Uganda extends deadline for installation of speed governors

Xinhua News Agency;  September 3, 2005 ;     190 words ......extends deadline for installation of speed governors KAMPALA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan...the deadline for the installation of speed governors in taxis for another six months, local...to extend the deadline for fixing speed governors in taxis from September 1 to six months...

Bluelines run over speed governors

The Hindustan Times;  August 1, 2007 ;     200 words ......they are yet again tampering with speed governors, undermining the credibility of the...fitness certificates. "We found that the speed governors were tampered with," said Qamar Ahmed...of reports, HT had highlighted how speed governors are often tampered with before the...

CHANDIGARH SCHOOL BUSES TO HAVE SPEED GOVERNORS

The Hindustan Times;  November 5, 2008 ;     150 words ......School buses in Chandigarh will have speed governors from Dec 1 so that they are not able...administration has made it mandatory to install speed governors by bus operators of all school buses...buses will be done only if they have speed governors, he said. Published by HT ...

Kenyan Drivers Urged To Use Speed Governors

Xinhua English Newswire;  April 7, 1996 ;     139 words ......vehicles (PSVs) and, instead, it is urging all PSVs to fit speed governors. To end the weeks long controversial "black box" debate...Stadium, some 200 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. He said speed governors are more suitable as they will control speeding in PSV vehicles...

Control them with speed governors

New Straits Times;  April 18, 2008 ;     252 words ......Yeng Siang New Straits Times 04-18-2008 Control them with speed governors Byline: Tam Yeng Siang Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section...government should be able to mandate the installation of speed governors on all express buses, which will limit the speed of the...

Hitting a speed breaker ; Bangalore: Nearly five lakh commercial vehicles,...

India Today;  March 10, 2008 ;     291 words ......commercial vehicles are fitted with speed governors a speed control device costing around...make it mandatory for them to install speed governors in their vehicles. The state Government...for manufacturers to fit lakhs of speed governors within the June 30 deadline. The strike...

Truck drivers propose new speed control

Columbia Daily Tribune;  October 21, 2006 ;     266 words ......by the insurance industry. Many truck fleets already use speed governors to improve safety and cut fuel consumption, said Mac McCormick...between cars and trucks would cause more accidents than speed governors prevented. The trucking group's measure would apply to trucks...

Canadian Truck Group Favors Speed Governors

Transport Topics;  March 6, 2006 ;     109 words ......association in that country, announced last week it endorsed a policy that calls on provincial governments to mandate the use of speed governors on commercial trucks. In its announcement, CTA said governors should be on "all trucks that operate into, out of and within...

ATA Group Explores Use of Speed Governors to Improve Safety

Transport Topics;  July 25, 2005 ;     439 words ......Associations working group is considering whether using speed governors in trucks is a cost-effective way to improve safety on highways...adopt a policy statement by the fall calling for the use of speed governors on all trucks in Canada (7-18, p. 23). Scott Smith, OTA...

SPEED GOVERNORS

Jerusalem Post;  June 29, 1995 ;     281 words ......education, better policing and, dare I say it, railways. Finally, I read, on June 6, that "trucks and buses are to have speed governors as they are involved in a disproportionate number of accidents." This sentence implies that cars also have accidents due...

Qld: Truck drivers strike over driver-fatigue laws

AAP General News (Australia);  March 1, 2007 ;     393 words ......General News (Australia) 03-01-2007 Qld: Truck drivers strike over driver-fatigue laws By...BRISBANE, March 1 AAP - More than 100 truck drivers in south-east Queensland have taken...unfair and unjust". The new laws hit truck drivers with demerit points and large fines...

EU Truck Drivers Demand Shorter Working Hours

Xinhua News Agency;  October 2, 2000 ;     221 words ......place was right in the middle of a siege by truck drivers. Truck drivers from across the 15-nation bloc set up road blockades...between are calculated as well. The protesting truck drivers, all paid professional hauliers, would like...

Vic: Truck drivers use drugs less than car drivers: union

AAP General News (Australia);  January 31, 2005 ;     293 words ......General News (Australia) 01-31-2005 Vic: Truck drivers use drugs less than car drivers: union...world-first drug testing trial of Victorian truck drivers will help dispel the myth that most truck drivers take drugs, a union said today. During...

Vic: Truck drivers step up blockade, consider govt response

AAP General News (Australia);  June 2, 2000 ;     279 words ......News (Australia) 06-02-2000 Vic: Truck drivers step up blockade, consider govt response MELBOURNE, June 2 AAP - Truck drivers overnight stepped up blockades...federal secretary John Allan said truck drivers would today consider federal...

Mineta Tells Truck Drivers to Buckle Up

Transport Topics;  April 11, 2005 ;     412 words ......aimed at increasing usage among truck drivers. "If you are one of the more than five-and-a-hali-million truck drivers who choose not to wear your safety...Maverick Transportation, told truck drivers there were several reasons they...