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28th October 1993
28th October 1993
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BRIEFS

* The DOT has caved in to calls for ciosep Hy mirrors. at the annual test operators of pre-1988 vehicles are likely to be...

Thieves target LGV test certificates

by Karen Miles • Thousands of stolen annual test certificates are being offered to unscrupulous hauliers as the Vehicle...

EC talks to Austria about eco points

• Austria's entry into the EC is largely dependent on negotiations over its environmental transport policy. According to the...

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DOT plans to simplify hours regs

by Nicky Clarke • The Department of Transport is calling on hauliers to help it simplify the domestic drivers' hours...

Commissioners will maintain clampdown

• The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority is reporting an increasing number of LGV drivers to the Traffic Areas despite moves...

Haulage veteran goes out in style

NI Haulage boss Arnold Johnstone made hs final journey by truck last week when his coffin was can - led to church on one of his...

Spotlight on tired drivers

• The problems of tired drivers were highlighted this week as one driver was jailed for falling asleep at the wheel and doctors...

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M agistrates are demanding clarification of hours laws Following a hearing

which concluded there is no obligation For drivers to record their working hours before taking over a vehicle. Although the...

• United Transport UK is contesting a High Court writ

from six drivers, claiming that the tanker giant illegally broke their conditions of employment. Last week the BET subsidiary...

ID plants set for buy-in?

• A management buy-in of Leyland Daf's two component plants emerged this week as a possibility, as the company's receivers...

London truck numbers drop

• Evidence of the depth of the recession for London operators was shown this week as Government figures revealed a massive drop...

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M62 link scrapped

• Local hauliers are up in arms over the scrapping of a planned motorway link road between the MI and M62 near Huddersfield....

Ban will cause 10-mile detour

• Midland hauliers operating 1,750 vehicles a week could be forced to run 10 miles out of their way to avoid a proposed truck...

Hours case folds

by Amanda Bradbury • Rotherham haulier JG Osborne has made an official complaint to the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire...

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MULTI-AGENCY WARNING

• Renault is warning its dealers that truck importers could move to multi-agency dealerships if the motor industry's Block...

Lynx wins auto deal

by Juliet Parish • Component distributor LE Chapman is to close three of its four satellite branches and dispose of 45 vans...

Milk Marque releases its first phase milk tenders

• The first of three phases of tendering for Milk Marque's haulage contracts began this week with the release of tender...

• Conciliation service ACAS will try to settle months of

unsuccessful pay talks between Prestons of Potto and the Transport & General Workers Union next month. The TGWU wants the...

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Stars of tomorrow arise in the East

by Bryan Jarvis • Japan's motor engineering moguls regard environmental demands seriously and the com• mercial vehicles at the...

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BRIEFS

• Tanker equipment manufacturer Drum Engineering has developed a fail-safe device to prevent the wrong type of petrol being...

Green dery seal failures

• Operators in the US have experienced a nationwide rash of fuel seal failures since the introduction of low-sulphur diesel on...

Drawbar or artic?

• Fifth-wheel and drawbar coupling manufacturer VBG is holding a free operator seminar called Artie or drawbar? at the Lord...

M&G kit subframe

• M&G Tankers and Trailers of Lye, Stourbridge has developed on interlaced steel subframe designed for use with kit bodywork on...

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Streamlining for R cabs • All new R-cabbed Scanias will

be offered with air deflector kits as standard from early next year. Scania is still finalising details but it is likely that...

FRUEHAUF KEEPS DRY AND COOL

• Climatic variations usually have to be taken into account when transporting temperature-sensitive goods such as...

Foden keeps faith with Cat

• Foden remains committed to offering Caterpillar engines as an option in its UK heavy truck range—although it has still to...

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No stick in the mud

EATON CLAIMS THAT TCPS/CTIS OFFERS A NUMBER OF BENEFITS TO ON/OFF ROAD TRUCK OPERATORS INCLUDING: • RIDE: Significantly...

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York trial

• Pickering magistrates have committed Leominster haulier Cohn Bowen, and one of his drivers Edward Blatchford, for trial at...

Pipes aboard

• Loading earthenware pipes up to the headboard for safety cost Bolton-based Cooper Clarke Group, and one of the company's...

Family line

• J A Harkins (Transport), of Llanharan, has been ordered to make an £841 redundancy payment to lorry driver Anthony French. A...

Kane loses two

• Maintenance problems have resulted in the authorisation on the licence of Reclbourn, Heftsbased Kane Haulage being cut from...

Over seeded

• A second axle overload on a vehicle carrying seeds cost R&J Thompson Sand & Gravel, of Beverley, £320 in fines and casts...

ours start with driving

• The tachograph regulations do not apply until or unless a driver begins to drive, and a 24-hour period begins at the first...

Hearing clears 18 Osborne drivers

• No action was taken against 18 drivers accused of drivers hours offences employed by Rotherham international haulier JG...

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A month's supension for EEC

• South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner has suspended the licence held by Kings...

Failed to report convictions

• A failure to report convictions led to Norman Road Haulage (Wimbledon) receiving a warning from the South Eastern &...

Faulty weighbridge caused van overload

• Chipping, Preston-based 3 & B Haulage and one of its drivers have been cleared of overloading the front axle of a van by...

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ANNUAL PAPERCHASE

"Pssst...wanna buy an annual test certificate?" Not the kind of thing your average punter offers you in the pub. Or is it? If...

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Crocking all over the world

D t first glance at this picture I was distracted by the the two tiny but Perfectly formed women standing on this vintage...

Fawkes alarm

U he sight of a man hanging from a bridge led several motorists to contact the emergency services believing they were witnesses...

Failed take-away

i D Chinese trucker failed to hi-jack a flight to Taiwan because the crew refused to believe that his bottle of vegetable seeds...

Anneka of the woods

BC Television's Challenge Anneka has refurbished a school in war-torn Croatia in a project which took just three days. Haulier...

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DEALERS

Fiats in Cardiff • Cardiff Truck Centre has become a sales and service

11111Mil

dealer for Fiat's range of light CVs, The company, now CTC Fiat, is based at Hadfield Road, Cardiff. Contact (0222) 666806.

Pumping up

• BSP Hydraulics of Barnsley, S Yorkshire, has been appointed distributor for Hydro Rene Leduc hydraulics for tipping gears,...

Cheltenham lifts

• The TCM range of fork-lift trucks are now being sold at Cheltenham by fork-lift truck repair business County Handling....

EVENTS

Truck advances • Fleet operators will gain a better understanding of today's advanced trucks at a conference being arranged...

Foden enthusiasts

• The Foden Society plans to hold a gathering next June for enthusiasts of Fodens built between 1856 and the present. It...

Design by law

• Vehicle coupling manufacturer VBG is staging seminars on the impact legislation is having on truck design and purchasing The...

Waste developments

• A one-day seminar on developments in vehicle design and transport systems in the refuse collection industry will be held by...

COURSES

Timely law • A one-day course on drivers' hours will be held at Warrington on Wednesday 24 November by tacho chart...

SERVICES

Hazwaste disposal • A hazardous waste osal service has been designed by Biffa Waste Services to help hauliers with workshops...

Ecomat support

• ZF Great Britain dealers have introduced four levels of service support for the Ecomat automatic transmission. Contact ZF on...

TRUCKSTOPS

Food for thought • Pavilion Services will give free meals to drivers who fillup with diesel at one of its 11 service stations...

PAVI LION

£5.00 voucher for the shop for every 10 stamps collected. Contact Pavilion Services on (0895) 233333.

PRODUCTS

Steering lock • A steering-wheel lock designed to stop thieves turning the wheel even if the steering column is broken is...

Computer update

• Trace Systems has upgraded its fleet management software. It can now give reports on a truck's operating costs over any...

ROADWORKS

M4 corttraflow • The westbound carriageway of the M4 between J18 to J19 at Bristol, Avon, will be closed for reconstruction...

M5 delays

• Drivers are warned of possible delays on the M5 between J26 near Wellington, Somerset and J27 near Sampford Peverell, Devon....

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A Blackpool general haulier which lost two vehicles worth £40,000 from

its yard between 20:00hrs on Friday 1 October and 08:00hrs the next day, is offering a "substantial reward for information....

H eavy haulier ALT Transport Services has lost a Scania R113M

rigid fitted with a sleeper cab which went missing within one and a half hours of being left. The flatbed eight - wheeler, reg...

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Over the foc144....

Banks may be overcharging by up to £100m a year on overdrafts. Now help is at hand in the form of computer programmes that...

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• At the beginning of the year tipper operators benefited

from an increase in operational weights. For the majority of existing eightwheelers there was a choice between gaining half a...

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Next month hauliers can begin tendering for 23, depots and

their vehicres from the Milk Marketing Board. Who will get the cream? T he Milk Marketing Board for England and Wales plans to...

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DOUBLE ACT

At last a buyer may have emerged for BR's Freightliner service as Russell Davies and P&O consider making a joint bid for the...

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Unauthorised change

We have operated six artics since obtaining an 0 licence five years ago. We bought a replacement tractor at the end of January...

' A , If your operator's licence L_ authorised not more

than six motor vehicles and you already had six other vehicles specified on it when using the new tractor you were committing...

Animal welfare on the move

We are livestock carriers and carry sheep, pigs and cattle to farms and markets in the UK and on the continent. Can you tell...

A The proposals have been made by

the EC Commission and are contained in draft amendments to EC Directive 628/91 which deals with the protection of animals...

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Checks campaign

e have just read your issue 30 September-6 October and again we see more road checks equals more defaulters. We also see more...

The true cost of truck theft

E NITS, a family-run haulage company of 13 years, had two tractor units stolen from a fleet of 14 on Friday 1 October this...

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'I estimate that the ban has cost the taxpayer £4,000 in benefits'

( I n April three magistrates banned me from driving for six months. I had gone through a red light on the Al 1, two seconds...