Two-year Countdown

by Juliet Parish • Hauliers have two years to fight for exemption from the Government's controversial road pricing scheme, which is due to be introduced in London by the end of......

Belgians: Better Entry Level

• 0-licences will be harder to get if Belgian proposals to raise standards are adopted by the European Commission. Belgium takes over the EC presidency from the Danes in July.......

Beware Of A Tender Trap

• Waste disposal hauliers could lose out on local authority contracts because the Government has removed its requirement for compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) while shaking......

Mystery Hitcher

• Truck drivers who spotted a 30-50-year old man hitching a lift between Carlisle and York on 8 January are asked to contact the transport police in Leeds. They would......

Campaign Medal • Commercial Motor Has Won The Reed Editorial

Award for Campaign of the Year, led by former features editor Mary Williams CM fought for HGV drivers who unreasonably lost their licence because of past ill health. We were......

Over The Top

• Kent police will target vans in roadside checks in Dover over the next five weeks, after discovering a number overloaded with alcohol since duty free restrictions were relaxed......

Pay Talks

• The TGWU is considering Pickfords' refusal to give its 2,500 drivers a pay rise and has adjourned talks with sister firm BRS for 3,000 drivers until the company's......

Jams Study

• A worldwide study into how roads will cope with anticipated increases in traffic is being undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.......

Stalemate

• National stalemate remains over hire-andreward wage deals; the only success was reported in the South-West, where drivers' subsistence rate has increased in line with......

Wake Up • Thames Valley Police Launched Its "don't Be

dozy—take a break" campaign last week, encouraging drivers to take a 10-minute r es t after every hour and a half of driving.......