Sunday outing • Transport Minister Christopher Chope (right) has been
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invited to spend a day on the road with an owner-driver to discover the problems they face, Len Clementi says Chope's recent fact-finding ride in a Tate & Lyle lorry was more like a "Sunday outing".
Truckfest feast
• Competitors at Commercial Motor Truckfest will be able to tuck into free breakfasts, courtesy of Eurotunnel: the Channel Tunnel operator is the latest sponsor of CM Truckfest '92 at Peterborough's East of England showground, on 3-4 May.
Daily crews • Neal Ford has launched factory crew-cab variants of its 49.10 and 49.12 TurboDaily in seven and nine-seat versions.
Safer slips • More peak-period traffic lights at motorway exit roundabouts are needed to clear dangerous motorway tailbacks approaching slip roads, says the AA.
Merger scuppered • Plans by P&O European Ferries and Sealink Stena to form a joint service venture in time for the Channel Tunnel opening next summer have been postponed because of Sealink's financial difficulties.
Stone walling • Leicester Heavy Haulage is refusing to pay for repairs to a 200-year-old wall demolished by one of its trucks carrying an abnormal load because it notified the police and North Yorkshire County Council of its size.