by Karen Miles and Amanda Bradbury • A number of court cases against hauliers have been dropped following an administration...

• More than 150 representatives from local authorities, police and other interested parties met in London this week to say what...

by Juliet Morrison • As Northern Ireland celebrates six months since the beginning of the IRA ceasefire, hauliers in the...

• Two county councils are to cease check weighing trucks, even though they fear it. could lead to anarchy on their roads. Kent...

time c om g i good time coming, ar o l e m s i n g c, , c b k ozs a ar o l e m s i n g c, , c b k ozs a Mackay 's s words will...

by Miles Brignall • Hauliers who regularly cross the Channel can look forward to a summer of long delays, according to the...

• Hauliers running smoky trucks face fines of up to £5,000 in a two-month Government crackdown on harmful emissions. Transport...

• A truck driver who crashed into a railway bridge killing a motorist has been banned from driving for two and a half years and...

• Vauxhall has this week issued two of the UK's ever biggest vehicle recalls, affecting some 600,000 vehicles. All Astra cars...

by Amanda Bradbury • Scottish hauliers are gathering evidence on what they claim is their competitive disadvantage compared...

on Plymouth pod • The haulier behind the shipments of live animals through Plymouth has pulled out of the operation because it...

in a bid to expand into Europe. The Chelford, Cheshirebased haulier has bought 10 Scania tractive units and 15 trailers for...

by Miles Brignall • Dozens of LGV driving schools face closure following a warning that they could have to pay full vehicle...

• A county council is considering reducing the number of Ford Transits it has in its fleet after a spate of thefts in the past...

by Jack Lawrence • A livestock haulier has been hit with an 18,000 fine for not paying a Meat and Livestock Commission levy on...

• The Department of Transport has changed its mind again on the deadline for ADR certificates. It now advises that hazardous...

by David Harris • A computer program which will tell tired drivers when they need a break is being delivered to van maker Ford...

• Snow loving drivers take note. While most might dread driving in icy conditions, drivers in the ski resorts of Europe revel...

• Emergency services and industry spokesmen have united in warning truck drivers against using gas cookers inside the cab. The...

by Steve Banner • The first MAN 26.322 6x6 gritter and snowplough chassis to be sold in the UK has gone into service with Gwent...

by Bryan Jarvis • Slough Borough Council has become one of the first UK users of Cummins' compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered...

by Colin Sowman • Ford is placing 80 of an initial batch of 105 electric-powered Ecostar Escort vans with customers for...

by Colin Sowrnan • Power Products is importing a range of devices from the US designed to prevent flat batteries if lights (or...

• Drivers hours and tachograph offences have cost four drivers employed by Staffordshire-based haulier DSH Freight Services...

• A Brierley Hill based haulier who bought a stolen excise licence disc has been given another chance by West Midland LA John...

• Oldham-based BJ Crowther & Sons is allowed to continue operating until its licence expires in March 1996, despite maintenance...

12 • Doubts about the repute of a director of the associated companies Ashton & Manchester Waste Executive and Buymoor...

A sa truck drivers will be ware, this winter has seen a number of occasions when the Severn crossing has been closed to...

do you? Security guards employed by Wtmpey to build a motorway in Scotland swapped sides when faced by an angry band of...

R obbie Burns' warning that the best laid schemes of mice and men "gang aft a' glay" are sadly appropriate to our test of...

known pioneers is Kent haulier Alan Firmin which already has a 40-strong ERF fleet and is about to order another four EC14.34s...

As usual, we took our test vehicle out on the road to find out if our testers' views were backed-up by those made by...

always been conservative—and with good reason. The history of road haulage is littered with good intentions that later revealed...

ice shown by flashing squares: the more squares the longer the tailback. The screen can also relay a detailed message about...

T o many hauliers collision avoidance systems may seem an expensive irrelevance. But even on America's relatively uncrowded...

more than 7,500 tractive units and 11,000 trailers in five divisions. One is a division with 500 company employed drivers; four...

At that point, says Brian Kinsey, vice-president of operations and safety for Landstar System, the company fitted 3,000...

M any political lobbyists have spent years inside the establishments hauliers often try to penetrate, and are expert at...

After a lengthy public inquiry North Eastern Licensing Authority Keith Waterworth gave a warning to a major operator. A number...

N o excuses—if your drivers have not been on a dangerous goods Vocational Driver Training Course, and do not have their...

any drivers describe themselves as owner-drivers or self-employed but all too often they do not seem to understand all the...

A t any time an owner-driver and/or partnership may run into cash-flow problems. Creditors are pressing you for payment. You...

S trict liability offences are those where the prosecution only needs to establish the facts; not that the defendant was...

I n the old days of A, B and C licences a licence had a value. Licences could be transferred and regularly were—at a price. Now...

a major contribution to our living standards' 6 t is embarrassing to admit that Terry I Wagon is funny but his comments on...