‘Phased approach’ to annual testing for specialised vehicles
Published On: Sunday 12 November 2017
As we reported in our October issue, a significant number of specialised heavy vehicles previously exempt from the annual testing regime will fall within its scope after legislation comes into [...]
TfL removes interim Direct Vision Standard ratings
Published On: Thursday 9 November 2017
The interim star ratings for some Euro 6 trucks that were released by Transport for London (TfL) in September for its HGV Direct Vision Standard (DVS) have now been removed [...]
Steve Banner caught up with Arne Knaben, managing director at Volvo Group Trucks UK & Ireland, and Nigel Butler, UK commercial director at Renault Trucks At the time of writing [...]
Mayor’s emissions plans ‘fly in the face of common sense’
Published On: Monday 6 November 2017
Road transport industry trade associations have reacted with concern to confirmation of the Mayor of London’s plans to introduce the new ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) in the capital 17 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
