The Department for Transport (DfT) has released its first-year evaluation of the impact of HGV speed limit increases in England and Wales, which took effect in April last year. The [...]
Truckers ‘driven to despair’ by DVLA medical failings
Published On: Monday 7 November 2016
The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has been slammed by the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Dame Julie Mellor, for letting down truck drivers who have had licences [...]
The supply of truck drivers to the UK transport industry is improving thanks to higher wages, but questions are being raised by the Freight Transport Association and others about the [...]
Change afoot as hauliers steel themselves for Brexit
Published On: Saturday 5 November 2016
Even though the Brexit process has hardly started, hauliers are already experiencing changes both positive and negative as a result of the June vote for the UK to leave the [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been reviewing proposals to improve rules for approved tachograph centres (ATCs) which are responsible for the installation, calibration and inspection of tachographs. [...]
The Institute for Public Policy Research, which describes itself as “the UK’s leading progressive thintank” has urged further restrictions on diesel-engined vehicles in London to combat levels of air pollution [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced changes to how Driver CPC cards are issued. For drivers who complete their periodic training more than 12 months before their [...]
Fresh plans will have to be drawn up to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels in British cities following a High Court ruling that the current government strategy would not deliver legal [...]
MAN boss ‘surprised and disappointed’ over RHA pricing action
Published On: Tuesday 27 September 2016
The first senior figure in the British truck industry to go public over the Road Haulage Association’s (RHA) decision to seek compensation for operators for the fixing of new vehicle [...]
