Licence Changes

• Radical proposals to overhaul the 0-licencing system are announced today in a DOT consultation document The Government is believed to support deregulation and minimum entry......

New Scanias • Scania Will Launch A New Range Of

trucks over 16 tonnes between 1995 and the year 2000. The range will conform to Scania's integrat ed driveline philosophy, but "secondary" components, such as fuel-injection......

Truck Bombs

• Three of the four bombs exploded in Northern Ireland last week were planted in commercial vehicles. A Mitsubishi skip loader was hijacked for the biggest bomb, a week ago in......

Danish Blues • Danish Hauliers Face Truck Tax Increases Of

up to .€3,000 as part of a plan to cut CO 2 emissions. Fuel taxes will also rise to German levels.......

Link Plan

• The BRF has suggested a compromise plan for the controversial East London River Crossing, avoiding ()ideas Wood. On the southern side, the link should end at the A2016 in......

Tolls Published

• Details of privately financed toll road concessions will have to be published under new rules announced by the DOT. The Birmingham Northern Relief Road will be the first......

Unions Warn: Driver By Amanda Bradbury

• A national hire-and-reward strike is looming, warn union chiefs who this week announced a campaign to force employers to end three years of wage freeze deadlock. Drivers cowed......

Vi's Tack Crackdown Will Cut Weight Checks

111 The Vehicle Inspectorate will launch a crackdown on drivers' hours and tachograph enforcement next month. But to free manpower for the campaign the VI will be forced to......

Green Paper Calls For Motorway Tolls

• The Government's controversial plans to make hauliers pay tolls to use motorways are due to be published this week as part of the DOT's study into road pricing. This is......