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A blog is a frequently-updated website made up mainly of short entries. The most recent entries appear at the top of the page, and the older ones further down.

At the bottom of each post you'll see the name of the journalist who made the post, the date and time they posted it, as well as the Categories it appeared in. More on Categories in a moment. 

A blog isn't just a place for you to read what we've written - you can join in the discussion, too. Every post on the blog has the option for you to leave a comment on it, giving your own opinion on the subject. Just click on the Comments link at the bottom of an entry to do so.

Some entries have a Read More link at the bottom. That means that the post was too long for the front page of the blog. If you click on Read More, you'll be taken through to the rest of the entry.

Entries are broken down into Categories, which are broad topics. You can click on the Category link on the right hand column to see a page with all entries on that Category.

Tags, on the other hand, are a list of things mentioned in the article. These can be companies, people or even just ideas. You can click on any tag to see a list of all entries on this blog that have the same tag.

Trackbacks are link to other blogs, elsewhere on the Internet, which have written about that particular blog post. Click on those links to read those comments.

The Road Transport blog has been launched to give transport professionals a place on the internet to share news, views and ideas.

In the coming weeks we’ll be launching a full blown website for the road transport industry which will offer a mix of news, views, legislative updates, jobs and used vehicles for sale. It is a massive project, set to revolutionise the on-line space for the road transport sector.

In the meantime, to whet your appetite, we’ve launched our new RoadTransport Blog which will keep you informed. The RoadTransport Blog is a specific weblog aimed at giving you the opportunity to review and discuss all the big issues in the road transport industry. Each day our team of bloggers will be posting comment on the issues as they happen. Whether it’s new vehicle launches, company reports, hot news or just a desire to get something off their chest, you’ll find it all on the RoadTransport Blog.

We are having a large-scale power shutdown at Roadtransport Towers this weekend, which means that you will not be able to add comments to entries on any of the Roadtransport.com blogs over the Bank Holiday weekend. The blogs themselves will still be available to read, but there will be no new entries or comments until Monday.

The blogs affected are:
The Road Transport Blog
BigLorryBlog
The Truck & Van Blog
The Operators' Blog
The Transport Law Blog
The World Trucks Blog

Meanwhile, have a great weekend.

• David Manners highlights predictions of chaos in the semiconductor industry
  (tags: davidmanners IFS2008 semiconductors futurehorizons)
• Making art from lamps
  (tags: art lamps gadgetfreak LED)

• Null-Hypothesis
  An interesting site - Null Hypothesis, dubbed the journal of "Unlikely science". A complement to our own Engineer in Wonderland, perhaps.. It was a work related email, believe it or not, that lead me to the strange profession of frog-licking...
  (tags: Null Hypothesis, Unlikely science)

An innocent conversation about completing the Coast-to-Coast with Alex Wright of Manheim Auctions at the 2007 CV Show has brought me to this, training hard to ensure the 110 mile charity cycle ride of the second stage of the Tour de France doesn't end in tears.

Some cyclists recently...

Despite my best efforts [I haven't got a bike, the time or the body, I left it on the bus, my dog ate it...] he has countered me at every corner. He lent me a bike, put me in touch with fellow Manheim stalwart Dave Anthony, and sent constantly reminders of 'how is training going?' or 'do you like the bike?' and 'should I send the lads round to help with motivation?'