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Dutch Success • Dutch Truck Operators Support The Plans To
liberalise the EEC haulage market, where they have a market share of around 27% although the Netherlands accounts for only 5% of the total EEC population. German competitors......
Dutch Hush • By 1989 Daf Trucks Plans To Be
able to manufacture medium weight commercial vehicles no noisier than the average family car with noise emmissions of less than 80dB(A). The Dutch Government supports the......
German Electric • After A Successtul Trial Lasting 12 Years,
Dusseldorf s electric buses are to be replaced by vehicles with an integrated battery unit built into them. The new sodium sulphur battery, which is much lighter, makes......
German Thefts
• Thefts from trucks in West Germany increased by 17.8% in 1985. Loads particularly hit were leatherwear and other clothing, food, and electronic equipment. Verkehrs-Rundschau,......
German Bridges • Two Hundred And Fifty Of The 2,128 Road...
Hamburg have been closed to 40-tonne trucks; 38 of these bridges may in fact be used only by vehicles with an overall weight of 24 tonnes. Verkehrs-Rundschau, September 6.......
Czech Bridges
• Czech police are using mobile weighbridges at border crossings, paying special attention to foreign trucks. There is no problem, however, unless the vehicle weighs over 48......
Czech Go - Slow
• Repairs lasting till November 15 at the Cieszn border crossing between Poland and Czechoslovakia will considerably slow down traffic flow, says the International Road......
Turkey Torque • Cummins' Engine Plant At Darlington Has Won
a contract to supply Turkey's leading manufacturer of medium weight trucks with 2,000 B series units a year. Both the turbocharged 6BT 5.9 and turbocharged/chargedcooled 6BTA5.9......
Russian Purchase • The Czechoslovak Association Motokov...
foreign trade organisation Avtoexport have concluded a major contract for the sale to the USSR of Czechoslovakian Tatra lorries. Under the contract, 23,000 Tatra-815 lorries......
Russian Derv • Research Done By The Solet Union And
the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, an economic organisation for Eastern Bloc countries and also including Cuba, Mongolia and Vietnam, concludes that diesel engines......
S African Trucks • Ford Has Entered The Bakkie Truck
market in South Africa with the launch of the Courier, a range of Japanesesourced one-tonne pickups. Tom Williamson, deputy md of Samcor, explained: "The Courier has been in the......
Chinese Know - How
• While the Chinese road accident rate is high, according to a German observer, they are more advanced in some of their road safety regulations than many Western countries — for......
Spanish Robots • Pegaso Has Opened A New Factory Featuring
advanced technology at Barajas in Spain to build truck cabs. L'Officiel des Transporteurs, September.......
Swiss Accidents
• Despite the efforts of the Swiss authorities to improve road safety by introducing a 120km/h speed limit on motoroways and an 80km/h limit on main roads, the Swiss accident......
French Limits • The French Speed Limit For Coaches On
motorways has been raised to 100 km/h as long as the vehicles meet certain specifications such as speed limiters. LVfficiel des Transporteurs, September 18.......
Frejus Traffic • The Frejus Alpine Road Tunnel Is Becoming
increasingly popular for heavy goods vehicles. The number of trucks using the tunnel tripled from around 234 per day in 1981 to 714 per day in 1985. Commercial vehicles......
French Cargo • More Than Two Million Tonnes Of Cargo
passed through Cherbourg in 1985, a 6.3% increase on the previous year. Roads to Paris are being upgraded and and will achieve motorway standard by the end of this decade.......
Us Cutbacks Iii General Motors Is Cutting Spending Next Year
from the record 26.99 billion it is spending in 1986 to 25.59 billion.......