1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190 
DIGITALTACHOGRAPHS ar the Euro-4 deadline led to a 2.3' reduction
Page 9
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
in LGV registratiot last year, according to the SMM And the latest figures from tf Department for Transport (Dfl show that the number of LGN in the UK parc rose by only 0.6' last year. Light CVs fared mix better with a 4% increase i the UK parc, helped by a 0.4' increase in registrations.
A spokesman for the SMM believes the reduction in LG registrations had more to do wil uncertainty over technology tha a declining market:" It came a loot because of the confusion earlier i the year over digital tachograpl and the Euro-4 deadline.
"People were hesitant an they held back. Now that we hax digital tachographs and Euro-4,v% should see more stability. On th whole the economy and busine! confidence is reasonably strong."
He adds that the buoyant va market continues to surprise th SMMT: "It just keeps going an going. Three or four years ago v. were saying the increase couldn be sustained."
• See Yardstick next week ft more details.
www. r0adtranspo rt. cam/cm news