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• The Japanese Are Set To Make Further Inroads Into
Europe's van market, warns a study by the Economist magazine's Intelligence Unit. By 1991 Japanese manufacturers will have a 15% share of the light commercial market in the......
Europe—land Of Rha Slams Hgv
the rising van licence plans • The Road Haulage Association has hammered Department of Transport plans to reduce the HGV drivers licence weight threshold from 7.5 tonnes to 3.5......
Municipals' Buying Power
• Local authorities account for 4% of the UK truck market — but they have been slow to recognise their coherence as a sector, and make demands for better products and services,......
Driver Awarded £14,000
• A tanker driver who was hurt when another truck ran into the back of his vehicle has won .274,000 damages in the High Court. Derek Goldfinch suffered whiplash injuries and......
• Police Hunting Thieves Who Hijacked Two Lorries In...
attacks at a motorway service area have issued a new warning to drivers parking their vehicles: always keep passenger doors locked and be careful when returning to lorries. The......