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Going Up
• Dery prices, currently averaging at 43.9p/lit, could increase by up to 2p/lit by next Tuesday, according to fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment.......
Rubbish Problems
• Refuse collection contracts run by private firms are seven times more likely to hit problems than those run by councils' direct service organisations (DSOs), claims the......
Tougher Tachos In From Next July Ec Countries Will Not
approve tachographs unless they meet strict EC standards. The move is aimed at stamping out tachograph fraud.......
Phone Fine
• Birmingham magistrates have fined an HGV driver 2150 with six penalty points for driving without due care and attention. The driver, from Bridgenorth, Worcs, was using his cab......
Share Issue
• Fiat has launched the £9•3m share issue announced in September when lveco bought Spanish truck manufacturer Enasa. As planned, Fiat will buy 60% of the issue and the remainder......
Bail Granted
• Panic Link managing director Eric Norman, who stands accused of causing death by reckless driving and other offences, has been granted unconditional bail by Coalville......
Recovering Money
• Northampton police are still threatening to charge recovery operators who damage roads when recovering vehicles, even though they have made no charges since the first warning......
Ec Plans 1992 Truck Tax Targets
• Europe's Transport Commissioner Karel van Miert has laid down plans for harmonising vehicle excise duty (VED) throughout the Community. The tax is expected to be set at £851......
Police To Train Ready For Truck Prohibitions
• A force of traffic police is to be trained in readiness for new legislation which will give the police the power to issue LIGVs with prohibition orders. The proposals,......
Swiss Stroll
• From next July Switzerland will make it easier for EC truck drivers to pass through its borders. Customs will be open for 10 hours a day for traffic to Switzerland; 24 hours......
Abuse Claim
• Livestock hauliers break Britain's welfare rules on 30% of tong-distance journeys, the RSPCA's superintendent Donald Balfour told MPs on the Commons Agriculture Select......
Bus Call
• London needs 500 new buses a year for the next four years to cope with a growth in passengers, according to Peter Gibson of the Capital Transport Campaign.......
Parking Up
• Planning permission has been Oven for a £12m freight park with a truckstop and warehouses at Chepstow. Work will begin in 12 to 18 months.......