<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Articles about drivers</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:35:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>DfT urged to find a way to charge foreign lorries</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/03/12/135753/dft-urged-to-find-a-way-to-charge-foreign-lorries.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/03/12/135753/dft-urged-to-find-a-way-to-charge-foreign-lorries.html</guid><description>The DfT should work with the Treasury to find a way of charging foreign lorries for using our roads, a committee of MPs has suggested.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Big Train rolls into Chester</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/03/05/135719/the-big-train-rolls-into-chester.html</link><guid 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appeal</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/24/135618/follow-the-fire-engine-appeal.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/24/135618/follow-the-fire-engine-appeal.html</guid><description>HGV driver trainers are being sought to help provide training for a team of 23 friends who are attempting to achieve Guinness World Record status by circumnavigating the globe in a fire engine. </description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>O-licence award comes with five-year warning</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/23/135605/o-licence-award-comes-with-five-year-warning.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/23/135605/o-licence-award-comes-with-five-year-warning.html</guid><description>Two Birmingham operators have been successful in winning a restricted O-licence for two vehicles, but the granting of the application came with a formal warning that must remain on their files for five years. </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Committee urges Treasury to keep up rail investment</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/15/135566/committee-urges-treasury-to-keep-up-rail-investment.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/15/135566/committee-urges-treasury-to-keep-up-rail-investment.html</guid><description>The Strategic Freight Network (SFN) has received a significant boost from a transport select committee report into rail investment, which, if achieved, will result in seven million lorry journeys being removed from the UK's roads every year.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aspiring drivers to benefit from Scottish training fund</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/10/135538/aspiring-drivers-to-benefit-from-scottish-training-fund.html</link><guid 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revamps apprenticeship programme</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135508/sfl-revamps-apprenticeship-programme.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135508/sfl-revamps-apprenticeship-programme.html</guid><description>Industry training council Skills for Logistics is revamping its apprenticeship...</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Luxury accomodation on the move</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/04/135475/luxury-accomodation-on-the-move.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/04/135475/luxury-accomodation-on-the-move.html</guid><description>For any driver who complains they don't have enough space in their cab to sleep in at night, a Spanish firm has come up with a solution: the Hotelmovil.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>