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• If You're Looking For Something Snazzy To Go With
your new pair of fluorescent Bermuda shorts this summer, or you're fed up with carrying your surf board on a pedal bike, then those nice chaps at Volkswagen may well have just......
The Revs, Drop The Clutch, And This Unlikely Caddy Will
probably make up your mind for you: as you disappear in a blaze of wheelspin. The diminutive steering wheel is a bit silly, in that it completely obscures the rev counter and......
• Even The Psv Industry Is Being Hit By The
poll tax. An unsuspecting passenger was waiting for a bus at Maidstone, Kent last week when a postman tried to present him with a poll tax demand. It was addressed to The......
• Bus Driver Brian Ratliff Narrowly Escaped Death When He
was electrocuted after exposed power lines struck his bus in pouring rain. The Ipswich Buses vehicle was quickly evacuated but Ratliff received a massive shock from the steering......
• After 30 Years With Bedfords, J S Haulage Of
Thornbury, Bristol, has bought a brace of 10-tonne AWD - Ms for use on brewery contracts, replacing a pair of Bedford TKs. Owner John Shipp says the AWDs are "exactly right for......
• Nottingham Haulier Marshalls Has Generously Donated...
lads from the Nottinghamshire Constabulary who are taking part in the Berlin marathon to raise money for young cystic fibrosis sufferers. This sort of gesture restores the......
• Here Are The Answers To Last Week's Brainteaser On
Leyland trucks, set by Boltonbased driver Peter Holliday: 1, Bison; 2, Comet; 3, Sherpa; 4, Terrier: 5, Boxer; 6, Marathon; 7, Mastiff; 8, Cruiser; 9, Cub; 10, Hippo; 11,......
• Plenty Of Drivers Will Tell You That The Police
speak a different language to the rest of us, but the Fife police are so worried about canny crooks eavesdropping on police frequencies that they are to use scrambling devices......
• Federal Express Will Be Moving In Exalted Circles This
summer, with its sponsorship of a church music festival at Coventry Cathedral.......
• Barry Venables Of Milton Keynes Has Made This Model
1926 Clayton steam wagon, after two years slaving over old Commercial Motor back issues. It is liveried in Brooklands Green with cream lettering edged in black, and has already......
• Don't Be Alarmed If A Geordie Bus Driver Smiles
at you: he's probably still recovering from a day at the charm school where Tyneside bus company Busways is sending its drivers to learn winning ways with customers. Lesson one:......