he British are a placid lot: slow to anger, quick to forgive. But back a Brit into a corner and he tends to come out fighting....

by Patric Cunnane • Up to 700 Irish lorry drivers could lose their jobs if plans for a massive freight park near Dublin go...

• The Road Haulage Association is calling for urgent action on haulage costs, congestion, enforcement and the environment in...

• The employment rights of drivers and transport staff took another blow last week when the Court of Appeal ruled that...

by Karen Miles • Two former ANC franchisees have accused management at the parcels operator of being misleading with the truth...

• Car industry problems continue to dog Tibbett & Britten with senior management forecasting a "quiet start to 1997 trading"....

• Dawsongroup's truck-hire 'profits fell by 19% last year as a result of tough competition and over-supply in the market It...

• P&O ferry firm Pandoro was at the centre of another livestock row last week as animal rights group Compassion in World...

• International drivers who are unable to carry the previous week's tachograph records while abroad are being advised to carry...

Ely advertising in Commercial Motor you are ensuring that you are appearing in the magazine that is best read by the UK's road...

by Miles Brignall • Two weeks ago Shropshire haulier Peter Court of PJ Court & Son had his truck impounded for two hours by...

• Palfinger distributor TH White of Devizes, Wilts, has introduced the Austrian company's Palift range of hook loaders. Three...

• Three Volvos will make their show debut at TipCon in April. The company's new FLC 7.5tonner, launched last year, will he...

• Peugeot is supplying AccuRead, the meter reading company, with 1,000 vans, A hundred Peugeot 106 vans per month are to be...

by Bryan Jarvis and Bill Godwin • The recent first-stage handover of Securicor's Omega Express parcels distribution centre at...

• Cummins' 14-litre N-series engine is to stay in production along with the Apex. Cummins' line at the Mid-America Show was...

• Citroen has launched a school minibus package. The deal comprises a Relay 17-seater minibus, on-site RoSPA driver training,...

• A Norbert Dentressangle Continental driver was given an absolute discharge for failing to take sufficient daily rest after...

alko driver caught dri ving while disqualified has been jailed for four months. Ronald Love, of Council Street, Llay,...

• A West Yorkshire haulier had his licence reduced from eight vehicles to six at his first appearance at a public inquiry in...

• A Wakefield civil engineering company which had a vehicle involved in a serious accident last September has had its operating...

• Designed and developed by Smokecloak and believed to he the first of its type on (he commercial vehicle market. (he new SY24...

• Hatcher Components has added a further safety product to its range of ancillary truck equipment, for guarding against the...

• Midland-Grau has just launched ILAS III, a simpler valve package for the control of lift-axles on CVs. Correct positioning of...

• Back-Eye, from CCTV specialist DSP, is an in-cab rear viewing system designed to improve rear vision for all vehicles where...

by Dan GiEkes • Leeds-based heavy haulage company Vanguard Vehicle Services has invested in two special vessel-carrying...

T'd like to reply to DG Buffrey's letter 1(01/13-19 March). In compliance with the EC 2nd Directive on the harmonisation of...

clothing. Hands and faces were like magnets to the persistent drizzle. Our feet ached, our minds were numb, and the darned...

Silentnight's Mr Khan evaluated the mattresses under five headings: aesthetics, workmanship, ticking and fillings, dimensions,...

Once again, we took advantage of MIRA's unique ride meter to test the ride quality of each truck over Iwo surfaces. The meter...

This year's noise tests took the usual form: a test of in-cab noise at tickover and while driving at a constant speed, plus a...

We first took the cab interiors down to more or less ambient temperature (around 5°C at MIRA that night) by simply opening the...

colours that made the Foden feel like an old cinema, but on closer inspection we found it even has swivel-type ashtrays! The...

cab by lack of standing room in which to use it. The cab feels airy but when it comes to getting dressed there's actually very...

trim isn't to everyone's liking but it's done subtly here and combines with the leather seats to lend a feel of luxury—this is...

I n the past four months strikes in France, Spain and Greece have caused severe hardship and losses to UK hauliers. Many of...

E nforcement authorities, once they have decided to prosecute for overloading, have an option to prosecute for the offence of:...

• The principle of being innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply in overloading cases. The position seems to be that the...

W hen an operator is granted a licence he gives an undertaking that he will ensure his vehicles are not overloaded. The...

0 ne Sunday in February a UK driver was driving through France hauling perishable goods. The driver had been on holiday the...

W ith the introduction of selfassessment, the taxman will be looking ever more closely at all payments to employees. One area...

SHOCK! T he cold wind of financial reality has recently swept through the DaimlerBenz industrial empire, but not so much as a...

F or the first time in more than four years, union leaders and management at Castle Cement are formally discussing the pay and...

A uctioneers are fond of saying that auctions are the best barometer of the real value of a vehicle,. The truth of this adage...

I t is now the law of the land for local authorities to assess the levels of road traffic in their areas and come up with some...