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Knowles Transport has blamed the RHAs tacho-check service for its legal problems. Chris Tindall reports. IN A DESPERATE...
OPERATORS are paying £1 for every minute saved by using the M6 Toll, according to exclusive research carried out this week by...
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haulier W Carter (Haulage) has been fined £2,500 with £375 costs after pleading guilty to possessing indecent pictures of...
UPI° 30 DRIVERS face Christmas on the dole after Great Bear Distribution refused to back down on its plans for new contracts...
A truck driver was kidnar by bogus road workers e fake checkpoint in Count Armagh on 15 DecembE was driven around in anc...
Police are investigating d threats against Mary Willi, the chief executive of Bre on a sports car enthusiaE website, after she...
A new truck stop, the ON Crossing Lorry Park, will ( :in 12 January on the A1 , Nacton, Lancashire.
Giving evidence to the Commons Transport SelE Committee on "Traffic La and its Enforcement", the has called for the Highwe...
Motorway service area operator Moto has scoop the award for the cleanes toilets on Britain's motorw for the second year runnii...
In CM 11 December we said Wisbech Roadways operates a contract for Pedigree Masterfoods; in its contract is with Premiel Foods.
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The team entrusted with monitoring the government's much vaunted 10-year transport plan has been stripped of its...
What lag d id next UT chairman David Begg (right), predicts that all motorists will soon be charged for using Britain's roads....
TNT HOPES to have 80 new drivers by the end of the year following the completion of the first phase of its 'Trailblazer' driver...
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A UNION LEADER has praised Scunthorpe-based PD Logistics after negotiating a pay deal worth up to 25% for its drivers. Graham...
A TRUCKER left a pattern of tyre-marks on his girlfriend's body as he crushed her to death with his truck on Valentine's Day,...
Brian Weatherley asks wh' environmental lobbyists, w so much valuable informal at their fingertips on how v\ can save the...
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HERE'S TO THE UNSUNG HEROES We agonised over the coverline for this week's issue... something about "not delivered by fairies"...
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Alan Wilson, the man who did more than most to help put Transrent near the top of the trailer rental league, is seeking...
SALVAGE OPERATORS warn that the resale values of older trucks will plummet if new regulations controlling the disposal of scrap...
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A QUICK-THIN KING tanker driver has been praised by police for saving the life of a man trapped under his car in a ditch....
THE WORKING PARTY created to address the chaos blighting Southampton Container Terminal (SC!') met terminal representatives...
DUBLIN PORT TUNNEL is still beset by arguments over its internal height, but its design has tied for an international award...
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Two French ferry blockades halt trucks. David Harris reports. TWO PROTEST blockades hit French ferry ports last week and left...
P&O takes issue with the French P&O has become so frustrated by French blockades that it made two sailings with just three...
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SEVEN PEOPLE have been arrested following the seizure of £5m worth of drugs from a truck at Dover. Officers from Merseyside...
A NEW BREED of enforcement officer will be created next year in a bid to reduce traffic delays caused by roadworks and...
Santa's secrets As we lie back, bloated and gassy, our stomachs ominously gurgling we realise that we may have forced down one...
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Instant fines of £500 could await truckers caught out in the wrong part of London. Guy Sheppard reports. HAULILRS WHO BREAK...
BRITAIN'S ROADS are a "national disgrace" leading to hundreds of unnecessary deaths. says the AA MotoringTrust. The motoring...
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DRIVERS' WEBSITE truckersmoan could be forced to close next year due to a lack of support from industry bosses. Barrie Tozer,...
Irish driver £1,225 A DRIVER for a Northern Irish transport company has been convicted of six cases of fly tipping heavy-duty...
TRUCK DRIVERS have b accused of causing problems residents in Northampton by pi ing their vehicles on a housing cs and using...
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YOUR NEWS STORY "Cats will clean up says M-B" (CM 27 November) gives the impression that there will be a clear split between a...
AFTER READING the article "Keep trucks out of town" (CM 6 November) I feel compelled to write a reply to Mr Robin Webb and all...
IWAS IN VTTED to the Transport Research Laboratory to try out the Trucksim simulator on l December, so I was interested to read...
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Loads up to 6 metres wide are able to use the newly opened M6 Toll, using a special lane parallel to the standard toll...
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sheep's cl othing Not many operators have influenced an entire industry. Dominic Perry caught up with Palletline boss Bob...
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Congestion-busting, ball-breaking and kick - ass campaigns... In 2003 CM told you first. CM KICKED 2003 off with a bang,...
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Tim Watling, partner at Attleboroughbased Bill Watling & Sons, says: "It's been a crap year and Ws not likely to get any better...
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Mere suspicion of illegal operation is not a valid reason for VOSA to impound a vehicle. Mike Jewell reports on a landmark...
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AN OPERATOR'S FUTURE hangs in the balance after he was found driving a vehicle fitted with a device designed to fiddle the...
DRIVERS' HOURS and tachograph offences have cost a Surrey haulier £1,450 in fines and costs. When Julian Artiss of Bransby...
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AN ESSEX TRUCK driver has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £500 for using a vehicle in a dangerous condition. Raymond...
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Every year recovery workers are killed by passing traffic — but after eight years of talks they still aren't allowed to use red...
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Our team of legal experts examine your issues Write to: Legal Q&A, Commercial Motor, Quadrant House, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5A5...
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Driver and vehicle licence fees: Driver and vehicle licence fees: Legislation is now in force to allow the Secretary of State...
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Dafs latest offering combines big-truck ability with a small-truck cab — and while we take a close look at it we help out a...
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Could 1980s' wagons with less than 300hp on tap have any hope of earning their keep in the 21st century? We tried a Leyland...
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Want turkey, stuffing and your cracker in p on Christmas Day? Tim Maughan sees 1 these wishes can only come true with HC C...
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Once all those mince p ies have been delivered, what's a natural born driver to do over Christmas? Turn on your computer,...
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T here's only one game in the bunch that can sensibly he compared to 18 Wheels ofStedvieross America, and that's King of the...
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H ad enough of serious truck sims / Big Mutha Truckers, as you might guess from the name, takes a less reverent approach to...
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L et's get one thing straight, Grand Theft Auto Vice City is not a driving game, it's a crim sim. But driving is a huge element...
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A t the opposite end of the scale to the darkness of G TAVice City is the animated adventure that is The Simpsons: Hit & Run ....
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belt round a track in a souped-up sports utility vehicle seeing how much damage you can inflict on yourself and your...
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Health and safety jobsworths can be a real pain in the policy. But Brian Lee also despairs at those who won't take it seriously...
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Manheim triples its CV holding area to a massive 14 acres. V chicle auctioneer Manheim is expanding its Cokhester site from 38...
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This being Christmas (well, nearly) and our final issue of 2003, we decided to look for something different in the way of a...
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CM tests more truccs and vans than anyone else, and starting this week we'll be using those tests to highlight some of the most...