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Clearway
1) Part of highway designated (and signposted) as such where vehicles are not permitted to stop - see Highway Code for details and illustration of sign.
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Clearing banks
1) The major banks which deal with commercial banking, cheque clearance, etc.
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Classification Society
1) An independent organization which surveys and inspects ships to ensure their sea-worthiness (eg Lloyd’s Register of Shipping).
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Civil penalty
1) Home Office penalty imposed on truck drivers and road hauliers found with illegal immigrants in their vehicles - currently set at £2,000 per immigrant found. No appeal - only defence is that the Civil Code of Practice was followed.
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City diesel
1) A cleaner form of diesel fuel which helps to reduce toxic exhaust emissions (ie ultra-low sulphur diesel).
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CIT
1) Chartered Institute of Transport. The premier professional body for individuals engaged in transport whether by land, sea or air.
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Clearing house
1) A firm that undertakes haulage contracts by (mainly) sub-contracting the work to other vehicle operators. Many have a poor reputation as a result of paying low rates and taking a long time to settle sub-contractor accounts. Now referred to in modern terminology as ‘freight exchanges’ or ‘electronic market places’.
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03.07.2013 13:30 |
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Clear Pass
1) A commercial product (by Monsanto) that prevents vehicles throwing up excessive spray from wet roads. Manufactured to conform to legal requirements. See Anti-spray and BS AU 200.
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03.07.2013 13:28 |
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Clandestine entrants
1) Legal terminology (used in Immigration and Asylum Act 1999) to describe illegal immigrants (or ‘illegals’ for short) into the UK where hauliers and drivers may have to pay a penalty if caught with such persons on their vehicles.
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03.07.2013 13:26 |
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Civil Code of Practice
1) Home Office Code to be followed by truck drivers and road hauliers to avoid the civil penalty for aiding the entry of illegal immigrants (see also clandestine entrants) to the UK.
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CITB
1) Construction Industry Training Board.
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CIS
1) Commonwealth of Independent States. Formed on the break-up of the old Soviet Union (USSR).
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