Brigade launches new radar reversing safety system
Published On: Wednesday 18 June 2014
Brigade Electronics has launched a new radar obstacle detection system, which is said to improve safety by providing drivers with clear warnings of people or obstructions behind large reversing vehicles. [...]
Q8Oils celebrates 10 years of business with Kerr & Smith
Published On: Wednesday 18 June 2014
Lubricant supplier Q8Oils has reached a 10-year milestone in its business relationship with Kerr & Smith, a family company providing sales and servicing for Vauxhall cars and Iveco and DAF [...]
The hangover from the Euro 5 sales spike will last all year, according to Scania (Great Britain)’s managing director Claes Jacobsson. “Year-on-year we are well behind where we were last [...]
Municipal vehicle hire and maintenance services specialist and south west Hyva agent, Collett Transport Services (CTS), has recently purchased two new Scania chassis and installed new sliding Hyva hookloading equipment [...]
The Department for Transport has launched a consultation into proposals which would give enforcement officers new powers to issue on-the-spot fines to truck drivers for drivers’ hours and HGV Road [...]
Mandatory CO2 monitoring planned for heavy vehicles
Published On: Friday 13 June 2014
The European Commission (EC) has released a report laying out in detail its strategy to cut carbon emissions by heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) – the EC’s blanket term for trucks, buses [...]
Northern Ireland authorities not enforcing foreign lorry tax
Published On: Thursday 12 June 2014
Disagreement between Whitehall and Stormont has meant that the HGV Road User Levy is not being enforced by authorities in Northern Ireland, as the devolved administration attempts to negotiate further [...]
Details of upcoming changes to European tachograph legislation due to come into force in 2018 have been revealed by tachograph analysis and training specialist Tachodisc. The changes concern a procedure [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced the launch of a report said to help operators better understand their Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS), the mechanism DVSA uses [...]