Life Bans Threatened

• Truckers involved in fatal accidents could face lifetime driving bans as part of legislation designed to improve road safety. Tougher penalties for road traffic offences may......

Snp Pledges Fuel Tax Freeze

m The Scottish National Party has pledged to freeze fuel duty and to extend fuel duty rebates to the emergency services and possibly to hauliers as well. The comments came......

Calais Offers Trailer Checks And Tighter Port Security

• by Guy Sheppard Calais port officials are offering hauliers a free stowaway detection service as part of a .24m blitz on illegal immigrants heading for the UK. An in-house......

Volvo Quiz Was Over Before It Even Began

II A worldwide competition to win a 143,000 tractive unit on Volvo's web site descended into chaos and was over before the manufacturer announced the event to UK operators.......