Red Hotline • The Freight Transport Association Has Opened A

London red routes action desk to advise and collect information on the problems the scheme is causing for its members.......

Al Upgrade • The Al Between Newcastle And Edinburgh Is

to be upgraded to dual carriageway: the Government had previously said that traffic levels did not make upgrading worthwhile.......

Cummins Improving • Us Engine Manufacturer Cummins Is...

of the red. It reported a $2.3m (£1.35m) loss in the final quarter of 1991, compared with $119m (£70m) in 1990, and expects to be in profit by the end of this year.......

Six Sense • South-western Drivers Have Accepted £6 On Basic

wages with 4.3% on subsistence from the assenting hauliers group, which was set up to replace the area's RHA Joint Industrial Council.......

Permits Stay • Hauliers Will Need Permits To Travel To

the former Soviet Union for the foreseeable future — the DTp had believed that they would not be needed beyond April 1992.......

Radar Ban • Adverts For Radar Speed-check Detectors Have...

banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The Automobile Association had complained that, although buying a detector is legal, using one is illegal.......

Fee Protest • The Rha Is Objecting To Proposed Lgv

test fee increases. It has told the Vehicle Inspectorate that the increases are above inflation and "an attempt by the Vito insulate itself from the effect of the recession",......

Truck Seized After Death

• Owner-operator Bob Elder faces losing his business after his truck was involved in an accident which killed a woman pedestrian in Sicily. The County Durham-based operator has......

Griffin Loses The First Round In Writ Battle

• United Road Transport Union general-secretary Frank Griffin was unsuccessful last week in the High Court in his application for an injunction to silence his union. But Mr......

Vi Cracks Down On Overloading

• All overloading offenders are liable to prosecution, the Vehicle Inspectorate has warned — even though last year examiners were advised to ease up on small overloads. Hauliers......