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3rd August 1989
3rd August 1989
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LANE INDISCIPLINE

• Cecil Parkinson has only been Transport Secretary for a week, and already the "good ideas department" is in full flood....

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Lorry ban plan foi private roads

• Trucks and coaches could be banned from toll roads built by private road contractors eager to make their motorways more...

M25: fourth lane furore

• Department of Transport proposals to squeeze a fourth lane out of the existing threelane M25 motorway have been received with...

Trailer package

• TIP has won a multimillion-pound contract to supply parcels specialist ANC with 110 12.2m tandem axle ,Crane Fruehauf box van...

Mixed result

• Registrations of 38tonne artics fell by 11% during June, but in the 12 months to June, registrations of all HGVs rose 18%.

Rage in Eden

• At Eden District Council in Cumbria, the council's own workforce beat off bids from Sitaclean Technology and Biffa to win a...

Green tax • Friends of the Earth is calling for

hauliers to pay a fuel tax on diesel and petrol on the principle of "the polluter pays". Its latest report, Air and Pollution...

Modern poets

• P&O European Transport Services (POETS) has been restructured for the run-up to 1992 and the Single European Market.

t j nx print

• NEC firm Lynx Express Delivery Network has sealed a 000,000-a-year contract with Primary Print Group. Under the deal, Lynx...

Halt at Hemel

• The receivers have been called in at computer and electronic equipment haulier Hemel International Transport (UK). The...

Big deal

• Strathclyde Buses has bought 95 Alexander-bodied Volvo Citybuses — the operator's first on this scale since 1983 — is worth...

Its a deal

• Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel has placed an order for 252 railway wagons, designed to carry HGVs and their drivers, with...

Bella deal • TNT Newsfast has won the nationwide distribution contract for the women's magazine Bella.

Sally plans

• Sally UK Holdings says it might expand Red Funnel's road transport interests if its bid for the Isle of Wight ferry and...

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October wait on judicial review

• The road transport industry will have to wait until October to find out if the London lorry ban's insistence on air-brake...

Special changes

• Special types vehicle braking standards are to be relaxed because current regulations cannot be met by existing braking...

Dock strike abandoned

• The Transport & General Workers Union's docks committee has voted to instruct its members ti abandon their official picket...

Capital freight

• The Department of Transport is backing a research project designed to keep key London routes clear for commercial vehicles....

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Thefts: RHA hits back

• Theft is costing the road haulage industry millions of pounds a year and the problem is getting worse, according to the Road...

FTA celebrates its centenary • The Freight Transport Association celebrates

its centenary this week and Commercial Motor editor Brian Weatherley (left) has marked the event by presenting FTA...

Belt up says Atkins The Government wants seat belts fitted to all coaches and minibuses.

/ All coaches and minibuses should be fitted with seat belts and they should be worn, new roads and traffic minister Robert...

Faster claims • Commercial Union and Scottish General settle motor

insurance claims faster than the average insurance company, according to a survey of 16,000 drivers by the Consumers'...

Road checks • Motorway checks by police in 23 counties

during the past year revealed 470 goods vehicles were unfit to continue their journeys. Offences included overloading,...

Unknown signs • Some coach and lorry drivers can identify

only three out of 10 road signs, according to a Devon police road safety survey.

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Meaner Mercs launched

• Mercedes-Benz this week launches the 1726S tractive unit to replace its most popular 38-tonner, the 1625S. The new 197kW...

MAN tests Bosch technology

• German truck builder MAN is pushing ahead with its research into new technology. The company is testing F90 tractors fitted...

First Quarryman

• Smith & Sons of Bletchington, the Oxfordshirebased quarry owner and aggregates distributor, has taken delivery of its first...

Steyr twin-sleeper

• A Steyr 19S31 tractive unit with the optional ZE 16150 gearbox and twin sleeper cab has joined the eight-vehicle fleet of...

Last Scammell

• What is thought to be the last Watford-built Scammell Roadtrain to be registered has joined the fleet of Wimborne-based Don...

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Leyland Daf wins Tem

• Leyland Daf has won its first on-site repair and maintenance deal with Tesco's distribution base at Snodland. Under the...

IMOG; UK agent

• Rotterdam-based transport and shipping group IMOG has appointed Searite of Tilbury as UK agent for its European trailer...

BRS buys German

• BRS Trailer Rental Southern has bought 50 European tilt trailers from West Germany as part of its preparation for the Single...

Multifreight set for new-look relaunch

• Multifreight will be relaunched this month under the control of a new management team, with a new livery and an extended...

More for Abbey

• Abbey Hill is taking delivery of 35 new Iveco Ford 190.36s as part of a fleet replacement programme.

Baker's five

• M R Haywood (Midlands), the Oldbury-based supplier of catering and baking products, has taken delivery of five Leyland Daf...

Swan's flying

• Swan National, the TSB's vehicle rental, leasing and retailing group, has announced 'substantial progress' in all areas of...

Bock in the fold

• Avis Europe, the van and car leasing and rental group floated off three years ago from its US parent Avis Inc, may be bought...

Nexday signs up its first franchisees

• Parcels carrier Nexday has lined-up 28 budding entrepreneurs for the launch of its new franchise system. It aims to enlist...

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Euro dealers for Foden

/ Foden Trucks is spearheadrig a drive into Europe with he appointment of dealers in rance and Spain. In France, a dealership...

Scottish dealer takeover

• North Scottish Volvo truck listributor James M Forbes Motors) has been taken over py the Town & County Motor j ffarage....

C B still public

• The Scottish Transport Group's ferry subsidiary. Caledonian MacBrayne, is to remain in public ownership for the time being,...

Tiphook's CTR Soviet union

• Transport rental firm Tiphook has signed two contracts with the Soviet Union's international road transport company. Tiphook,...

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More power fo Leyland Daf 95

• Leyland Daf should be offering a 298kW (400hp) version of its premium 95 Series tractive unit in the UK by the middle of next...

Granning launches I wide trailer axle

• A wide-track trailer axle has been developed by Granning UK for car transport and low-loader operators. The axle has an...

Iveco Ford 190.32 TEC British debut

• Southampton haulier British International is the first British operator to take delivery of an Iveco Ford 190.32 TEC tractive...

Allport takes Roadrunner

• Allport Freight division director Dave Worth (left) tool delivery of the Leyland Daf Runnerthon Roadrunner, fitted with a...

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All clear for SBG sale

IN The Transport (Scotland) Bill has received royal assent, allowing the privatisation of the 11 Scottish Bus Group companies...

Cumberland has Lynxes

• Cumberland Motor Services last week introduced four Leyland Lynxes on local routes in Barrow. Since Barrow Borough Transport...

Reading trio

• Reading Transport has bought a Scania K113CRB Elite with Van Hool Alizee H bodywork from Worksop based Stuart Johnson. The...

LRC Boston depot was a 'lost cause'

• Lincolnshire Road Car is closing its South Lincolnshire operations this month. The company, a former National Bus Company...

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Optare takes Metrorider

Optare has acquired the manufacturing and marketing rights of MCW's loss-making Metrorider range, including the 6-seaters and...

Dial-a-Ride cash call

• London Dial-a-Ride has called for increased cash to improve its transport services for disabled Londoners. Dave Wetzel,...

Daf tests soot filters • Daf Buses is putting 20

buses fitted with soot filters on trial in the Netherlands, in preparation for forthcoming vehicle emission legislation. The...

New Falcons for IB NI Ipswich .Buses has taken delivery of seven

registered Dennis Dennis Falcon single-deck chassis fitted with East Lancashire bodywork. The two-doored 44seaters, with ....

EC changes for volunteer drivers

• The threat of special driving tests for volunteer drivers of minibuses has receded with the news that a draft European...

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French drivers nabbed

• A French lorry driver was ordered to pay fines and costs of £400, when he appeared before the Daventry Magistrates following...

MAP drivers tacho fines

• Three drivers employed by Skelmersdalebased MAP Refrigerated Distributors were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £755...

Operator should have waited

rill • The dangers for operators in lig" acquiring vehicles before being granted licence authority were illustrated when...

Bid adjourned

• A bid for a new licence by Pontypridd Tool & Van Hire was adjourned by South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh,...

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Decision reserved

• North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority John Hampton has reserved decision on an application by Doncaster Metropolitan...

Fantail.' surrender

• A continued disciplinary inquiry at which Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd (pictured below), was to...

Fernyhough dozen fined

• Twelve drivers employed by Cheshire haulier Stanley Fernyhough have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £11,000,...

Leane (Plant Hire) licence revoked by MLA Ashford

• Metropolitan Licensing Authority Ronald Ashford revoked the licence of William F Leane (Plant Hire) of Stanley Gardens,...

Stuarts: no action . I No action was taken against

the 14-vehicle licence held by Stuarts Bus & Coach Co when it appeared at disciplinary proceedings before North Western Traffic...

K Line reduced

• Maintenance problems have led to the 12vehicle PSV operators licence held by Huddersfieldbased K Line Travel being reduced to...

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WEIGHING UP ME CRITICS

• As one of the leading UK manufacturers of dynamic axle weighbridges, Central Weighing was represented at the recent Fleet...

BEATING THE LIMITER

• There's a nasty buzz in the air surrounding the industry — the imminent arrival of the road speed limiter. If this does ever...

SHUSH. . . HERE COMES PERKINS • Some noisy gremlins

crept Into your piece about Peter Bottomley enjoying the quiet life with Perkins (CM 20-26 July). The noise reduction numbers...

LADA SAGA • Before the inevitable message comes through, "That's

enough Ladas — Ed", let me refer to Joseph Green's comments under "Eastern Promise" in your issue 13-19 July. Unwittingly, he...

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The new men in charge

• Critics of the Government's transport policies can expect a rough ride from the new Department of Transport team under...

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Ford plans for a bigger share

• Ford is to step up its attack on the light commercial market this autumn. With the P100 turbo-diesel pickup now on sale,...

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No Prima two-stage II Austin Rover has decided against fitting

the twostage injection versions of Perkins' Prima two-litre direct-injection diesel engine in its Maestro van. The two-stage...

Japanese step up European deals

• The invasion of Europe by Japanese car and light commercial manufacturers looks set to change up a gear. In recent months...

Land Rover: twin debut

• Land Rover's much publicised engine problems could come to an end later this year, when it unveils a brand new diesel...

French heavyweight teams

• Renault is joining Citroen by developing a high-payload version of its high-cube carderived van. As Commercial Motor has been...

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• Some might still see cellular telephones as executive toys, but for Dave Longmans they are a life saver.

Longman was travelling north on the M1 in his automatic car with the cruise control set at 70mph (112krn/h). To his horror,...

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AUSTRIA Roadworks Al: Vanous between Salzburg and Vienna. (Nov).

Due to heavy roadworks on the Al: Western approaches to Vienna. It is suggested traffic use the A21 south of the city if at all...

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Treating market-dominating Ford's P100 pickup to a turbo-diesel engine has

done it no harm, with excellent fuel consumption, good performance and a solid finish. • It was a cold, sceptical world that...

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Finding the right roadtransport personnel can be a daunting task

for employers who do not have the time or expertise to search for the perfect candidate. Now Campbell Automotive Recruitment is...

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WORKERS DROUGHT

Road transport companies, large and small, have been warned to plan now for what could be a recruitment crisis in the 1990s,...

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FRENCH ft DRESSING

Like a heavyweight boxing champion corning out of a mid-career lull, Renault's British truck operation is in training for its...

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'High St parking must stop,' says South Wales LA

• BARRY HAULIERS Helen and Jeffrey McCarthy, trading as JEM Transport, were warned that their practice of parking vehicles in...

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Revocation order was 'too severe'

Beckside Haulage of Brighouse, Yorks • THE REVOCATION of the operatoes licence of Beckside Haulage Ltd by the North Eastern...

0-lic duration reduced after fleet inspection

Margaret Howell of St Leonards Herefordshire • AN UNSATISFACTORY maintenance investigation has led to the duration of the...

No evidence driver legally laid off

I G Lee v Highfield Plant Hire • A DRIVER who wrote to his employers, Highfield Plant Hire Ltd, terminating his employment...

Absentee representor: restriction

Aslam Transport of Sheffield • ALTHOUGH the only person making representations on environmental grounds, against a new licence...

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ALTO's model contract spec for tenders

John Durant summarises The Vehicle Repair Challenge. II A MODEL CONTRACT specification document including sample forms and...

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TAX AND THE LAW:

by Tim Keeley Mr Keeley is tax consultant to Aaron & Partners, solicitors, Foregate Street, Chester PROBES INTO HAULAGE •...

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ENFORCEMENT COMMENTARY: CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSALS

• THE CONCEPT of "constructive dismissal", that is the entitlement of an employee to resign because of the conduct of his...

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0-lic warning given to West Yorks haulier

II WEST YORKSHIRE haulier Peter Glover has been given a month in which to seek a new licence, by the North Eastern LA Frederick...

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LEGAL COMMENTARY:

by Jonathan Lawton CONTRACTS • THIS SEEMS to have been a busy month in the haulage world. A number of different events have...

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BEHIND LEGISLATION:

John Durant reports MT conference EUROPE BREAKTHROUGH? In AN IMPORTANT breakthrough may be effected as regards carrying goods...