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Alpine Tunnel To Take Heavies
• Thousands of pounds may be saved in the future by international hauliers travelling to Italy if the go-ahead is given to build a railway tunnel through the Swiss Alps. Located......
Hours Limits In Four Months?
by Rob Willock • Lorry drivers now face an annual limit on working hours as the European Commission seeks a compromise option for "mobile workers" within its Working Time......
Vegetables Held Up At Dover In Beef Search
• An Essex haulier has made an official complaint to Kent police after officers ordered one of his drivers to open a trailer to show blockading farmers he wasn't carrying beef......
Roads Condition Is A Hazard
• The safety of hauliers on Britain's roads is under continued threat, according to a survey of local authorities which says they will soon be unable to maintain roads in a safe......
Haulier Hitches From Spain To Falkirk • A Spanish Lorry
driver who could not afford conventional tracel hitchhiked thousands of miles from Spain to Falkirk in central Scotland to face a charge of careless driving. After the journey......