When a man like James Tye gives a warning over safety, he should be listened to (see lead story, page 4-5). As director general...

• The Driving Standards Agency has bowed to pressure from an Essex driver training school and changed its mind yet again on...

• A Welsh transport cafe providing overnight parking for HGV drivers could be forced to close if the local council stops trucks...

• Eurotunnel's plans to use open-sided rail wagons to carry trucks in the Channel Tunnel represent a "serious" fire risk, warns...

• Dangerous and badly maintained vans are to be targeted in a Vehicle Inspectorate campaign of light CV spot checks throughout...

• Owners of pre-1975 light C Vs will not be forced to adapt their vehicles to meet new emission standards in force from...

• The United Road Transport Union will launch a scheme next week to give truck drivers up to £25,000 compensation if they lose...

• The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has tightened up its stipulation defining British manufactured vehicles, by...

• The cost of PSV driver training could be forced up after 1 April when a new regulation will prevent anyone except driving...

• Drivers' hours should return to normal next Monday (25 February) two weeks after they were relaxed to enable hauliers to meet...

• The Road Haulage Association's revision of its conditions of carriage, last changed in 1982, has been sent to the Office of...

• Thieves foiled tight security at a Scottish haulage depot last week to steal a truck loaded with £80,000 worth of televisions...

MI The haulier who has bought the only bonneted Scania 1113 tractive unit in Britain will show it at Tipcon as part of Scania's...

• Renault is to introduce an automatic clutch for its municipal and urban distribution vehicles in the UK. The...

• A rear steering device for semi-trailers is being offered by an Irish manufacturer looking to win new business in the United...

IN File Government will not make a decision on 44-tonne trucks before the end of the decade, says Transport Minister Roger...

• The latest discussion document from the Department of Transport, calling for mandatory speed limiters on all new HGVs above...

• BET is planning to sell its waste-management subsidiary, Biffa, or allow it to form a strate g ic partnership, as part of a...

• TIP Europe has made further changes to its trailer rental business and warns that half-year profits will be "significantly...

• Wincanton Distribution Services has won a contract for food manufacturer Mattesson Wall's nationwide distribution, ousting...

• British trailer maker Crane Fruehauf is overcoming the current poor demand for trailers in the UK by supplying trailers to...

• The Transport Development Group has abandoned its regional divisions and regrouped its companies according to their type of...

• The Government has postponed improvements to the Section 8 subsidy for rail freight operations because it wants to "get it...

II Stoke-onTrent-based operator Baymex and one of its drivers have lost appeals against convictions for exceeding the permitted...

• Bus company Luton & District has been severely warned for failing to run two services in Luton according to its registered...

• Steel coil carrier SW Bowkett of Newport, Gwent, has been warned about the consequences of further axle overloading...

• Humberside Industrial Cleaning has had its eight-vehicle licence renewed for a year only, following maintenance problems....

• Dukes Transport of Craigavon behaved reasonably in sacking a driver for speeding after he collided with a low bridge, a...

• Distribution giant Tibbett and Britten has escaped with an absolute discharge after admitting using a vehicle with an...

IN Renault is expected to dip its toe into the UK luxury coach market this April by showing off its award-winning FR1 GTX grand...

IN London Transport passengers are being asked how to improve local bus services in the capital over the next few years....

• The Selega is Hino's latest contender in the highly competitive Japanese group travel coach market. Hino pioneered the move...

BY THE HAWK • Frozen Golders Green residents waiting for a bus to Crystal Palace last week probably thought, "typical — you...

NOTEBOOK • Like it or not, the advent of the Single European Market in 1992 is inevitably leading to the harmonisation of many...

• Taking on the might of the construction multi-nationals is all in a day's work for Mick Binns. As head of the National Owner...

M-B 1720 IN "For a 16-tonner we can't help feeling that 168hp is a bit on the high side . . ." When our tester made that...

IV-B 1720 Iveco Ford Cargo 1721. That loading tolerance is due to a beefed up front axle. Now plated at 7,100kg, against...

last June, can offer small hauliers and owner-drivers a leaner, more cost effective service than the larger more established...