by Miles Brignall Thousands of drivers who have held licences to drive rigid vehicles since 1991 will be given grandfather...

• ERF boss Peter Foden has denied industry rumours that the firm is about to be bought by MAN. • The proportion of freight...

drivers— eight times more than the Government predicted—look set to lose their Class 2 driving licence as a result of new ELT...

by Derren Hayes • Transport group Norbert Dentressangle is one of the front-runners to buy Lincolnshire-based reefer operator...

• The United Road Transport Union is negotiating a "whistleblower" amnesty with the Vehicle Inspectorate and police forces to...

• Vehicles that are impounded will be confiscated by he courts and sold at auction with the money going into Government...

4 i.m rotection is not a principal, but an expe dient." Benjamin Disraeli's words have a marvellous ring to them. The kind of...

by Miles Brignall • Drivers working for Southampton-based Pitter Bros Transport are being balloted on whether to take...

• Laws designed to reduce the number of bridge bashing incidents have been brought forward by the Government after consultation...

• Trucks are to be banned from travelling through the Lower Town area of Fishguard forcing drivers using the coastal road to...

• Kidderminster-based GL Jones took top honours at last weekend's Truckfest by winning the coveted "Britain's bestkept working...

by Karen Miles • Within the next few weeks the Government will decide whether to allow hauliers to operate at 44 tonnes when...

• Mercedes-Benz is at the centre of a legal wrangle after denying it threatened court action over a billboard advertisement...

* France— French police are refusing entry and imposing heavy on-the-spot fines for drivers without green cards. Vehicles are...

• Preston police are warn ing LGV drivers that they plan to clamp down on those breaking the weight restriction on a weak...

A Ralph Davies driver trapped on the Continent for a month with a consignment of condemned British beef has returned home to...

• Pressure to bring manslaughter charges against the directors of Fewston Transport has intensified following another...

It was typical Truckfest weather— everything from mid-summer heat to fickle spring chills. It was also a typical Truckfest...

S peaking at the TipCon show in Harrogate, Volvo Trucks general manager, Alistair Robinson described the tipper market as...

• A man who told a Manchester public inquiry that he wanted a licence for one truck to allow him to earn a Living, has had his...

cation to vary the e held by West haulier Paul glades, trading as P rge International, was adjourned at Staines Town Hall...

• St Albans Crown Court has quashed a convic tion against ri) I Chelmsford lorry driver Glen Maples for using a dangerous...

• A Wes t Lancashire haulier has been warned that he might be facing a prison sentence after admitting his involvement in the...

• North ‘lestern Traff ic Commissioner Keith Waterworth has described the maintenance arrangements of a Manchester market...

by Brian Weatherley • As fleet engineers head towards Telford next week, plant contractors and construction equipment...

The Institute of Road Transport Engineers takes over Telford for its 27th annual Exhibition and Conference next week. As usual...

by Bryan Jarvis • Faun Municipal Vehicles will not be exhibiting its wares at this year's Institute of Waste Management show in...

R egarding the article on the recent failure of the National Owner Drivers Association (CM 25 April -1 May). Far from "being...

F ()Rowing the story about the Wellman Service Group's new contract at Vehicle Inspectorate testing stations (CM14-20 March),...

2] o doubt Swedish emigres at Scan ia's UK base miss those bracing Scandinavian winter sports: to keep its collective hand in...

0 trucker's lot is clearly I not always a happy one. Not only having to contend with the multitude of restrictive signs on the...

M hen a Volvo FH12 rumbled round CMs scottish test route at better than 8mpg my technical colleagues were most impressed, and...

Ei very year the Scenic] Transport Trust Awards recognise excellence in the restoration of elderly means of transport. The...

• 14-16 May: Site Equip Demonstration 96, Milton Keynes (preview, page 30. Contact: 0181 652 4810. • 15-17 May: Institute of...

For sheer build quality, MAN is hard to beat so it's strange that the breed doesn't inspire the same fanatical devotion as some...

for strength T he depressing news is that only a third of the straps put through our test cycle met their claimed breaking...

We bought a 1990 tractor unit last February from a fleet operator. It had only 150,000 miles on the clock but since its...

F ew expected Lancashire tanker specialist Clayton Commercials to beat recognised reefer manufacturers in last year's CM...

CM'S Intermodal Trailer of the Year Award for its Extendaslide prototype last year, you would have thought that customers would...

When a company fails there are both losers and winners. The winners can include existing management willing to restart the...

Ken DaryaII of Robert DaryaII of Reading believes transport has suffered from political neglect ill-informed public criticism...