• The Drivinn Stry , dnrr!s Agency predicts that up to 500 truck driver trainers could join its new voluntary register. They...

by Miles Brignall • Many British hauliers want to ditch international work following the Spanish truck blockade, during which...

• The impounding of illegal current budget for LGV enforcealthough he is sure it cannot be vehicles is likely to be delayed...

by David Harris • French authorities have breached the agreement they reached with the Department of Transport after the French...

• A county court judge has criticised unfair road tax laws which forced him to impose £1,000 back-duty on a British truck...

W hen Benjamin Disraeli talked about "the plaintive treble of the Treasury Bench" he was referring to the frightening power...

by Karen Miles • Hauliers owed money by Bell Lines may receive only part of their cash, say accountants acting for the troubled...

• Volkswagen and the Transport and General Workers Union are talking this week to resolve a dispute involving 65 Axial drivers...

IS The row between the Transport & General Workers Union and the United Road Transport Union over Ford drivers is likely to be...

by Lee Kimber • International hauliers say they may resort to tacho cheating to beat the extra costs of complying with the...

• Drivers could soon be able to complain about the state of UK roads directly to dozens of new managers as part of a Highways...

• The LGV training industry is holding an open forum to discuss the Driving Standards Agency's plan for a voluntary register of...

• Steno Line has told unions it plans to suck 330 dock workers at Dover and Newhaven in the run-up to its merger with P&O...

by Karen Miles • Customs investigators have arrested three members of a haulage company alleged to be involved in alcohol duty...

• A Colchester man had a miraculous escape when his car was struck by a wheel that had come off an artic travelling in the...

Labour party will support its fight to overturn the ban on insulindependent diabetic truck drivers. DAM says doctors believe...

• Three police forces, including Leicestershire, are to try out a new generation of speed cameras using digital technology. If...

• Parcelforc has won a three-year, 21m contract to distribute household appliance spare parts for Distriparts. The parts will...

by Miles Brignall • Animal rights extremists have all but won their war against the transport of live animals abroad because...

• Britain's youngest trainee lorry driver is 19-year-old Katie Young (pictured), She was presented with her provisional LGV...

MI Van manufacturer LDV laid off 500 workers for a half a day last week following a New Year UK sales slump. This is the first...

driving increases the probability of being involved in an accident by 400% — and hands-Free phones are just as dangerous, warns...

by Charles Young Engine manufacturers and oil companies have finally agreed on a lubricity standard for the new Euro-2...

• Thomas Hardie Rentals' waste transport fleet has taken on five Volvo FL7 260 6x4 chassis equipped with Norba refuse...

• Danish Bacon has taken delivery of 145 Leyland Daf 45 and 55 Series models fitted with a mix of RVL and Gray & Adams...

• Warn will launch its Series 20 winch in the UK on the Ryders International stand at the CV and Bodywork Show. The new model...

• UVG, formerly known as Bedwas, will launch its FleetCare Programme at the CV and Bodywork Show. FleetCare includes a...

by Charles Young • Mercedes-Benz has secured its biggest deal in the UK to date— worth £70m and consisting of 3,750 Sprinter...

• Scania, horsebox builder Equiline and horse trainer Pauline Ricketts have joined forces to develop a range of horseboxes....

• Two new products from the Ray Smith Group will be seen for the first time at the CV and Bodywork Show at the NEC, Birmingham....

• Temperature Controlled Technology (TCT) is launching a light Chereau temperature-controlled semi-trailer at the Commercial...

• Michelin and Mannesman are planning a joint venture to produce truck and car wheels. The new company is expected to target...

by John Kendall • CM has learned more details of Peugeot's 2.5-litre direct-injection (DI) diesel which will appear in the...

• Halifax-based Hamnett has bought a novel crane/trailer combination for its machinery moving and installation work. A massive...

by Steve Sturgess • US specialist truck manufacturer Marmon Motor Co has ended series production. It ceased production of its...

• Rema Tip Top has acquired exclusive rights to the Equal truck tyre performance system; an alternative to the lead-weight...

• Parts lists for all SAF axles and air suspension components are now available to UK users on CD-ROM. To maintain maximum...

II Gulf Lubricants has launched the Superfleet range of heavyduty engine oils, supported by its new Warranty Plus lube...

• Hatcher Components has added a further cab to its "SkyCab" range—this one for the Leyland Daf 45/55 Series. It is insulated...

• Beacon and lightbar manufacturer Vision Alert Automotive has launched a design of trailer board which it believes will...

• Somers Vehicle Lifts of Halesowen, West Midlands has adapted its mobile four-column vehicle lift as part of an order for...

formally warned about his future maintenance standards by Scottish IC Michael Betts at a public inquiry but the TC increased...

Venus Foods, escaped with a warning when he appeared before North Western DTC John Levin. Esengul had been called before the...

his sick wife cost Newark driver Robert Gilbourne £250 in fines and costs. Gilbourne admitted driving home after dropping off...

• Stratford-upon-Avon magistrates have fined French driver Hervi Dubray £300 with £75 costs for two offences of taking...

• A Worcestershire waste recycling company was convicted of failing to produce tachograph records after a ruling by Droitwich...

• A driver who admitted his truck was in a dangerous condition before it lost a wheel which killed another motorist has been...

• John Rose, for the Vehicle Inspectorate, told Wantage magistrates that when an artic belonging to G Stiller Transport of...

• A company 496P former managing formed by the director of the failed Stockport haulage company Green Transport has been...

• A Derbyshire woman was called before a public inquiry in Manchester because of concerns that she might be a "front" for her...

• A training scheme that takes the long-term unemployed and turns them into fully qualified drivers has sent its iirst recruits...

stop truck drivers in northern England as part of an increased antiterrorist effort. Vehicles are being escorted into a lay-by...

accused of causing a serious accident has been cleared of all charges after another driver came forward with vital evidence....

• Ten years after throwing away their CB radios in favour of mobile telephones, American truckers are returning to CB because...

Contact: 01634 261262. • 26-27 February: Managing the Risks from Transporting Dangerous Goods conference, Kensington Hilton...

• Seddon Atkinson has opened a new dealership in Swansea, South Wales. South Wales Truck Services is being run by the same...

• Petrol and oil company BP has published the third in a series of factsheets on the latest revised Special Waste Regulations...

• The ' , TA has published a revised version of Mod,e1 Conditions for the Carriage of Goods by Road in the UK. The new...

• A reference guide for international hauliers explaining different countries' rules and regulations on the transport of...

1111 In our listing for Wiltshire (CM 6-12 Feb) we included Mole Valley Farmers; in fact this is not a public weighbridge.

m Fleetway Systems has introduced a computer software, hardware and maintenance package for companies which provide overnight...

I write in reply to the writer of the letter headed "Rate for the Weight" (CM 13-19 Feb). The simple answer is if the...

ith regard to the dri vers' hours pocket card you gave away last week (CM 6-12Feb). Bearing in mind the mentality of a...

T he Drivers Action Movement (DAM) feels several questions need to be answered about the proposed increase in gross LGV weights...

co ats off to staff at TDG who have recently been involved in two major projects to aid refugees and orphans overseas. The most...

ID he Hawk extends his hearty congratulations to Somerset firm Thomas Hamlin, which has been supplying engineering services to...

[I t's just possible that had it not been for the ravages of the Irish Famine, which killed a million Irish people between 1846...

LOO T ime was when the Japanese were seen as the movers and shakers in the automotive world. If there was a new market niche...

From here, Collins has easy motorway access to almost every part of the country via the M4 the M25, M3, M40 and 11/11. The...

by R Masson Taylor and T Deakin to collect and deliver fine art to auctioneer Christies. CONTACT: managing director Jonathan...

1961, from the yard where his grandfather ran a fleet of horses and carts. Today's business was born as a tipper operation but...

to plague Alan Guest, managing director of Feltham-based Allstar Transport. "But at least there's plenty of work about—in fact...

into Red Square in Moscow. Chris Eames says he was one of the first men to do that for over 50 years. He an is team, including...

horses and carts. But today the Sentinel steam wagon the Upminster firm used to run in the 1920s has long given way to a...

agency drivers that he's stopped using them altogether, preferring to leave trucks idle until one of his own drivers is...

Irt W atching paint dry is the epitome of dullness. But you ignore the quality of paint on your vehicles at your cost. A well...

see how the quality of work and technology of materials used on vehicles has improved. There was a time when it was accepted...

F leetwatch Livery Management is a system for vehicle livery and body maintenance which is designed to reduce costs and...

Price as tested: C16,018, includes on-the-road costs (ex-VAT). Engine: 3.1-litre charge-cooled diesel, 1 13hp (84kW). GVVV:...

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996. CIF 2 December 1996 and 1 April 1997. Implements the Second Driver...

• Vehicle dimensions: Changes proposed to C&U regulations early in 1997 to allow drawbars up to 18.75m overall length, bringing...

(a key source of unlawful discrimination in itself) and focus on the law. A useful definition comes from the European...

are important is a decision for the employer. The smart employer will have made this decision when entering into a contract...

If there is a reader with a pressure-free job, please hand it over! All jobs have pressure of some sort, but when the pressure...

A s we all know, the UK does not have any nationwide restrictions on the movement of heavy goods vehicles at bank holidays or...