Econofreight Cleared

• Econofreight Heavy Transport and one of its drivers were given absolute discharges after admitting using a vehicle with defective brakes and two defective tyres. They appeared......

Hudsons Warned

• Hudsons of Dudley escaped with a warning about the maintenance of its 14 vehicles and 10 trailers, after agreeing at a Birmingham public inquiry to reduce the period between......

Full Renewal

• South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh renewed the licence of Cimla-based Brian Alexander for the full five years, despite maintenance problems and tachograph......

Tacho Offence

• Failing to produce tachograph records and permitting a driver to take insufficient daily rest have cost Coggeshall, Essex-based Sydney Papworth £140 in fines and costs.......

Wallchart Offer

• CM can supply a series of 'Law on the Wall' charts. Each poster covers a separate area of transport law: weights and dimensions, special types regs, the new LGV driver......

Pullet Restricted

/ Hygienic Pullet Deliveries has won authority for a new operating centre and two extra vehicles — but West Midland Deputy Licensing Authority Alan Cattell has restricted the......

Speight Not Guilty

• A Bradford skip hire firm was not guilty of running a dangerous vehicle even though both its nearside wheels came off, the town's magistrates have ruled. Speight Skip Hire......