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Liability Law Chope
age Association hopes that a consignor liability defence might be introduced. The DTp has sent forms to traffic examiners on which they are to record details of overloading......
Councillors Urge Progress On Palmer Plan
national lorry ban • Somerset County Council has launched what it hopes is the start of a national campaign to ban trucks over 17 tonnes from towns and minor roads. Its report,......
Derv's Down
• Most oil companies will be selling dery for less than 44p/lit at the pumps this week, according to fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment.......
Romanian Rumpus
• Romanian truck drivers launched an indefinite strike this week in a bid to bring down their government.......
Iveco Forward
• Iveco's managing director Giorgio Garuzzo is to head parent group Fiat's automotive operation and is now favourite to succeed Fiat boss Cesare Romiti.......
Dover Drugs
• Two Turkish truck drivers have been charged with illegal drug importation, after a haul of heroin worth over Min was uncovered at Dover.......
Tightening Up
• Security at CPC exams has been stepped up. More inspectors are visiting test centres, exam papers are being packed individually, and candidates are no longer allowed to leave......
Weighting On Hgv Tests
• The Department of Transport has delayed the introduction of minimum-weight test vehicles from April 1991 to 1994 to give truck driving schools time to phase out old vehicles......
Holding On
• Bodybuilder WilcoxSeadyke, which went into receivership last week, is making less than a quarter of its staff redundant so that it can continue operating.......
Olive Branch
• Shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott has offered new Transport Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind an olive branch. "Can we take the ideology out of transport?", he says.......