LONDON -- Trucker Martin Boddy’s ability to walk was taken from him in an accident he was involved in while hauling a load to Italy from England. But he has proved it will take more than that to stop his wheels.

LONDON — More than 350,000 screaming fans recently packed into an arena in the woods of Germany to watch 100-mile-per-hour big rigs battle it out to see who was the fastest trucker around.

LONDON - To drive a big rig in the days of yore you had to be able to handle the monster steering wheel that came as standard issue.

ONDON — While truckers in the United States frequently are forbidden to use certain highway lanes, the British government wants to do just the opposite by giving trucks and buses lanes of their own, free of automobiles, during peak traffic periods.

LONDON -- Many port drivers would give their left arms to make it through a congested terminal quickly, but at the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, terminal operators are only asking for their hand.

LONDON — A proposal before the European Union would prohibit anyone from getting behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer in Europe without first completing a minimum amount of training.

LONDON — British truckers won the right to add three tons of capacity to their rigs on Feb. 1 as the central government increased the maximum weight for six-axle tractor-trailers to just over 97,000 pounds.

European Union transport ministers have agreed to a plan that will reduce the number of hours truckers may work.

Transport ministers may approve a plan that includes more restrictive hours-of-service regulations for overseas truckers and a weekend ban on trucks travelling international roads.