Tolls Or Roads Ridley Tells Rha

ABOLITION of tolls would cut the amount of money available for the roads programme, Transport secretary Nicholas Ridley told the Road Haulage Association last week. Mr Ridley......

Abandoned Recovery Risk

RECOVERY vehicle operators who rescue abandoned vehicles from the roadside will not after all be breaking the terms of their licence, after MPs approved a change to the Finance......

Hazards—'fresh Look' Call

A FRESH LOOK should be taken at the loading and unloading terminals as well as intermediate stopping places used by lorries carrying hazardous substances, a top level committee......

All Lorries Pay Their Way

THE NEW RATES of vehicle excise duty for lorries have been approved by MPs after Treasury Economic Secretary Ian Stewart promised that the Government had adopted the principal......