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Truck driver's handbook / David Soye.

By: Soye, David P. (David Peter), 1944-.
Contributor(s): Daily Star.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Kogan Page, 1995Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 309 p. : ill, forms, 1 map ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0749414898 (m).Subject(s): Truck driving -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 629.2844
Contents:
The large goods vehicle driving licence -- The large goods vehicle driving test -- National vocational qualifications (NVQs) for truck drivers -- National vocational qualifications (NVQs) for warehousing staff -- Carriage of dangerous goods -- Tachographs - Questions and answers -- Driver's hours and records -- Road transport regulations -- Drinking and driving -- Motorway regulations -- Accident procedure -- The police and the Department of Transport -- Carrying passengers and giving lifts -- Vehicle and load security -- Coupling and uncoupling -- Reversing with safety -- Driving overseas -- Driver communications -- First Aid -- Vehicle faults and remedies -- Vehicle types and definitions -- Truck driver of the year competition -- Waiting, parking and loading -- Road signs -- The highway code -- The Euro tunnel -- Getting through London -- Motorway services -- Traffic area offices -- Police, motoring and weather telephone service numbers -- Breakdown and recovery services -- Useful conversions.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 629.2844 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014842
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This revised and updated edition contains useful facts and tips for both experienced drivers and those entering the road haulage industry. It provides guidance on the LGV licence and safe driving practices, plus listings of commercial recovery services and motorway services.

At head of title: Daily Star.

The large goods vehicle driving licence -- The large goods vehicle driving test -- National vocational qualifications (NVQs) for truck drivers -- National vocational qualifications (NVQs) for warehousing staff -- Carriage of dangerous goods -- Tachographs - Questions and answers -- Driver's hours and records -- Road transport regulations -- Drinking and driving -- Motorway regulations -- Accident procedure -- The police and the Department of Transport -- Carrying passengers and giving lifts -- Vehicle and load security -- Coupling and uncoupling -- Reversing with safety -- Driving overseas -- Driver communications -- First Aid -- Vehicle faults and remedies -- Vehicle types and definitions -- Truck driver of the year competition -- Waiting, parking and loading -- Road signs -- The highway code -- The Euro tunnel -- Getting through London -- Motorway services -- Traffic area offices -- Police, motoring and weather telephone service numbers -- Breakdown and recovery services -- Useful conversions.