Friday 27 September 2024
On 20 September Bernardus Theodorus Willibrordus Heiltjes, managing director of Autohulpdienst Ben Heiltjes, passed away in Cuijk. Ben Heiltjes was born in Cuijk in 1955. He grew up in a family with a car-based business: the Cuijkse Autoservice. From an early age, he was actively involved in the business and, in the 1970s, trained to be a car mechanic at the MTS in Apeldoorn. In 1982, in the showroom Ben Heiltjes met Monique Hilhorst, a customer who wanted a part-exchange deal on a red Citroën 2 CV. He sold her a Citroën LN, in the same shade of red. They were married in 1985.
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Tuesday, 30 July 2024
On 1 April 2024 the vehicle recovery work in the NH132 (Amsterdam-West) IM district was taken over by two vehicle recovery companies from outside Amsterdam: ABC and Hoogwout Berging. ABC is a subsidiary of Hooikammer Autoberging in Staphorst. Hoogwout Berging is based in Oostzaan and Purmerend. In the district in question, this pair recorded an average response time of 6.23 minutes. That means that they were among the quickest recovery operators in the country.
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Stichting Incident Management Nederland is responsible for the recovery of passenger vehicles on the Dutch main trunk road network. For that purpose, Stichting Incident Management Nederland collaborates closely with 51 qualified recovery companies. Below is a list of our contract partners for the contract period 1 October 2013 through to 31 March 2026.
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The objective of Incident Management is to ensure that as quickly as possible following an incident, the trunk roads are once again clear for unhindered passage of traffic. The Stichting Incident Management Nederland (Incident Management Netherlands Foundation) was established to support road managers in their efforts in the field of incident management.
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