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Risky Office • Hauliers Carrying Dangerous Goods And...
have to employ a risk prevention officer under an EC draft directive being examined by Euro MPs. The directive could become law by 1 January 1994.......
Safe Beds • Silentnight Beds Has Named Its Driver And
owner-operator of the year. Phil Metcalfe, from Barnoldswick, Lancs, and George Shuttleworth, from Skipton, West Yorkshire, beat 49 colleagues on safety, timekeeping and......
Skye Toll • Plans For A Toll Bridge To The
Scottish island of Skye are likely to go ahead following the Tories' election victory. Opponents want a subsidised, toll-free crossing.......
Road Toll • A Total Of 3,484 Males Were Killed
in road accidents in 1990; a 3% increase on 1989. But deaths of females were down slightly, according to the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys.......
Strike Off • Romanian Truck Drivers Have Called Off Their
threat of an indefinite strike which would have blocked the country's roads and border crossings and caused chaos for international drivers. This follows pressure from the......
More Jobs • Newly Formed Grp Dry Freight And Refrigerated
trailer manufacturer European Truck and Trailer Company is expanding its workforce from five to 35 next month. It is based at the former Beacon Tippers' site at Stoke in......
More Moves On Licences
• In response to Commercial Motor's Loss of Licence campaign, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency says drivers who have lost their licences for medical reasons, only to have......
Hintech Tacho Talks
• Plans to replace tachographs with an electronic device to monitor drivers hours are being discussed by EC civil servants today (23 April). Electronic systems are seen as more......
Iro Looks At Euro Lobbying Scheme
• Moves to bolster the haulage industry's influence in the EC will be made next week when the International Road Transport Union meets in Barcelona. The IRU — of which the Road......