• There has always been bravado in the trucking industry about wearing seatbelts. In the spacious cab of a 38-tonner,...

the way for the Government to end the Royal Mail letters monopoly have been welcomed by the Forum of Private Business. Slow...

• British Steel's plan to transfer 9,000 tonnes of limestone a week from rail to road in a picturesque part of Yorkshire is...

• Triaxle tractive units, taxed at the concessionary rate for sixaxle 38-tonne artics, can legally haul empty twin-axle...

• Small hauliers co-operative Unit 91 has slammed rumours that it is in financial trouble, saying it has merely restructured...

I/ EC judges have stopped Germany slapping a hefty tax on UK and other foreign operators using its roads. Hauliers faced...

• Recession-hit UK hauliers pay up to 40% less for new trucks than their counterparts in Germany, a new study says. But price...

• The sister of a driver who wa, killed in a road accident while driving his truck two months ago plans to lobby the Dip and...

• Mystery surrounds the future of Nexday Express amid reports that the franchise parcels network has ceased trading....

to the same Thame, Oxon site as its sister company United Transport Logistics. The identities of both divisions will be...

• A proposed code of practice for portable weighpads used in enforcement could lead to weight errors of 25%, the Road Haulage...

The RHA complains that it has not been involved in drafting the code and is asking the DTp for a meeting of "all interested...

• Department of Social Security fraud investigators have joined forces with vehicle inspectors and the Northumbrian police in a...

Comm erc ia Motor's Crimeline initiative by offering readers who have Leyland Dafs stolen use of its vehicic tracking system,...

• Iveco's new EuroTech trucks (CM 7-13 May) will be phased in over the next two years from this October. They are to replace...

• Sturdy Corporation of America has established a UK base in Batley, West Yorks from which to market its vehicle road speed...

• Deutz has expanded its range of liquid-cooled engines, which it hopes will attract vehicle manufacturers without the...

• AWD has launched the civilian M-type 4x4 in the UK, nearly two years after its international launch at the 1990 motor show....

• Hauliers are being told they have escaped the prospect of a massive switch of freight from road to rail when the Channel...

• Harris Distribution has increased its share of deliveries with Boots the Chemist by taking on work to 23 branches in...

• Plans for a new freight ferry service on the Folkestone-Boulogne route are progressing with a French consortium announcing...

• Parcelforce has hit back at claims by Slough-based express carrier Business Post that its newly launched three-day service,...

• TNT has won its first contract in the packaged lubricants market with a multi-million pound deal with Shell Oils. About 40...

of 62 ERF tractor units with tank trailers by Crane Fruehauf to service the contract it recently won with Shell's Merseyside...

IN BRS's bid to offer Hoover a European trunking service includes a new trailer designed to meet Euro height restrictions. At...

• Comtrans, distributor of hitech products, has boosted turnover from E8m to Mm in less than a year since Christian Salvesen...

/Anthony Biker, managing director of AW Biker, was jailed for nine months at Teesside Crown Court after being convicted by a...

/ Robinson & Birdsall, of Leeds, and one of the company's drivers, were given an absolute discharge by Wakefield magistrates in...

Weighed up • On page 16 of last week's Commercial Motor, in the story headed "Query raised on accuracy", we quoted transport...

• North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu has allowed Derbyshire haulier John Wilson to continue operating. Wilson, who...

• Failure to replace a defective tyre after a vehicle had been stopped by police ed to CBS, of Coppull, Lanes, and one of the...

DIRECTORY Il Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses,...

The Health and Safety Executive has lost a court battle to ban tanker drivers from smoking in cabs. Its opponent was a haulier,...

Bodybuilder Robert Wright & Son unveiled its intercity coach body last week — one of a range of new products it plans outside...

• About 60 buses and coaches were gutted in a fire which swept through Strathclyde Buses' largest depot and headquarters at...

• Northern Counties Paladin 48-seater single-decker body had its first public airing on a Dennis Lance chassis last week, at...

• Volvo's 1992 dealer guide for bus, coach and truck operators in Britain and Ireland gives opening times and a full list of...

• Planet Computer Systems, the road haulage industry computerised systems specialist, is holding an open day to demonstrate its...

• A self assessment questionnaire to help waste producers establish whether their wastes are handled correctly, and disposed of...

• Information sheets detailing the Single European Market changes that will affect businesses in the UK after 1 January 1993...

• From 1 September this year smoke emission regulations become part of the annual test. To help operators find out if their...

• A coach park has opened at Spital Square, off Bishopsgate, in the City of London, with room for 20 vehicles. It is open six...

• CM guarantees free publicity for any operator unfortunate enough to become a victim of truck crime. It may not get your...

concern over enforcement standards. And some enforcement officers themselves have warned that the proposed changes in the...

Everyone knows the rules governing motorways — or do they? It's well worth boning up on the subject. • Motorways are the...

Norse Irish Ferries' new Belfast to Liverpool ferry service is owned by the hauliers who use it. Commercial Motor took to the...

the Spanish Enasa truck building interests, Iveco added the company to its list of acquisitions. But few pundits could have...

14-litre engine Strato 365 6x2 looked set to build upon the 350's reputation for good fuel economy. In the event it did not...

a bit faster; 96km/h equated to 1,800rpm, which was just out of the green economy band, but slowing down to 80km/h reduced the...

Irish hauliers' blockaded four meat packing plants. Backed by their trade association they succeeded in getting their...

On the face of it, disposing of a truck you can no longer afford via a vehicle transfer agency could be a good idea — but as...

Government plans announced in the Queen's speech will allow own-account and haulage companies to run their own goods trains. If...

Ifil he mob behind a recent bank job certainly didn't believe in half measures — not content with the loot they took the bank,...

mat oaks may well from little acorns grow ; but one day they may be genetically engineered to do much more, Toyota, with...

inners have now been selected for the Volvo 25-years competition. Jackets go to Alex Tarvet; L Griffiths; Mike Wallington; W...

he introduction of electronic waiting time indicators in bus shelters will let passengers (sorry, "customers") know exactly how...

eader Harry Nickson from Wallesey, Merseyside has recently returned from a visit to India and supplied these fascinating snaps...

• On page 30 of your issue 14-20 May 1992 there is a claim that a Lancashire haulier has taken delivery of the first modular...

• I have followed your articles on enforcement and the concern being voiced by Licensing Authorities and enforcement managers....

• Reading your story in Commercial Motor 14-20 May I felt like cheering. The Irish hauliers who got fed up with the company...

• I have been involved in the road transport industry for 16 years and have just worked out how it is possible to run a...

umerous police checks across the country constantly identify unsafe trucks, untrained drivers, and abuse of traffic laws, but...