Braking performance may be affected on vehicle IDs: VF3******64003062 to VF3******9Z026871. Water may ingress the brake drums, causing premature brake lining wear and thus reducing the braking effort...
VOSA ProhibitionsBraking performance may be affected on vehicle IDs: VF7******64003036 to VF7******9z027043. Water may ingress the brake drums, causing premature brake lining wear and thus reducing the braking effort...
VOSA Prohibitions
Operators contract hiring new Actros and Axor X tractor units, through Mercedes-Benz CharterWay, can now get Daimler FleetBoard's telematics, with three months' vehicle management services, all free.
Driver / People Management
A recent 1:50 scale release from Derbyshire-based promotional model trucks specialists Search Impex will be among 70 vehicles to grace the company's stand at the Commercial Vehicle Operator Show...
Tractor Units
MAN CLA says it's made a good start in 2010, with agreements already signed totalling 1,200 units, most for Indonesia, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, South Africa and Morocco.
Concrete Mixers
Leicester-based refrigeration contractor WR Refrigeration has taken delivery of 97 Vito 111CDIs – two the long-bodied variants, the remainder compacts – from city dealer Mertrux.
Finance & Leasing
Pilkington has specified seven specialist coach-built bodies for 18-tonne gvw DAF LF 55-220 chassis cabs, with a 9.5 tonne payload, from Supertrucks.
Rigids
Ten more Scania Omni-Dekka double-deck buses, delivered to Nottingham City Transport from Optare's Blackburn plant, takes Nottingham's total to 134 out of a fleet of 330.
Bus & Coach
From next month (May), vehicle sideguards will be subject to stricter compliance checks during VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) annual testing.
Road Legal
Sometimes an operator can become successful so fast that the challenge is no longer about achieving growth, but attempting to improve efficiency and joined-up working just to keep up.
Workshop Management Systems
All operators have to maintain strict records on vehicle maintenance, driver licensing and competence, and vehicle use and mileage to co comply with VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency)...
Telematics
Biofuels are very much on transport engineers' radar right now. On the one hand, there's the prospect of gaining green credentials and driving a wedge through the current impasse on out-of-hours...
Alternative Fuels