In-cab rest clampdown ‘won’t target truck stops and services’
Published On: Wednesday 1 November 2017
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has obtained an important clarification from the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) regarding the recent tightening of weekly rest enforcement policy – which appears [...]
TC vows to put non-compliant fleets out of business
Published On: Friday 27 October 2017
Kevin Rooney, the new traffic commissioner (TC) for the West of England (pictured, right), gave attendees at the FTA’s transport manager’s conference in Somerset an insight into the workings of [...]
Among the technologies offered by power solutions provider Electro-Wind is a DC power supply for use with tail lifts and double-deck trailers. “Due to the phenomenal growth of the e-commerce [...]
Paul Miller, product manager at vehicle tracking specialist Fleetmatics, offers advice for operators on how best to drive fleet efficiency Last year, LCVs racked up 48.5 billion miles on Britain’s [...]
Iveco consultant Peter Symons mounted a spirited defence of diesel as a heavy-vehicle fuel before discussing alternatives at the FTA transport manager’s conference in Sparkford, Somerset. “Is diesel dead?” He [...]
Big fleets ‘in firing line’ on emissions control sabotage
Published On: Tuesday 24 October 2017
Operators caught knowingly running vehicles with damaged, missing or sabotaged emissions-control systems will face action against their O-licences, the DVSA has warned. Speaking at the FTA’s transport managers’ conference in [...]
Transdek to showcase urban double-deckers at Freight in the City
Published On: Friday 20 October 2017
Transdek UK says it will highlight the environmental and cost-saving benefits of its Duet urban double-deck trailers on stand V09 at the third annual Freight in the City Expo, Alexandra [...]
Nigel Morris, tax director at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, offers advice to help HGV operators cope with recent overnight allowance changes Under a 26-year-long agreement between the Road Haulage Association (RHA) [...]
Tougher fines on the way for drivers’ hours breaches
Published On: Friday 20 October 2017
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has vowed to ramp up its enforcement effort against truck, bus and coach drivers caught breaking drivers’ hours rules, thanks to wider-ranging fine-issuing [...]
