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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

( 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...