by Rob WiIIock 11 Hauliers are being prosecuted for contravening the London lorry ban even if they use roads which are not...

• Permitting drivers to exceed the hours limits and take insufficient rest has cost a South Yorkshire company £4,535 in fines...

• Manchester-based James Shaw has been remanded in custody by Colchester magistrates until 13 March on suspicion of smuggling...

• The Government is encouraging the Vehicle Inspectorate to sign up to a code of practice which would commit all vehicle...

by Sally Nash • CM has been inundated with calls from skip-hire operators seeking clarification on tachograph legislation...

• A lorry driver was lucky not to be shot last week when he drove into the security gates at Buckingham Palace screaming. "I...

• As Commercial Motor went to press, Liverpool-based Thorburn International Transport was poised to go into liquidation. Robert...

by Sally Nash • The French have agreed to settle four new compensation claims for the 1996 truck blockades since revising the...

IT'S MIND OVER MATTER ommercial Motor would like to announce the immediate availability of a new HGV operator's course in...

• Britain's transport infrastructure must benefit from the .1280bn of extra fuel-tax revenue which the Government is expected...

by Sally Nash • Italy is the "black hole" of the VAT recovery system for haulage firms, according to the Freight Transport...

Diabetics have been deluging their MPs with complaints about the Government's ban preventing insulin-dependent diabetics from...

• Armed men held a Belfast truck driver and his family hostage overnight last weekend before forcing him to drive a load of...

by Rob Wiflock • A bitter row has erupted between the United Road Transport Union and Middlesbrough haulier Eurohaul after the...

• Norwegian metals supplier Elkem has awarded TDG Linkman the contract to deliver cement additive direct to construction...

• The combined inconveniences of the latest French lorry drivers' strike and the strength of sterling have failed to damage...

• Early morning drivers leaving Dublin Port are campaigning to be given a green "wavethrough" at intersections to allow them to...

• Local-authority road budgets are running L1.2bn in the red, and the average frequency of resurfacing is now estimated at 115...

• A Norfolk haulier is warning drivers to check that they have applied their handbrakes correctly after one of his vehicles...

by Miles Brignall

congestion might spare a thought for their East European counterparts who spend almost a quarter of each day in hold-ups....

E very two years, ancient Verona in northern Italy plays host to the Transpotec & Logitec extravaganza—a huge and varied show...

• Shifting nasty wet waste demands dedicated vehicles, such as this lveco 90E30 6x2 with hydraulically operated bodywork from...

Wales have reported a potentially fatal failing in the rear suspension of their Leyland Daf 85 tippers. In three separate...

by Steve Banner • A disagreement over a major order involving retail group Budgens was the cause of the closure of Sandy,...

• 1998 is proving to be a strong year for heavy truck manufacturers. Vehicle registrations are up compared with the same period...

• Goodyear has launched a pocket-sized measuring tool to clarify torque settings for wheel fitters. The Tor - q - rite gauge...

• Belgian manufacturer Faymonville has launched a new concept in heavy-haulage trailer axle design. Effectively a beam axle...

by Brian Weatherley • The long-awaited Mercedes 17-tonne rigid and 26-tonne multi-wheeler will make their debut at the Hanover...

• Dennison has built four dual. purpose trailers for Benton Bros of Boston: each semi can be used as a coiler or a skeletal....

a low-weight/low-cost version of the AR94/98 range. The RL suspension weighs up to 25kg per axle less than its predecessor and...

• Midland-Grau has developed BERG, a range of competitively priced manual slack adjusters for the UK aftermarket. The units are...

• Lifting Tackle Suppliers has signed a UK distribution agreement with French shackle manufacturer Forges LeBeon to market its...

• Barry Controls has published a catalogue detailing its range of shock and vibration insulators and mounts. The 182-page...

• Representations from neighbours resulted in a string of environmental conditions being imposed when Cradley Heath-based...

• Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd has been directed by the Transport Tribunal to reconsider his decision to...

• A Cardiff haulier was granted a licence in May 1996 with a condition that only six of the eight vehicles authorised be...

• Preston haul age contractor John Goodier & Son, and one of the company's drivers, were given absolute dis charges after...

• A firm of North Wales building contractors which collected three prohibition notices in three months, has bad one of its...

Crifc Haulage Factfile pages provide busy operators with brief news items on: forthcoming events, services, business products,...

Do you want to comment on any of the stories in al Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a public...

W e refer to the article "Defence at the Helm" (CM 19-25 Feb). The picture above the title depicts the scene of an accident...

I run a small fleet of Luton vans and Ford P100 pickups which I hire out, mostly to the building trade. Recently one of my...

I was amazed to read that Mr Pendreich, a I haulier from Kirriemuir, appearing in front of a Traffic Commissioner had said:...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, i be Hawk, steps off his perch to take a humorous look...

0 he next time you're involved in a prang and you get to that part in the insurance form where you get to put your side of the...

al et the Hawk tell you the heroic tale of Sonny the parrot; a red and green macaw who came to the rescue of a man trapped...

la hese eager beavers in matching coats are the new apprentices of MAN's Tech 2000 Parts programme at their recent induction...

If you need to move a work gang across town to dig a hole or tend to a leaking main, a crew-cabbed Peugeot Boxer could be right...

IMPRESSIONS IVECO TURBODAILY Price as tested: 222,408 (ex - VAT). Includes 220,250 for the basic vehicle; 2923 for the...

tacho time ELECTRONIC TACHOGRAPHS Forget the Millennium bug. There's a far more serious hi-tech threat to hauliers on the...

food. He and his team drive to a site which could be a field or a chateau and produce hundreds of meals from the trailer...

Any technology that allows you to make all your deliveries on time while cutting your vehicle mileage by up to 20% must be...

Jim Duckworth, editor of Road Transport Law and head of Transport Law Services. Waking, Surrey. helps solve your legal problems...

are correct about the licence but not about the insurance. Until 1990 a person required a Group A licence to drive most...

and Environment Protection, wants cleaner air—and that means tougher standards of vehicle inspection and maintenance....