White Van Man Gets A Makeover.
ACCORDING TO NISSAN VAN DRIVER RESEARCH ANYWAY What is a van driver like? There is the stereotypical view that they are all White Van Men, ‘arm out of the window, fag and/or mobile phone in hand,...
View ArticleCouncils Looking Into More Potholes Than Before
Image courtesy of phanlop88 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net With yet another severe winter having been evident this year, and with no sign of spring looking like it is going to be arriving any time in the near...
View ArticleFIAT PROFESSIONAL AT THE CV SHOW 2013
Fiat Professional, the CV side of Fiat, will be showing off what can only be described as a very impressive (and award-winning) range of commercial vehicles at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show in...
View ArticleRoad Safety Warning!
Image courtesy of Surachai/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net MORE THAN A MILLION MOTORISTS PUT OFF REPAIRING ACCIDENT DAMAGE It appears that there is a lot more danger out there on the roads than at first...
View ArticleWelcome to World Poetry Day
“Poetry is one of the purest expressions of linguistic freedom. It is a component of the identity of peoples and it embodies the creative energy of culture, for it can be continuously renewed”. Irina...
View ArticleHow To Save Even More On Fuel
LOOK TO LPG FOR EVEN GREATER FUEL SAVINGS With the Chancellor scrapping next September’s planned fuel duty increase, there is a weight lifted off of the worried shoulders of many families (as they...
View ArticleGet Ready For This Year’s Road Safety Week
EMPLOYERS URGED TO HELP DRIVERS TO ‘TUNE IN’ TO ROAD SAFETY This year’s Road Safety Week will be taking place 18-24 September and, as the UK’s biggest road safety event, it will appeal to everyone who...
View ArticleCenter Parcs Green & Pleasant Van
CENTER PARCS TAKES DELIVERY OF ALL-ELECTRIC FLEET FROM RENAULT The green credentials of Center Parcs have been further enhanced with the arrival at the Sherwood Forest Centre of 22 new all-electric...
View ArticleNew Mercedes Sprinter Van Fast Tracks Efficiency, Safety and Dynamics
The new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van once again is revealed to the world as a pace and trendsetter; this time with five new safety systems, engines that meet the future Euro VI emissions standard, a...
View ArticleNew Truck Product to Help Safeguard Cyclists
AN ‘ESPECIALLY FOR HGVs’ CYCLIST DETECTION SYSTEM With HGVs involved in 20% of all cyclist deaths in London, it is good news for both HGV drivers and cyclists that the Global Live Cycle Scanner has...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz Sprinter Survives The Longest Day Of The Year
On the longest day of the year, a fleet of Mercedes-Benz vans worked the longest day of their lives The 2013 Summer Solstice fell on Friday June 21st. Regrettably, I spent the day in transit, so...
View ArticleRenault Twizy Cargo – The Coolest Commercial Vehicle?
The Renault Twizy Cargo aims to turn the world of commercial vehicles upside down – and it just might succeed In a field dominated by vans of various shades of white, it takes guts to try something...
View ArticleYet Another All-New Ford Transit Connect Hits The Streets
Developed under the One Ford global product strategy at Ford’s commercial vehicle centre of excellence in Essex, Ford have unleashed another Transit Connect into the workplace once it’s been produced...
View ArticleMythbusting At The MPG Marathon
Drivers set out to confirm, console and educate. Do you find that every car you touch somehow becomes a hungry devouring gas-guzzler in your hands? Have you ever frowned at an operator’s manual whilst...
View ArticleHow Far Will You Go For Cheaper Fuel?
Image via Flickr user: Simon Green A news report this week from the AA has revealed that petrol prices in the same town can, depending on where you fill up, vary by as much as 3p per litre. So is it...
View ArticleTruck Drivers Ignore Seat Belt Advice
Image via Flickr user: NCTRUCKINGITEMS ONLY HALF OF ALL TRUCK DRIVERS USE IT! Despite the fact that the chances of a driver or passenger surviving a serious road accident are doubled if seat belts are...
View ArticleRenault Kangoo Z.E Swarms The Continent
Renault Kangoo Z.E An International Success Story Renault have cause indeed for celebration. With 10,000 registrations in Europe, the Renault Kangoo Z.E is officially Europe’s best-selling small...
View ArticleDVLA suggest Electric Cars Need More Incentives
PLUG-IN VEHICLE SALES FAIL TO TAKE OFF IN THE UK Electric cars may well be, like garlic bread, the future but it seems that over here in the UK we have yet to realise it – if the latest registration...
View ArticleThe New Ford Transit Connect – International Van of the Year 2014
Despite the fact that there are still near enough 3 and a half months left of 2013, the title of “International Van of the Year 2014” has been awarded at the COMTRANS commercial vehicle exhibition in...
View ArticleAs VW Camper Vans Disappear, So Does a Small Piece of my Childhood.
Image via Flickr user: Top Motors Noooooooo! No more VW Camper vans are being made! Alright; they’ve not exactly been flavour of the month over the past God-knows how many years, and they may have only...
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