By Miles Brignall • The Traffic Area Office network could soon be given "agency" status to allow it to raise the money it...

• The Trades Union Congress is to launch a second week's campaign in October encouraging workers to name and shame bullying...

• The Road Haulage Association says it will sue the government of any country which disrupts the journeys of UK lorries through...

by Karen Miles • Fears that the nation's largest railfreight project will fail to start are creating a crisis of confidence in...

• The results of the Exel Logistics industrial action ballot will be known on 14 September: the Transport and General Workers...

• Norfolk Constabulary is appealing to lorry drivers for help in finding the murderer of a 12-yearold schoolboy found dead in a...

• A quarter of all drivers killed last year in road accidents were over the legal drink-drive limit, Department of Transport...

• Many of the measures to tackle road and rail problems announced in July's White Paper on integrated transport are unlikely to...

by Nicky Clarke • Diabetic drivers who lost their Cl licences this year will be able to reapply for them from the end of next...

RAILFREIGHT IN THE SIDINGS L ess than two months after the Government White Paper restricted UK hauliers to a 41 tonne maximum...

• A haulier, bitter with the Government for being "dead against" lorries, has put his 11vehicle company into voluntary...

by David Craik • A Nottinghamshire haulier has blasted organisers of the London Lorry Ban for imposing "over-the-top" fines on...

• A lorry driver who brought the whole of the Al in North Yorkshire to a standstill as he fought another driver has been jailed...

study in rat-run villages • Lorry drivers travelling through a group of North Yorkshire villages are being targeted in a...

by David Craik • Hauliers delivering in Edinburgh will face a double financial whammy if plans to restrict traffic in the...

• A haulier has been fined £1,200 for not using tachograph sheets on two lorries after she claimed the vehicles had not been on...

• A firm of solicitors is appealing for information from hauliers who may be suffering the side-effects of exposure to sheep...

• Van drivers are being urged to shop around for MoTs after the Office of Fair Trading broke up a price-fixing cartel in...

by Colin Barnett • Exel Logistics Tankfreight has devised an innovative solution to seasonal demands in milk and gas...

• Neway Anchorlok has developed an air suspension system, NSE, with axle manufacturer Societe Mecanigue Bernon (5MB). Neway...

• Running the air-conditioner in your van or truck can use as much as 15% more fuel, tests by the AA have revealed. The AA may...

industry and one of the most successful business magazines in the UK, needs a technical writer to complete its four-strong...

From January 1999 UK artic operators will be able to run at 41 tonnes on six axles. But while the industry holds its breath on...

the UK scenery for ever. It was launched in 1982, since when more than 180,000 have been sold. It currently holds over 50% of...

• A recovery vehicle operator and his drivers may appeal after being convicted of a number of offences while they were...

• The licence held by Bootlebased Gibbons Transport was revoked by North Western TC Keith Waterworth when the company failed to...

• A company from east London has had its licence revoked after it was accused of lacking the will or ability to maintain its...

• Holders of restricted licences should be required to have profes sionally competent transport managers, said North Western...

of false tacho scam • Fines imposed on a Manchester owner-driver for two drivers' hours offences have been halved on appeal to...

Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

A n article in CM (20-26 August) reported Ron Cummings' inability to track stolen trailers. As auctioneers of thousands of...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at...

Ei his fine looking figure of a truck which looks every inch the military vehicle belongs to Michael McGeehan of McGeehan &...

esidents on the Scottish island of Arran are fuming over plans to introduce parking restrictions as at present residents and...

hen you're tucked up all cosy in your bed at night, spare a thought for Harvey Smith MBE from Darlington, County Durham. He is...

The Steyr-Puch G290 doesn't know the meaning of the words "lifestyle 4x4". It's a serious off-roader aimed directly at the...

being sold under whichever badge is deemed best for individual markets—apart from France where naturally it's fitted with a...

BULLETIN VOLUME 2 NUMBER 12 SEPTEMBER 1998 Belt up or face fines of up to £500 The fitting of seat-belts in lHGVs is NOT a...

Exports: Strategic controls proposed White Paper published The DTI has published a White Paper which contains proposals to...

U Bill gets royal assent The Data Protection Bill has received royal assent. The Data Protection Act 1998 will implement the...

Department of Trade and Industry has published regulations for the implementation of the Working Time Directive and parts of...

Inland Revenue has issued proposals for draft regulations on how transactions involving participating currencies will be...

Four points to remember A series of regulations came into force on 1 August. They are: • Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)...

Comments invited The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting comments on a new draft guidance pack to help companies...

New Deal published. The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) has published a White Paper as part of...

Tolley has teamed up with Commercial Motor to produce a major legal reference source for transport managers and turck operators...

Employers are obliged to reduce the risk of injuries caused by manual handling WHILE THE WIDESPREAD PRACTICE of hand-balling...

espraticons Technology has advanced so fast that it is now possible for the driveline of a modern truck to be maintenance-free...

Patrick Hook looks at the technology used to ensure safe passage. F ive years after the private sector took over from the...

overnight should they take more responsibility for security? Pat Hagan investigates. O ne night earlier this year, as the...

increase parking fees. And she stressed: "We believe it will vastly improve security." What disturbs hauliers most is they have...

possibilities anpl looks at the EC transport - White Paper that commenclf D ifferent European countries have long had...

his father's business 26 years ago. But he has few regrets now as his Heathrow-based airfreight operation heads for an Cl 1 m...

Computer theft is costing businesses a fortune, yet security comes way down the list for too many companies. T he cost of a...

Yves Garin, managing director of Renault Vehicules lndustriels UK, believes allowing 40 tonnes on five axles and 41 tonnes on...