18-tonne Plan Falls Flat

by Brian Weatherley • A Department of Transport proposal to raise the maximum gross weight of two-axle rigids from 17 to 18 tonnes in line with EU limits, while retaining the......

Date For Jf Alford Transport Case Set The Case Of

alleged false records brought against JF Alford Transport, its director, transport manager and 29 of the company's drivers will be heard at Southampton Crown Court at the end of......

Livestock Pressure

• Livestock exporters have accused police of operating restrictive practices by subjecting their vehicles to excessive scrutiny in an effort to dissuade them from using the......

Drugs Info Line

• Lorry drivers could be enticed to inform on drugs racketeers if a hotline under consideration by North-East police goes ahead. The freephone line, operated on an anonymous......

Foreigner Blitz In Thames Valley

• Irish and Dutch drivers headed the list of offenders arrested and fined by the Vehicle Inspectorate and Thames Valley traffic police last week during a clampdown on foreign......