• How wrong can you be? Despite all the fuss and bother over the claimed accuracy or inaccuracy of dynamic axle weighbridges it...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate wants to introduce HGV testing at approved operators' sites, with tests conducted by VI examiners....

• The Scottish Bus Group is expected to put Highland Scottish Omnibuses on the market this week — it is the last of the...

• Readings given by controversial dynamic axle weighbridges are fair, the Road Haulage Association has conceded. The RHA's...

• Crane Fruehauf s parent company SESR has bought part of the Wilcox group's tipper manufacturing operation. Bodybuilder...

• The Road Haulage Association's South Eastern district has received 12 letters from MPs supporting its Budget call for...

• Theorists and academics who lack transport experience must not be allowed to dominate the transport debate, FTA...

• A 380km east coast road from Cambridge to Teesside has been proposed by seven county councils in eastern England.

• HGV speed limiters should be an integral part of new vehicles and not a "bolt on extra", says the FTA, ° opposing...

lishes the findings later in the spring. But transport lawyer Jonathan Lawton says he remains convinced that dynamic weighers...

• A national register of waste carriers must be set up if legislation on moving waste is to run smoothly and effectively, says...

• A TNT driver has escaped prosecution for allegedly breaking Condition Five of the London Lorry Ban, which states that drivers...

to 41.6p/litre as CM went to press on Tuesday, bringing its prices in line with Shell.

• The sixth Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution Exhibition and Conference is being held on 5-7 November, at the...

• The Road Haulage Association's Young Executive Section will hold its annual general meeting and conference on 15-17 March at...

• A 75-bedroom truckstop is due to be opened at Lynn, Cheshire by early 1993. The project will replace the neighbouring Poplar...

users in a typical accident, says the Bus and Coach Council, following a consumer programme report on a boy killed by a truck...

• Truckworld, the 63bedroom tnickstop off the M25 near the Dartford Tunnel, should be sold in the next couple of days, says...

• Islington Council is chipping away at the Government's Red Route scheme, which it is rejecting as a potentially dangerous...

• Truck checks are being stepped up in Kent, following the merger of two police traffic divisions, which are now run from one...

• Haulier Mike Pickering is to go it alone in his campaign to unite small operators to negotiate for better rates. This follows...

• Lincoln Haulage has been ordered off the road by North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley. The Houghton Le...

• Anyone driving an EIGV on Jan Hus's anniversary in Czechoslovakia, at night in Switzerland or on the afternoon before a...

• Leyland Dots soon-to-beunveiled revamped Roadrunner is expected to be up to 15kW (20hp) more powerful. The Roadrunner name —...

• Specialist carrier Daly Transport Services claims to be running the biggest hanging garment semi-trailers in the UK. The...

• The Automobile Association is taking on five new vehicles which, it says, are its most advanced roadside rescue units to...

• A refrigeration unit for carderived and micro vans is being offered by Ipswich-based company Hubbard Transport Refrigeration....

• Cheshire haulier Firmin Coates is to fit self-tracking rear axles to all of its new trailers, after discovering that each...

• A truck powered by coal slurry could be on the cards. Detroit Diesel of America is running'a feasibility study for the US...

• Four British hauliers will help determine whether Finnish truck builder Sisu attempts to break into the UK market. The views...

• Foden Trucks is stepping up its attack on the municipal market with the sale of three 17-tonne 2000 Series refuse collection...

• Truck cab manufacturer Motor Panels has gone into receivership, despite making a £2m profit last year. The business went...

• Truck drivers are faring the worst in this year's pay round, according to a report from pay research unit, Incomes Data...

• Truckrent is believed to be on the verge of finalising the sale of its contract hire business to Ackers Jarrett, one of the...

for global attack • TNT Express has merged its three international operations — TNT Skypak, TNT Mailfast and TNT Express...

• Parcels firm ANC is to put a revised agreement before its franchisees later this month, which would give the company greater...

Barry Fisk, former commercial director at WilcoxSeadyke, has been made redundant. The company has been trading in...

now has over 1,000 members on its books, says director Bob Sutton.

• Despite its declared intention to expand its interest in waste management, NFC has ruled out making a bid for Biffa because...

• Profits at Saab-Scania's truck division fell by 19% in 1990, although the group's profits rose by 35%, according to the...

• The estimated £25bn bill for rebuilding Kuwait's infrastructure after the Gulf war could lead to a bonanza for British TIR...

• Staffordshire-based Malcolm Harrison is closing down its contract hire business, which operated about 70 vehicles. The hire...

Carriers of Rain ford, Merseyside and one of its drivers have been given an absolute discharge after admitting using a vehicle...

husband owed more than 2,000 in fines and back-duty has finally had her licence renewed for 12 months. Llanelli-based Nia...

• In CM 7-13 February we incorrectly reported that Leeds-based tipper operator Kenneth Moorhead had five vehicles cut from his...

• Vehicle excise licence offences have led to the revocation of the eight-vehicle licence held by O'Donovan (Waste Disposal) of...

• Ryland Dobson, which hauls liquid glucose and brewing sugar, unfairly dismissed a tanker driver after he was involved in a...

r:31,• I3arrisley _ based James 0, Durrans (Trans port) has suc

Sheffield Crown Court accepted that Barnsley magistrates had failed to take into account substantial mitigating circumstances....

• RS Crooke, a 3radford-based paper merchant, has had a string of environmental conditions imposed on its seven-vehicle...

• A charge accusing Tesco Stores of failing to ensure the safety of its employees when a driver was run over by a reversing...

• Three bodybuilders have announced plans to take on Dennis's Lance single-decker bus chassis, which is due to be launched in...

• An auction for Omni manufacturer City Vehicle Engineering's equipment and stock will be held on 21 March at its Shilclon base...

• Manchester-based bodybuilder WB Cunliffe & Son has delivered its first four Leyland Daf 400 high-roof vans, fitted with...

• Nottingham City Transport looks set to buy South Nottinghamshire Bus Company's assets, but the contract is not expected to be...

• Stagecoach has been named the preferred bidder for Bluebird Northern, which is set to be the sixth Scottish Bus Group firm to...

• Alternative Chassis Engineering is planning to step up production of its new low-floor Cougar chassis, with a target for 50...

right to drive non-commercial buses with more than 16 passenger seats — but there will be a concession for some experienced...

to the West Midlands ambulance service. The Wadham Stringer-bodied vehicles, designed for paramedic use, will be delivered...

• Leyland Daf vans, in conjunction with Daf Belgium, has driven a 400 Series van nonstop for over 160,900km (100,000 miles)...

/ Vauxhall has won two orders for the Astramax and Astravan. The West Midlands Fire and Civil Defence Authority has taken...

• The current Astramax cardo - ived van will not be replaced when the new Vauxhall car and Astravan ranges are launched later...

• The Seat Terra diesel van now boasts increased power and torque from a larger VW diesel engine. The 1,398cc unit replaces the...

• Citroen launched its revised Sevel van range, the C25 Series 2, on 4 March. This completes the UK Sevel lineup; Peugeot...

been sponsored by Seddon Atkinson. It has made the Hawk the temporary custodian of three spendid "knight of the road" grille...

captured by the Hawk's sharp-eyed lensman on the M40 last week. He is seen apparently giving the cold shoulder on the soft...

boss who escaped a drink-driving ban when he proved that he had asked for low-alcohol beer, but his heedless mate had bought...

rudely awakened by the dear lady wife's heckling voice demanding to hear the latest news from the Gulf. Dreading another bout...

nights get shorter and spring approaches, but Tyreservices' tale of rushing aid to more than 100 stranded snow-clearance...

local children in need has been hit upon by ERF employees. Most shop floor and white-collar staff at the Sandbach-based truck...

penalties faced by drivers who drink and drive to excess in Europe. Seven countries have a total ban on drinking and driving —...

• Seddon Atkinson has extended its dealer network. Knottingley Trucks is providing sales, full parts and servicing for West...

• Magna Trucks has been appointed a Foden parts and service dealer for central East Anglia_ It offers full CV repair from...

• Felixstowe-based PCS has taken over the running of the Esso Diesel Card fuelling system for the next three years. Contact...

• A one-day conference called Local Public Transport — A Regional Dimension will be held on 12 March by Busways Travel Services...

• The eighth International Week of Transport and Logistics will be held on 16-19 April at the Centre des Nouvelles Industries...

• Ever been driving along in your truck and been unable to remember the frequency of your favourite radio station or find the...

• Lifeline, a Chorley-based company which specialises in language support to the transport industry, is offering oneoff...

• Hauliers in Scotland can now use Datatrak, the vehicle tracking system which allows fleet operators to monitor and control...

• Bainbridge Silencers has introduced one-piece royal blue overalls which are on offer for the next few months at 212.80...

• A compound which is said to balance tyres and wheels while a truck is moving is now available from UK distributor Apaseal....

plug-in device for a cab cigarette lighter which releases aromatic oils as the lighter heats up. The oils — basil, juniper,...

• There will be roadworks on the M25 in Kent between junction two and three until midApril. Most of the time three lanes will...

• The Coach Advisory Service is issuing details on arrangements for coach operators who visit the Royal Tournament at Earl's...

• The police have asked coach drivers not to use Horseguards Avenue, which runs between Whitehall and Victoria Embankment, for...

bus operating industry during the past five years the keys to success remain the provision of reliable, accessible and...

Budgens decided to take back its distribution in-house; MFI reckons its drivers have more job security that way. Commercial...

• Having an in-house transport operation allows you to be more responsive to your customers' needs, insists Chris Kent....

Pat Kennett takes a look at the past Iwo decades of ERF as part of Commerical Motor's Milestones series. MTwenty years ago ERF...

• The report in Commercial Motor about the evaluation by Kent County Council of a Belgian road-rail train was extremely...

• Your comments about the night out allowance (CM 14-20 February) were not bad as such, but I wonder where you get these ideas...

• Yet again the snow threw Britain into chaos. However, the weather proved that speed limiters are not the answer. I witnessed...

• Many hauliers rely on agencies to analyse their tachograph charts. They are secure in the knowledge that this fulfils their...

John Day has been promoted to the post of general manager at Parceline's Sheffield depot. He joined the carrier in 1989 as...

Amanda Hubbard has joined the Freight Transport Association's Midlands tachograph inspection team. She will cover...

Derek Harrison as general manager to handle its fleet of 20 tankers, He has more than 20 years' experience in tankers and for...

He comes from the parts division of Renault Trucks Industries.

Stephen Farrer has joined Heron Distribution as contact controller for a newly awarded Suzuki contract. He is based at Crawley...

of GM Buses. He joined from South Yorkshire Transport where he was engineering executive.

McGHEE/TU RN ER Bus bodybuilder Northern Counties has promoted Frank McGhee from sales executive to sales manager. Alan Turner...

as European development manager. He will be responsible for Northern Europe and Spain. Spaan joined Exel's parent NFC in 1990...

MILES David Miles has joined Central Tyre as divisional manager, responsible for 18 depots across the South-East. He has spent...

TH White, Devizes, distributor for Palfinger lorry loaders, has made Mark Hopkins sales engineer for London and the South-East....

chin's Road Transport Law at the helm. Duckworth also runs Transport Law Services in Woking, Surrey, providing transport legal...

Q drive a Class 3 truck for a large builders merchants who say I do not need to have a 45-hour weekly rest after finishing work...

Q read in a Commercial 1/4.1.Motor article that a tachograph could be up to 20% inaccurate at the end of a two-year period. If...

Q As a self-employed motor engineer I plan to buy a 7.5-tonne box van to convert to a mobile workshop. It will carry tools,...

• The industry was just getting its act together on recruiting and training school leavers to maintain the high-tech systems...

• Euroman, the MAN service and repair workshop in Faversham, Kent, has moved into a smaller workshop but doubled its turnover....

• Christopher Chope, the Minister for Roads and Traffic, has finally announced the date when exhaust emission tests of...

IS Bristol-based 011is Transport Services is now offering fixed-price contract maintenance in its Keynsham and Avonmouth...

• The recession has caused a surplus of trained fitters, and a lack of recruitment means that those made redundant face long...

• Aftermarket exhaust supplier Bainbridge has entered a joint venture with OE manufacturer Wasey in an effort to gain a larger...

III Garage equipment supplier FKI Transervice has restructured its service organisation to "further enhance customer support"....

• 1-1MG has opened a new paint-related training school in Manchester offering one-day courses on safety (including COSHH) and...

• Ault & Wiborg has introduced a two-day training course on refinishing plastic components and special pearlescentimica...

• The Automotive Trade Show will take place at the NEC on 22-25 September.

IN Gardner is offering three-day training courses on its truck engines at its new training centre at Patricroft. The courses...

• Prestwick-based Airfield Equipment Services (AES) has doubled its workforce in five months and is described by BAA chairman...

On 1 April the Vehicle Inspectorate will undergo the first of a number of changes when it joins forces with the Traffic...

Renault's I latest face-lifted R range maximum-weight tractive units. Their deve:opment is the result of evolution, rather than...

ND PARCEL Iveco Ford's aftersales director Gerry Brown believes that iervice technicians are a key part of the economic jigsaw...

Fitting a fifth wheel assembly to a tractive unit is normally handled by the truck distributor, but there is no reason why...

• Motelink has produced its first illustrated parts list detailing the 1,700 workshop consumable items it distributes on its...

• Aquaban 700 is a water separator and sediment trap that is claimed to remove 99.7% of free water from a diesel fuel line....

• Oilcheck is a do-it-yourself oil monitoring device from UCC International. To use the hand-held device a clean sample of the...

• Magic Square is a simple device that is said to instantly magnetise and demagnetise screwdrivers or other tools. It is...

• Wabco Clayton Dewandre has increased its range of trailer control exchange units to include load sensing, regulating,...

II A range of specialists exhaust fitting tools are being marketed by Bainbridge through its Timax and Truckmaster stockists....