Dtp Accepts Palm )ian On Taos

• Department of Transport officials are urging Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson to accept all the proposals outlined in the Palmer Report of Traffic Area Offices, including......

Wreckers Warn Of Christmas Chaos

IN Uneconomical jobs may be ignored by breakdown operators this Christmas if the RAC does not meet demands for rate increases, warn the associations representing independent......

Miert Hints At Plan For Max Duty Hours

• Proposals for maximum duty hours for truck drivers could be made by the European Commission within six months, Transport Commissioner Karel Van Miert hinted this week. Van......

Biting Back Ii The West Germans Have Hit Back At

Austria's ban on lorry traffic between 10:00 and 17:00hrs from 1 December by imposing an identical ban on Austrian lorries using West German roads from 1 January.......

Northerns Sold

• Northern bus operators Moor-Dale and R&M, both owned by Eddie Dunn, have been sold to Proudmutual, which operates both Northumbria and Kentish Bus and Coach.......

Helicopter Crash Iii Eddie Ferguson, Chairman Of Storage,...

removals contractor Fergusons of Blyth, Northumberland, and his son Stuart, transport director, were killed in a helicopter accident last Wednesday.......

Nao Slams Dtp On Roadwork Standards • The National Audit

Office has lammed the Department of Transport, Scottish Development Department and the Welsh Office for poor supervision and workmanship of road and bridge building. In an......