Ban appeal won • An east London driver has won
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his appeal against a LINO maximum fine for breaking a lorry ban in the capital. The penalty was reduced to £175 after the court reassessed his income.
DOT strike
• Some 2,500 Department of Transport officials will strike tomorrow (Friday 30 July). They are protesting against Government plans for market testing and changed redundancy terms.
Costly speed
• New European VAT rules which help speed drivers' transit through customs are failing to save firms money, claims a survey by accountants Price Waterhouse.
Bertie Coxall
• Bertie Coxall, honorary president of the Association of International Courier and Express Services, has died. He represented parcels operators at Government and EC level.
Slow starts • Start dates on more than as o bypasses have been put back during the past three years. The British Road Federation says 539 bypass schemes await construction.
Back in court
• A director of Nationwide Haulage & Tuition, the firm fined £5,000 in April for vehicle related offences, is due to appear "in the near future" at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court for an unspecified offence.
Tanker changes
• An EC directive phasing out dipsticks for tanker drivers and forcing them to reduce petrol fumes while emptying at service stations is likely to be agreed before the end of the year.