Truck & Driver articles from December 2001

Truck & Driver archives from December 2001

Security.(lack of parking spaces forcing drivers to leave their cars wherever they can find a spot)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... doesn't pay Parking areas for drivers appear to be disappearing fast, but the people who own and run the sites say drivers simply don't want to pay for safe parking. That is certainly the opinion of John Linsell, who runs the...

TIPS TO STOP THE THIEVES.(avoid truck theft)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... T he theft of vehicle keys is on the increase. This is according to the Home Office, whose new factsheet for drivers on the subject of lorry theft contains a few pointers on security. More than 3000 HGVs are stolen in the UK every year...

Black september.(bad time for the transportation companies)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... BlaSeptember was not a good month for the haulage business as both large and small firms announced plans to quit and cut back. Big-name Wincanton Logistics has decided to call time on its chilled Continental division, Rokold, blaming,...

driver Shortage not boosting; PAY.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Despite the driver shortage, pay rates are still not reflecting the high demand for good drivers, according to the latest Industrial Relations Services (IRS) Pay and Benefits Bulletin survey of drivers' pay and conditions. 'Although...

TO THE POINT.(briefings)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... For the past couple of years we've come to accept the LGV driver shortage as something carved in stone. Lack of training, poor hourly rates; the causes of this skills gap have been well-rehearsed. It'll get worse before it gets better, warn...

PAINCLAIM.(driver sues freight company over back injury)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... AGAinst The Scania back pain story just won't go away. Driver Dave Woods, who started off the train of events three years ago, has lodged a personal injury claim against his employer - a large car-transporter company. Woods, who was...

help train fellow drivers.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Omnia Driving is asking employers to join a scheme where experienced drivers can become 'mentors' and train other drivers. The move follows the award of a new [pound]30,000 grant towards the cost of training 30 driver mentors. Burton...

TGWU IN DISPUTE WITH FORD.(truck drivers accuses auto maker of rule breaking)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... As predicted (October T&D), a row has blown up about the transfer of jobs from car transport firm Ansa Logistics to manufacturing giant Ford. However, the dispute is not between the TGWU and URTU but between Ford and the TGWU. Five years...

P&O Morale AT.(P and O Trans European)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... AN All-tiME low Management at P&O Trans European, which advertises for LGV staff nationally on the company's website, has been accused of holding drivers in contempt and of describing Class 1 ADR drivers as 'unskilled' and 'ten-a-penny'....

reluctant irlam.(James Irlam and Son refuses to deal with the United Road Transport Union)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Boss of James Irlam & Son, David Irlam, is refusing to participate in union negotiations over pay - despite being forced to recognise the United Road Transport Union in September. It has emerged that current pay talks are being held via...

Playing safe.(teaching children about safety in truck driving)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A big Swede attended school in Shelf, Halifax this summer - a bright-yellow Volvo FH12. The aim? To give a larger-than-life lesson in road safety and show children just how important trucks are in our daily lives No matter what her...

Give 'em the slip.
December 1, 2001... Why is it that when approaching a slip road and pulling into the motorway's middle lane to allow cars out, they don't acknowledge you or indicate? They just put their foot down and accelerate, leaving you stuck in the middle lane doing, in my...

carry on Renault Clio.(Evaluation)
December 1, 2001... Adecade is a long time in the motor industry. Noticed the improvements even the humblest of vehicles benefit from these days? (and I don't just mean advances in engine technology, more of which later). This Renault supports my point. A...

Silentnight furniture.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Thinking of a career change, or just want to know if the grass really is greener on the other side? Then this regular column has the answers. We try to discover what transport firms are really like to work for, so T&D doesn't just get the...

Big smoothy.(Renault Magnum )(Evaluation)
December 1, 2001... Renault has extended driver appeal even further in the more rounded, albeit less distinctive shape of its revamped Magnum. Stefan Elswood reports on changes to the manufacturer's range Who were the first drivers in Europe to set eyes on...

Troublespots to watch FOR in NOV/dec.(highway repairs)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... ACtion stations! M6 Jct 17-20, Cheshire. Gantry construction; moderate delays. Work due to end in December. M60 Jct 11-13. Various closures, including that of the access slip road to southbound M60, until the end of December....

Ford Transit falls short.(Evaluation)
December 1, 2001... Front-drive versions of the new Transit are now appearing in significant numbers in a high street near you, so T&D was keen to find out just why the van's so popular. A week of lengthy test drives later, we're still not sure. The...