COMIMM1 The RNA hopes to mount a week-long display at
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the House of Commons on the importance of road haulage during the autumn session.
OPEN MAL Milk delivery firms and other operators with existing distribution networks could be allowed to enter the race for mail services, according to a consultation document released by the postal industry regulator Pestcomm.
111EINET AIMS The FTA has launched the ETA Internet Drivers Hours Analysis Service which allows information from paper tacho charts and smart cards to be downloaded via the Internet.
PULE IEMMDS From 2002, suppliers will be required to keep records of the sale of number plates in a scheme designed to make it more difficult for criminals to obtain false plates.
RAT MIMS More than half a new fleet of waste vehicles has been grounded after thieves smashed into the trucks and stole radios. Eight new trucks were delivered for use in the Shropshire area last weekend—the thieves struck within 24 hours of their arrival.
LOCAL HUM
Dudley-based Christian Salvesen driver Jahn Sandy has been hailed as a hero by police after running his truck in front of a runaway bus. The bus driver had collapsed at the wheel and later died in hospital.
UNA DEIMIM
Government plans to speed up trials by replacing paper transactions with electronic ones are behind schedule. The Libra system will link courts to police and other databases to cut the time spent waiting for a case to be heard.