Traffic Department

13:32 Mar 21, 2006

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English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Haulage sub-contracting agreement

English term or phrase: Traffic Department

Fridge trailer loads must not be removed from the port until the day of delivery, unless authorised by the Traffic Department. Under no circumstances may such trailers be removed from the port and parked unattended, awaiting an ‘early start’.

Does Traffic Department refer to a business department within a company or to a (UK) Department (Governmental body)?

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Michel A. KudoZ activity Questions: 406 (1 open) (71 closed without grading) Answers: 4299
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3 +6

police/council? would depend on location (see note)

awilliams

I would say company as...

Anna Maria Augustine (X)

port traffic control

William [Bill] Gray

Discussion entries: 8

Answers

24 mins confidence:

traffic department port traffic control

Explanation:
Going a bit further down the road which Amy suggests, I think it could well refer to a department withing the port authority itself, and the word traffic refers more to the traffic of goods, rather than the usual meaning of traffic on the road.
I wonder how big the said "port" is?

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 13:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 mins confidence:

traffic department I would say company as...

Explanation:
I have never heard of a govenmental body referred to as such in all my years in the UK.

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-03-21 13:39:36 GMT)
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Department is used in the US for governmental bodies but not in the UK.

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Note added at 24 mins (2006-03-21 13:56:55 GMT)
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Michel, something tells me this is the freight company that is being referred to.

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

traffic department police/council? would depend on location (see note)

Explanation:
There's no UK government "traffic department" as such, nor is there a "Department of Traffic".

Some police forces around the country have their own "Traffic Department" - see the thousands of refs on the web - so it may be worth finding out where all this is taking place and checking the constabulary ref on the web as it may be a police department.

The other possibility is a council traffic department - at a local government level.

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Note added at 22 mins (2006-03-21 13:54:44 GMT)
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The Highways Agency is really the main government traffic "department".

I think it would be worth checking, as you can't rule out 100% that this is a company department.

It could potentially be the traffic department of a port authority or something similar.

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Note added at 28 mins (2006-03-21 14:01:19 GMT)
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council "traffic department": http://www.colehill.gov.uk/projects.htm
"Members of the Council met with Bill Pitcher of Dorset County Council Traffic department to discuss safety improvements at the traffic junction of Long Lane and Smugglers Lane"

It would also depend on your context - I'm leaning towards the port authority idea at the moment, but it's not 100% clear without knowing precisely where it is.
http://www.abports.co.uk/news20043673.htm
"He joined ABP in 1977 in the Port Traffic Department and has held a number of administrative positions within the Company."

awilliams
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:57
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Ian M-H (X): I think you're right - a police traffic dept. could make sense in context, but so could a local authority or company dept. So it's ask the client time...

6 mins

-> cheers Ian - am leaning towards the port authority idea, which I mentioned somewhere in my ramblings, but always better to check!

agree

NancyLynn: I think it's private, but like everyone else, I believe this is one for the client to answer

23 mins

-> thanks, Nancy

agree

Jack Doughty: For Police Tfc. Dept. see www.police-information.co.uk/Docs/careerinformation/special...

52 mins

-> thanks for the ref, Jack

agree

Romanian Translator (X)

54 mins

-> thanks, Awana

agree

Dave Calderhead

2 hrs

agree

Alfa Trans (X)

1 day 5 hrs

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