Irk Confirms Air Wear

• The top Transport and Road Research Laboratory scientist who is investigating the effects on road wear of different truck and trailer suspension systems (CM 22-28 June) has......

Hire Study Reveals Neglected Vans

• A Which? magazine investigation of hire vans has found that two of the 11 vans it hired from a mix of six national firms and five smaller independent companies would have......

Cm/wilcox Trailer Contest Winner

• Driver Terry Hull (above left) has improved business margins for his boss Adrian Williams (right) by winning the free use of a Wilcox tipping trailer for the next 12 months.......

York Centralises Thennostar Rigid

• 'kirk has decided to centralise assembly of rigid versions of its Thermostar body at its Clay Cross, Chesterfield factory. The company has been building rigid Thermostars......

Orlando Ok • The Road Transport Industry Training Board He

approved the Road Haulagl Association's submission fc grant status for its annual conference, to be held this year in Orlando, USA fron 5-12 October.......

Spanish Permits

▪ Spanish permits, the la ones remaining on an allocation system, will no longer be rationed to UK hauliers, says the Department of Transport. The Dip will continue to monitor......

Fatal Lesson

• The Departmentof Transport is studying the effects of safety belts on coaches in the wake of a crash which killed a teachei and pupil on a school trip last week.......

Cvs Booming

• Registrations of goods vehicles over 1,525kg hit 9,400 in May, up 18% on 1988, while top-weight arti registrations were up 23%. In the 12 months to May. Total CV registrations......

Strike Support • As Commercial Motor Went To Press Last

Tuesda3 more than 16,000 London Buses workers were expected to join the transpor strike on 5 July.......