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VOSA to merge with Driving Standards Agency
June 20, 2013 · No comments

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, VOSA, and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), are to merge during the course of the next year, the roads safety minister Stephen...

Nearly one in three foreign trucks unroadworthy
June 12, 2013 · No comments

Foreign trucks entering the UK are more likely to be overweight or have mechanical faults than British-registered vehicles, but their drivers are less likely to be in breach...

DfT plans changes to longer semi-trailer trial
June 12, 2013 · No comments

The Department for Transport has opened a consultation on plans to change the allocations process currently in operation for the trial of longer semi-trailers, launched in January 2012. The department...

Operators’ views sought on EU’s impact on transport
June 11, 2013 · No comments

The Department for Transport has issued a call for evidence on how European Union policies impact on the UK transport sector, as part of a wider audit of...

Surge in Driver CPC hours as enforcement steps up a gear
June 11, 2013 · No comments

April saw the largest number of drivers yet complete their 35 hours of mandatory training in order to acquire Driver CPC cards. The deadline for drivers from the...

Headlamp aim remains top reason for heavy vehicle test fails
June 11, 2013 · No comments

Headlamp aim remained the top reason for trucks failing their annual tests in 2011-12, according to the latest report from VOSA, with nearly 11 per cent of HGVs...

Industry thanks EU for oil price-fixing probe
June 11, 2013 · No comments

Key industry and political figures have welcomed the revelation that a formal investigation is underway by the European Commission into the issue of oil price-fixing. In mid-May, EC...

Volvo middleweights launched
June 11, 2013 · No comments

Volvo Trucks has revealed the Euro 6 versions of its FL and FE (pictured) middleweight trucks, with two new engines: the six-cylinder 7.7-litre D8K and the four-cylinder 5.1-litre D5K....

EC backtracks on cabotage deregulation
June 11, 2013 · No comments

Plans to further liberalise the European road transport market by lifting current restrictions on cabotage – the transportation of goods within one country by operators registered elsewhere –...