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• Lorry Driver James Smith Has Received The Queen's...
for Brave Conduct for saving five people trapped in a motorway pile-up on the M6 in October 1985. Smith switched off the coach engine, dragged three people from the burning......
Heavy Haulage Ta
• Britain's heavy haulage industry is beginning to feel the burden of the massive twelvefold rise in excise tax on their vehicles imposed in March's Budget. Some hauliers' tax......
Antifreeze Freeze
• A world shortage of ethylene glycol could lead to leapfrogging prices for antifreeze this winter. Wholesale prices have already trebled in recent months and high street......
Fuel-fiddling Driver Narrowly Escapes Jail
• Long distance lorry driver John Flynn narrowly escaped jail this week after he admitted his part in a diesel fraud scheme set up by two garage cashiers. Flynn pleaded guilty......