We all know the significance of the ‘getaway car’ in the world of crime and we have all watched great car chases on the television...

From trucks taking unusual turns on the motorway, to drivers packing a year’s worth of delivery work onto one overloaded run, sometimes even the most practised road users get caught breaking the rules – or even breaking their vehicles...

Try starting a conversation with most people (aside from the haulage companies) about trucks, and they’ll be asleep before you even get to discuss the merits of a mid-lift axle...

Whether it is through luck or fate, lorries just seem to keep finding their way to the centre of the most bizarre news stories and urban myths around the internet...

Ask the vast majority of lorry drivers and owner operators if the year has been kind to them, and they’ll most likely laugh...

The Top Five Computer Games Involving Lorries Lorries are an every day sight on our roads and motorways, ubiquitous in modern life and a common sight (and sometimes annoyance) for drivers...

The world of haulage and lorry driving has never been seen as the most glamorous, despite there being some truly memorable lorries in the world of film and television...

On a long haul road haulage job, a lorry driver can be on the road for days or even weeks That’s a long time for something to go wrong with your lorry – and if you are stuck by the side of the road waiting for help and paying for repairs, you and your company will be losing time and money...

While jobs become more competitive in other industries thanks to the credit crunch, it’s still relatively easy to get a haulage job...

I’ve written about lorry driver urban legends before, but they just keep cropping up all over the internet...

If you read any lorry-centric news sites at the moment, you’ll be aware that times are not exactly good...

Everybody knows that tiredness is a major cause of traffic accidents, and everybody knows that lorry drivers work a huge amount of hours...

Every lorry driver knows that theft is one of risks of their profession Lorry trailers, often filled with valuable goods, have long been tempting targets for haulage thieves, and this kind of crime is believed to cost the haulage and groupage industry over £100 million every year...

The rising price of fuel has already caused many woes for owner operators and haulage companies in recent months...

Those of us who work in haulage companies sometimes wonder what we’ve done to deserve such a villainous portrayal in the film world...

Perhaps it’s because of their no-nonsense attitude, or maybe it is just because there are so many of them on the road, but when they aren’t busy working on various haulage jobs many lorry drivers seem to moonlight as have-a-go heroes...

As I reported in my previous article, ‘World's Top 10 Silly Lorry Stories’, lorries and lorry drivers seem to have a habit of being involved in some of the world’s quirkiest news stories...

What do you think of when you picture a lorry Perhaps one of these lorries from popular culture...

With skyrocketing fuel prices, LEZ, long working hours and congestion charging conspiring to make the poor old lorry drivers’ lives a costly misery, Lyall Cresswell of Haulage Exchange takes a look back in time to see if lorry driving was better in the old days… Text body: Currently, there is a feeling of real doom and gloom hanging over the logistics industry...

Whether it’s down to lack of sleep, a comical attitude or a desire for distractions on a long journey, for some reason lorries and lorry drivers have been the focus of many of the craziest news stories over the last few years...

Over the years, the truck driver has made for a great series of stories Amidst the standard tales of traffic jams, incredible journeys and more incredible bad driving, when involved with a freight exchange, you hear the type of outlandish tales more commonly associated with fishermen...

I, like pretty much every man, woman, child, cat, dog and mouse in the country, am something of a Facebook addict...

Having been exploring Facebook lately, the reputation of the lorry driving haulage industry is clearly in need of a tune up...

When you spend more time in your lorry than you do at home, it’s only natural to want to make it into a comfortable living environment...

Actors, athletes and mass murderers – it takes all sorts to drive lorries With brief details of their involvement in the trade and subsequent celebrity, here is a countdown of the top 10 stars who worked as lorry drivers before they were famous, with varying degrees of success...