• The most recent government statistics on British roads suggest that little has changed in the last ten years. Despite all the...

to the road transport industry and higher standards of training, according to the Road Haulage Association. In its reply to...

• A call by the Institution of Civil Engineers to ban all heavy goods vehicles from rural unclassified roads has been attacked...

• General Motors is looking for a buyer for Bedford's Millbrook test track and its Luton design and engineering centre. Since...

Bedford's management has now completed its presentation of its plans for a joint venture with Isuzu at the plant, but it was...

• The European Parliament approved an annual increase of 40% in the allocation of multilateral permits at its meeting in...

• Up to 10% of all HGV traffic currently running on the M25 could be switched to rail when the Channel Tunnel opens, according...

of toyota's Hi-Lux pickup truck at Volkswagen's Hanover plant. The companies plan to start production in early 1989, producing...

the airfreight business by placing one of the biggest orders ever for freight aircraft, worth 21.5 billion. It has ordered 70...

• The High Court has ruled that hauliers are entitled to claim tax relief on stocks of spare parts, tyres and diesel fuel. An...

• Surrey County Council is studying 21 stretches of roads in the county, ranging from A roads to unclassified routes, which...

• Plans by the Health and Safety Executive to maintain a national computerised list of haulage companies which have been...

of Free Enterprise ferry will shortly be sold by tender. Details on Lot 1, which will be restricted to passenger cars...

• Operators can expect no general improvement in the cold flow performance of diesel fuel this winter, following the failure of...

• Despite the recent number of overloading prosecutions against the drivers and operators of two-axle refuse vehicles,...

• Following claims by ERF chairman Peter Foden that 1987 will be the company's best sales and production year since the glory...

pattern used with its 139 and B18 rangechange gearboxes by introducing a new gearchange pattern called Range-R. This system...

• Foden's electronic dashboard made its UK debut at Tankcon in Blackpool last week. It has been developed by Foden's American...

Series models, with orders already being placed by a number of operators including Esso, Murco, Rank Hovis, Tilcon and Wimpey....

• Perkins' naturally-aspirated six-cylinder Phaser truck diesel engine which Renault Truck Industries is due to fit in its...

latest Foden 4000 truck range is Steetley Construction Materials, which has placed an advance order for nine 4250 eight leggers...

• A nationwide load-matching scheme based on Independent Television's Oracle teletext service is being launched this week by...

• A new overnight thinking service between Scotland and Kent via London and Newcastle is being launched by CRS Transport of...

• Increases in the prices of trailers could be inevitable despite the current buoyancy of the market, says Norman Mellors,...

• Temeside Self Drive, the family-owned commercial vehicle hire company, is being split up and sold off in a multimillion deal...

• Red Fox, the international freight forwarding company launched by DHL on 5 May, has announced that its fleet will consist of...

• Lowfield Distribution has won a new contract from Campbell's UK to distribute its grocery products throughout Scotland. The...

• A group of 37 former Trathens coach and bus drivers were fined £8,302 last week by Avon North magistrates court after they...

• No action has been taken against the three coaching firms run by Clayton Jones in South Wales — despite some 700 complaints...

• Somerset-based haulier Arthur Duckett has lost his appeal to have a fine of £1,780 quashed at Taunton Crown Court. His...

Impex Freight Brokers, were fined £5,000 each at Leeds Crown Court last week for conspiring to make false international permits...

• The mandatory fitting of 113kmh (70mph) top-speed limiters to works buses and coaches operating within a limited radius would...

Metrorider midibuses into service in the Kingston area this weekend. The buses will operate on the revised Kingston bus...

London to Oxford and Blenheim, following the withdrawal of City of Oxford's service. Using a lay-over vehicle from Victoria...

• CAPITAL, the London passenger transport users' pressure group, wants all oneperson-operated (OPO) buses banned from central...

MI Well over 100 Optare City Pacer and InterCity Pacer buses and coaches, built on Volkswagen turbo-dieselpowered LT55 chassis,...

bodied by Falkirk-based Walter Alexander, and based on the Dodge '50' series chassis. Each vehicle will have a passenger...

• Scania has developed a new anti-jacknife device for its articulated buses, which it claims is more stable than the system it...

MOT preparation and Tempo 100 checks are exempt from tachograph regulations, and have cleared Smiths-Happiways of failing to...

elected president of the Motor Industry Research Association. He succeeds HRH Prince Michael of Kent. Among a number of senior...

a management buyout from Rover Group earlier this year, has announced the appointment of two non-executive directors. Irwin...

Douglas Mackay, for Scotland, and Stuart Butterick, for the North East, join Peter Thornton (North West) and Peter Evans...

and the South West, has appointed Tony Brimfield as regional sales manager for Devon and Cornwall. Brimfield has over 20...

Hyatt was formerly distribution manager at computer manufacturer ICL. Major contracts under his control at the branch include...

group personnel manager of Biffa Waste Services, the waste management and cleansing company. The new position has been created...

Green's promotion comes after three years as the Institute's national secretary.

(UK), has been appointed a director to the main board of 1' Cowie with specific responsibility for developing Cowie's growing...

Lytham St Anne'sbased Sykes Pickavant, has been elected president of the Garage Equipment Association. He has served as a...

senior sales executive, based at our Manchester office. He is responsible for our advertising sales in the North of England and...

• Sweden's bus and coach industry is facing deregulation on 1 July 1989, but exhibits at this year's Swedish Bus and Coach...

B RS SOUTHERN SWITCH TO STEVENAGE • National Freight Consortium member BRS Southern has moved its administrative HQ from...

LOVETT TAKES ON OLDACRE • Mercedes-Benz specialist car dealer Dick Lovett (Swindon), has taken over the M-B commercial vehicle...

TANKER CALIBRATION FROM THOMPSON • Thompson Tankers, the Northern Engineering Industries group member and tanker bodybuilder,...

LANGDONS WALFORD CROSS • Langdons, the Somersetbased general haulage and reefer operator will be opening a new truckstop at its...

SEALINK BA= TO BELGIUM • Sealink British Ferries has launched a new dedicated freight service between Dover and Zeebrugge....

LEAD-FREE UST FROM TEXACO • Texaco claims it now has a greater percentage of sites offering lead-free petrol than any other...

WELFARE LIFTS FROM RATCUFF NI Two new leaflets from Rateliff Tail Lifts give details of two of the company's current welfare...

SSD ALARM SYSTEM WATCHES LOADS • With many supermarkets and retail chains now insisting on proof that frozen and chilled...

1987 Conurbation Transport symposium to take place from Wednesday to Friday, 28 to 30 October inclusive. The meeting will be...

CM STICKER • The election may be over but the message lingers on! Make sure that you help to make others aware of how vital the...

• London and the South East M2 Kent Lane closures at Cobham Intersection, M2 Kent Major roadworks between Junctions 5...

of Legal Bulletin an article appeared entitled "Legal Commentary: Overloading". I would be obliged if you could arrange for the...

draw your attention to the article on page 42/43 of Commercial Motor — week ending May 30th. At the beginning of this article...

with a national license but reading your article on cabotage (CM 6 June '87) makes me feel uneasy. Would it not be possible to...

of the operational trial of the Van Hool "Alizee" coach with the Cummins L10 engine (AP25), Noel Millier makes the point that...

Mercedes-Benz's G-wagen is more expensive than better established 4WD competitors at the luxury end of the market, but it...

T Brady and Son is one of the old guard — a third generation family haulage business with long-established systems and a strong...

Operators want more .ower from their 16-tonners. Scania's Urban satisfies that demand and its cab is better than most, but it's...

Six years ago the Armitage Inquiry recommended a 44-tonne UK HGV limit. The EEC is pressing for 40 tonnes — yet we're still...

for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), and treasurer of the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers, Gordon Asbury has...

100 metres to a skip. Perfectly natural behaviour for a civic amenity enhancement operative, or whatever they're called these...

This notice, spotted en route to our office, must have been erected to stop those dirty dogs driving in from outside the...

at shows, and Volvo's showing of genuine RED production FL4s at the IWM show at Torquay was no exception. In the operator's...

woman on its council for the first time in its 84-year history. Mrs Margaret Whitaker, 42, is the branch sales manager of the...

Engine featured on this page last week was sold at Sotheby's for 26,800. Terry Shellard who used to drive it, is now its proud...

and OPO buses, growing fears for safety from hooligans and present unemployment figures, isn't it time we had a return to...

photograph of the biggest road load ever in this country. Here's another entry for a record. Jim Wilkinson, North-eastern area...

• Quicks, as well as building, selling and servicing commercial vehicles, is recognised as a reliable "casualty doctor" by...

• The Quick Group has opened a purpose-built integrated bodybuilding and finishing facility, built at a cost of 2150,000, at...

• Fiat's continuously variable transmission in the just launched Uno Selecta, has nothing in common with either the manual or...

• An FSG Specialist Automotive Refinishing factor network has been established by nearly 50 members of the Bingleybased...

1. Commercial vehicle compo nent and distributor Dana is in vesting million in a new distribution centre at Rooksley, Milton...

and four-wheeldrive vehicles and cars for the Republic of Ireland. A new organisation, Heron Suzuki (Ireland), has been...

• At the same time as Leyland Daf gave 21,463 to the Institute of Road Transport Engineers for research into wheel fixing...

• Siebe (Tecalemit) claims to be the largest manufacturer of garage equipment in Europe since buying the garage equipment...

• Conveyorex 87, claimed to be the only event of its kind in Europe, takes place at the Harrogate International Exhibition...

finishes manufacturer SFD GB, of Morley, West Yorkshire (part of the KaIon Group), after six years with BASF Glasurit.

10 The first UK One Stop Shop has been opened in the West Midlands by European Truck Parts at Unit 4, Peartree Lane Industrial...

• French garages are now obliged to display their charges for vehicle repairs, servicing and breakdown assistance, reports...

the Powergen alternator. It can be fitted to the smallest van or car, and will power electric tools or an arc-welder. It...

• IMI Fluidair has introduced a new range of 11 Rotapak rotary air compressors. The smallest provides 0.56m' (20cuft) of air a...

• A grit-blasting machine specialty designed for workshop use, available from P L Tanton Equipment Agencies, is made by Swedish...

• Sykes-Pickavant is producing a 27mm socket which has been designed with deep, thin walls for the removal of diesel injectors...

• Urbanhurst, which has been remanufacturing diesel engine cylinder heads and blocks for the marine, construction and power...

• Turbo, the new two-pack paint system from ICI Autocolor, is aimed at operators who want better looking and more durable...

• Time-Sert differs from most other thread products, says Wiirth UK, in that the insert is a thin wall solid bushing with...

111 Zerohal, a Raychem polymer with outstanding fire safety characteristics, is now being extruded in five sizes for use under...

The basics are a well laid out shop with a level non-slip floor, but no one can avoid hazards unless attention is drawn to...

• Turbo conversion kits for the new-model 2.5-litre diesel Transit and the 1.6-litre diesel Escorts, Fiestas and Orions should...

MI Glass's Guide is publishing two new manuals this month — ICME Manual — Commercial Vehicles, and Technical Service Data —...

• National Tyre Service has produced a 12-page brochure outlining the tyre, battery and exhaust replacement service it offers...

Exclusive • A completely seamless floor made by Resclev, a specialist resin company, has been laid at the London hq of...

a wide range of colours that can be formulated in Valentine's fleet enamel paint system, with the name and reference number of...

• The latest arc welding equipment available from Murex Welding Products are included in a new four-colour arc equipment...

Vehicle manoeuvring causes unavoidable wear to couplings and more than 6.5mm 'slop' can cause test failure. All four...