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• Confusion rife over Driver CPC numbers - 03/09/2010 - Road Transport

  One year on from the introduction of the Driver CPC for HGV drivers, confusion surrounds the number of training courses completed.
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• HGV annual MOT and road tax...on a vintage GMC? Well it's got ...

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• Ending the retirement age poses dilemma for transport firms ...

  A driver may not want to give up the road entirely and could be encouraged to work two or three days a week rather than five or six. One company I know used to offer its workers the option of gradually reducing their working week as ...
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• How the new Renault Magnum was built...but robot designers ...

  Neat little YouTube video from Renault Trucks on the 'The Boss's' favourite truck.. the Magnum. Now if only truck design was this simple...! Clever mix of graphics and real on the road footage. Wonder where it was shot? Spain? ...
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• Scania stuck-in-the-mud in Africa! Well these things happen says ...

  Narrow road, rainy season, passing traffic, this is the result! So far all they managed to pull out was the towing eye from the front!!! Still sitting there, will have another go at getting it out tomorrow! Chris. ...
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• Avia shuts Bolton truck operation but says UK market is still ...

  I learn from my latest edition of Motor Transport which dropped onto my doormat today that Avia Truck's Indian owners have shut down the Bolton-based UK operation. The Czech-built light middleweight truck was originally marketed as a ...
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• EU plan for heavier articulated trucks....? Who wants a 2+2 38 ...

  Speaking personally I can't see the UK Department for Transport going for that...they certainly didn't want 11.5 and certainly not 13.5-tonne drive axles and 'persuaded' UK hauliers to go for 44-tonnes with a 10.5-tonne drive axle and a ...
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• City Link says 'spy-in-the-van' technology will improve deliveries ...

  City Link has invested heavily to fit a number of its vans with security cameras, to aim for a 100% faultless delivery...
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