VERDICT

O ur test vehicle is owned by Al Plant and Haulage of York which has been running Hinos for 15 years and has 16 on its fleet...

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RECENT AND IMMINENT LEGISLATION

cif= coming into force SI No 298 Quick Frozen Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1994 — cif 1 September 1994. Implements EC...

FUTURE LEGISLATION

UK • 1994 Budget—extensive reform of Vehicle Excise Duty with changes to several tax classes. Increase in Excise Duty on...

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H ow do armies get their tanks up to the battlefront?

Simple—you stick them on the back of trailers However, when WWII kicked off we had the tanks, but not very many...

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SCAMMELL PIONEER

B y today's standards,the Pioneer is a tough drive that will build both muscles and character if you work with it for any...

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DIAMOND -T T he Diamond-T is a real eye catcher, with its

long louvered snout and craggy look. Unladen it sounds tame but with something to pull it begins to roar. Pete Stanier's old...

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THORNYCROFT ANTAR

M ore than 1,000 Diamond T tank transporters remained in service with the British Army long after WW2 but with heavier...

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SCAMMELL COMMANDER

T he purpose-built 6x4 Commander is better than previous tank shifters, both in capability and reliability. For starters...

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n 24 November 1994 at 13:10hrs in perfect weather conditions,

an ageing Vickers Viscount crashed on its final approach to Teesside International airport. Within seconds of the violent...

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PROTECTOR SPECIFICATIONS

Model: Simon Gloster Saro 5.0m wheelbase 6x6 CFR with ladder construction chassis, alloy cab with steel roll cage and modular...

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Time traveller

In our next issue CM will be reviewing the industry's triumphs and disasters of the past year. This year, instead of indulging...

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Pull the Hawk' cracker!

1. Make it American 2 hristmas Eve. The lull before the storm. Kids in bed. All pr e sents wrapped. Tree still standing. The...

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Lights! Camera!

711tCICt Film directors like to make a big noise, and they need something to fill up a wide screen, so it's hardly surprising...

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thu 1.1'.1f) II f)11

In the meadow we can build a snowman...as the song goes. But with this 1929 Scania Vabis snowplough you won't. To this vehicle...

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ifd f] fJOi' P r ,;f 1' 9 1r ill W hat's the highlight of Christmas? The Queen's Speech?

The Turkey? Unwrapping your presents? Answer: none of those. For eXcrutiating Xmas eXcitement it's got to be CM's Total...

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p retencling to be a non-English speaking foreigner when stopped for

driving twice the legal hours is worth a try. The police are idiots after all, aren't they? The last thing you want to admit...

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Fairgroun attraction

For fairground operator Bill Cole home has always had a set of wheels. He is the third generation of his family who has never...

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Issue date: 27 Jan-2 Feb Correspondent: Christopher Over Occupation: Transport Lawyer Subject: Who should decide when to prosecute road hauliers?

(he 'normal' lawbreaker has only the police to fear where the bringing of prosecutions is concerned. No charge brought by the...

Issue Date: 24 Feb-2 March Correspondent: Charlie Lloyd Occupation: Lorry

driver and campaigns director for the London Cycling Campaign Subject: Cutting down on cycle/truck accidents 4 orriet, could...

Issue date: 13-19 Oct Correspondent: Dave Stride Occupation: Road haulier

Subject: Court notification of decisions i / t seems reasonable to expect that if you're unfortunate to fall foul of the law...

Issue date: 29 Sep-5 Oct Correspondent: Richard Edy Occupation: Director,

National Tyre Distributors Association Subject: Greater Police presence at WV breakdowns 4 T he hard shoulder of the motorway...

Issue date: 6-12 Jan Correspondent Mike Billingham Occupation: President United Road Transport Union Subject: Retirement age I ‘

l's no longer necessary for each adult to work more than 40 hours or more a week, 18 weeks a year, for more than 50 years to...

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Issue date: 14-20 April Correspondent Michael Lambert Occupation: Independent recovery

operator Subject: The revised Police rota system g he time has conic for recovery Operators to stand up and be counted....

Issue Date: 24-30 March Correspondent: Dieter Merz Occupation: Managing director Scania GB(now md Scania France), Subject: Why a rail-only Chunnel?

g t's time for us to face the reality of / what rail can achieve. A prime example is the 44 tonnes road/rail debate. Last...

Issue date: 9-15 June Correspondent: Stan Mendham Occupation: Chief executive

Forum of Private Business Subject: Government failure to deal with late payments i a his introduction to the Government's I...

Issue date: 11-17 Aug Correspondent: Peter Gilder Occupation: Livestock haulier

Subject: Unprofessional animal hauliers C A host too numerous to mention has come blundering into the industry, cutting rates...

Issue date: 7-13 April Correspondent: Malcolm Harrison Occupation: Independent used truck dealer Subject: Blocking illegal truck

sales C PT lie law holds truck dealers responsible for ensuring all vehicles and trailers we handle are free from any...