Well, dixbie, we know that they ain't. There was an article in the Torygraph a couple of weeks ago about it. Police here are certain that a lot of the eastern trucks are not up to scratch. They quoted a number of deficiencies they typically found - not that I remember what they were, but the general idea was that they are dangerous by British standards. Mind you, the quality of truck driving here kind of pushes the roadworthiness thing on to the back burner. I just about got skittled by a truck pulling out without either looking or indicating this morning. I took his number and rang the company and bollocked their road services manager, but I doubt if anything more will come of it...