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• France Computerised Routes
The Logitrans range of computerised route-planning systems is beginning to catch on in France. Strangely enough, one of the major users is the SNCF (French railways), which......
• West Germany Bonn Gets Strict New West German Road
traffic restictions are expected to be brought in this year, extending the compulsory fitting of seat belts to artics and trucks. Verkehrs-Rundschau, 6 June.......
• Italy On The Limit Italy And France Are Apparently
so far the only European countries planning to introduce speed limiters. Italian vehicle manufacturer have only 18 months to include speed limiters in their production......
• Austria Angry Germans
If a proposed general motorway toll is brought in in Austria, West German operators will obviously suffer and it is possible that Bonn will introduce some kind of......
• Greece Fixed In Greece A Breakdown Service Is Being
set up on the Greek National Highway between Thessalonika, Athens and Patras. The road will be devided into 13 sections, each of which will be the responsibility of a different......
• Switzerland Building At Belchen Building Work Means...
Belchen tunnel in Switzerland at the start of the GotthardRoute or N2 is likely to be restricted to single-lane traffic until late September. Verkehrs-Rundschau, 11 April.......
• Sweden Who's Champ
The Professional Truck and Bus Driver Championships of 1987 will be held in Sweden on 11-13 September. The UICR has commissioned TTT (Trailer Trucking Team), the Swedish member......
• East Germany Time For A Nap
The East German authorities are tightening up their control procedures on roads leading to Berlin from West Germany because so many accidents are said to be caused by over-tired......
• Czechoslovakia Robots From Bournemouth
The DeVilbiss Engineered Systems Group in Bournemouth has received an order for two DeVilbiss TR4004 robots for the Zaz truck plant in Czechoslovakia, The robots will apply......
• Ussr Stare Crazy
Soviet art has mirrored life, or a Marxist-Leninist vision of life, for over half a century — and vice versa, writes Edward Steen. In the late 1970s a spate of lorry accidents......
• Usa Dumper Trucks?
Malcolm Baldridge, US Commerce Secretary, under strong pressure from Congress, has signalled a readiness to work with the US motor industry to investigate allegations that......
• Saudi Arabia Get Out Of Town
The Saudi Arabians have restricted the time foreign trucks may stay in their country when delivering goods to 10 days from the moment that customs formalities are completed.......
• China Going East
Four senior managers from Sinotrans, China's state forwarding organisation, have been visiting Britain as guests of LEP International. Sinotrans signed an agreement with LEP 18......