in California. The cow was hit by a car before landing on the pickup; it was then thrown back on to road where it hit another...

Volvo has approached Scania with an offer to develop common engines, drivehnes and fuel systems following the collapse of...

The new Highway Code warns: "Never use a mobile phone when driving...it is safer not to use any phone while you are...

BP is the latest supplier to roll out a ultra-low-sulphur diesel. BP Greener Diesel will be sold from 1,600 sites at the same...

A public inquiry is to look into the issue of toils on the Skye road bridge in Scotland, in line with a vote by Highland...

Hays Distribution has reported a 6(t):) increase in operating profit in its interim results for the second half of 1998.

Contract hire group Lox Service boosted its profits by 15% in 1998 as it took advantage of the growing trend towards out-sourcing.

issue is at J34 on the M6 in Lancaster—not the M62.

The Government has ignored 1.200 protesting hauliers and pledged to carry on raising fuel prices in line with its escalator...

II Chris Cain, known as the Grim Reaper, the man whose one-truck blockade of a roundabout in London started off the fuel...

• Large numbers of protesters returned to the Methodist Hall to hear Tory leader William Hague admit in his speech that it was...

• Welsh hauliers are ready to take to the roads with demonstrations against fuel duty increases—but only if the Road Haulage...

• by David Craik The Government has pledged its commitment to tougher enforcement in the haulage industry, including the...

• Anthony Long, managing director of Liverpool haulage company AJ Long Transport, has denied smuggling more than 25,000 litres...

do your duty! So what happens now? The almost tangible feeling of solidarity at last Wednesday's fuel price protest at...

by Karen Miles International operators wishing to take advantage of lower tax rates by basing their vehicles outside the UK...

• A subcontractor who was working for GB Express SA when it went to the wall is still being pursued by the receiver for an...

• Truck drivers in the East Midlands and the West are likely to receive different pay and conditions as part of a bargainIng...

is Urgent improvements in driver agency standards must be implemented, say industry figures. Despite voting almost unanimously...

• A lorry driver blamed For a motorway crash in which two people died has been fined "a totally inadequate" 2,500. The drivers...

• The Vehicle Inspectorate has published a revised Categorisation of Defects guide. VI examiners use the guide when...

Fe by Charles Young Hauliers are likely to face a 15-per-day charge to enter London under the UK's first road pricing scheme,...

Owen's Transport, the Holyhead-based firm whose truck overturned just off the M6 two weeks ago, had to pay almost £5,000 to...

• Tarmac has rejected claims that it is trying to push through new distribution contracts with owner-drivers in advance of the...

• by Karen Milos Killingbeck Transport ends its 80-year history this week with the Blackburn company's boss blaming its closure...

ploughed into a car on the M6 near Penkridge, Staffordshire and killed a motorist, an inquest was told. William Kennery, 42,...

Irish Republic will finally be in force by Easter, says the Irish Transport Department. For the first time consignors of...

• Former world hot-rod champion Ian McKellar has wan his FM licence just 10 working days after his 21st birthday on 11...

• The Transport Development Group is predicting a tough time this year in the market place as slowing industrial activity takes...

by David Craik Anxious hauliers are asking the Freight Transport Association to fight their corner against penalty charge...

the Government's new Strategic Rail Authority, saying that it should deal with freight demands as well as those of passengers....

E An Irish haulier has been sentenced to 28 months jail following a traffic accident in which a 67-year-old pedestrian was...

Gordon's Transport has made a big investment in a top-of-the-range MAN 6x2 with a huge crane to service a niche market—moving...

Renault has owned Mack for almost a decade, but so far the main result has been a few European cabs that have been shipped to...

Krone, the latest contender for king of the UK trailer market, built 13,000 units last year. Bryan Jarvis reports on a...

Hours and speed limiter charges against Atlas Spares & Salvage of Wolverhampton and two of its drivers have been adjourned...

Maintenance problems have led to the licence held by R&M McGonagle of Arbroath being cut from 10 vehicles and 10 trailers to...

Scottish IC Michael Betts has cut the licence held by Scotbeef, of Bridge of Allan, to three vehicles and six trailers for one...

Maintenance undertakings were imposed on the licence held by Trevor Halfacre, trading as Ramsey Reclamation, when he appeared...

with E55 costs by Flintshire magistrates for overloading a vehicle with woodchips. The company, and driver Ron Hughes (who was...

The last of 13 drivers employed by Bhdgend-based Canine Transport has now appeared before Wolverhampton magistrates to answer...

Two owner-drivers working out of quarries in North Wales have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling 14,400 by Fhntshire...

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given a 12month conditional discharge after Leigh, Lanes magistrates heard that they had been keeping records of the driver's...

Knaresborough owner-driver Peter Wills has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £3,677.50 for a series of drivers'...

South Eastern 86 Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner has adjourned consideration of disciplinary action...

AlotorP Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back, or a dressing down. Drop us a line at Commercial Motor, Room...

The Hawk caught a glimpse of die-cast heaven this week when Corgi unveiled its Vintage Glory range of steam vehicles,...

For those of you truckers out there who enjoy a generous dollop of English mustard with your roast beef, here's another reason...

Folk of delicate sensibilities living in the North-East may not know it, but they have a lot to be grateful for from Stiller...

Here's a challenge for all you Mountys out there. No, not the sort that favour red and hang about with lumberjacks. I'm...

a good !deafer hauliers to step back now and again, and take a cool look at relevant issues in depth. Thanks to our colleagues...

NEVIS TRANSPORT Latest regulations The following regulations came into force on January 1998: • Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced...

Ors adtesters; we encountered a mixture of practical eet machines, specialist wagons and some downght strange vehicles. We...

MAN 16.1 - 6 - 4 - 0FK Others: Scania P943100 Nino FS2P Hino DESPITE THE DOMINANCE of eight-wheeler tippers, which outsell 6x4...

ANOTHER WILDLY VARIED GROUP, THIS: one compact, rather old-fashioned chassis-cab; one overgrown panel van; and one state-of...

Winner: RENAULT MASTER 1.8dTi Others: Fiat Ducat° 14 2.8id TO IVY Convoy Hi-loader VW1.135 2.8 Di IF THE LAUNCH OF THE...

CitrienDispatch9001.910 Vauxhall Arena Hyundai 11100Turbo DLX HAVE YET ANOTHER RUM ASSORTMENT of vehicles this class, spanning...

STEYR-PUGH'S 0-WAGEN (not to be confused with its Mercedes-badged predecessor, which was based on a lighter-duty chassis and...

DENNIS ELITE Others Peugeot Boxer crew-cabbed dropside Renault Master Tipmaster tipper Scania P94011 Frontline 6x2 refuse...

sed and Geoff Gilbert has spent 30 years running trucks all over Europe from his Lincolnshire base—and the benefits of...

vehicles, keeping them out on the roads for longer periods in a bid to stay in business. But the gruelling schedules are not...

THE TIES The Employment Relations bill, currently at the committee stage in Parliament, has been heralded as the most...

roads become ever more crowded, driver training poses real problems. Could the latest driving simulator technology be the...

• While using TRaCS the student is alone in the cab. Apart from instructions over a speaker telling him to turn right or lathe...

IVs time for hauliers to make a stand for what they Move they deserve... • if you want to sound off about a road transport...