• RHA ‘horrified’ by London truck ban ‘fiasco’

    Published On: Sunday 19 March 2017

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has claimed that the latest proposal from Transport for London on its Direct Vision Standard – which will issue vehicles with a star rating based [...]

  • UK roads ‘not up to’ platooning

    Published On: Saturday 18 March 2017

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has claimed that the British road network is not suitable for ‘platooning’ – lines of trucks following in close proximity with the speed and steering [...]

  • Operators prepare for truck insurance hike

    Published On: Thursday 16 March 2017

    With motor insurance premiums generally already at a peak, thanks to an increase in premium tax in last year’s Autumn Statement, rising vehicle repair costs and continuing bogus ‘whiplash’ claims, [...]

  • New traffic commissioners appointed

    Published On: Thursday 16 March 2017

    Two new traffic commissioners have been appointed by the transport secretary Chris Grayling. Tim Blackmore, OBE will be traffic commissioner for the North East – replacing Kevin Rooney, who took over [...]

  • Britain’s bridges ‘on the road to ruin’

    Published On: Saturday 11 March 2017

    Local authorities are failing to spend enough on maintaining bridges on local roads to keep them open to heavy trucks, and £3.9 billion investment is required to restore them to [...]

  • New rules on night-out allowances, training levy and cab rest

    Published On: Wednesday 8 March 2017

    Hauliers face the new financial year with a number of changes to the way in which they have to manage drivers and payroll issues. These include alterations around night-out allowances, [...]

  • Industry renews call for ban on AdBlue cheats

    Published On: Friday 3 March 2017

    Truck manufacturers have called for a Europe-wide ban on devices intended to bypass selective catalytic reduction (SCR) diesel emissions control systems, after it emerged that so-called AdBlue emulator devices had [...]

  • Biogas ‘now practical’ for long-haul trucks

    Published On: Tuesday 28 February 2017

    Truck operators will soon be able to secure supplies of certified renewable biogas from a network of filling stations run by energy company CNG Fuels. The Solihull-based company is now [...]

  • Rigid trucks lead a recovering market

    Published On: Saturday 25 February 2017

    A market free from legislative distortions such as the introduction of new exhaust emissions standards saw 46,231 new trucks registered in 2016, according to figures from the Society of Motor [...]