• 3D component printing comes to the truck industry

    Published On: Friday 13 January 2017

    Replacement parts for trucks produced by 3D printing to order at a local dealership are now a reality for operators of older Mercedes-Benz models. Replacement plastic components such as covers, [...]

  • Renault launches retrofit anti-rollaway parking brake

    Published On: Wednesday 11 January 2017

    A system designed to prevent drivers leaving the cab of their truck without applying the parking brake has been introduced by Renault Trucks UK. Dubbed Anti-Runaway Automated Park Brake (Anti-RAPB), [...]

  • TCs get new guidelines on repute and cabotage

    Published On: Friday 6 January 2017

    Revised guidelines have been issued for traffic commissioners (TCs) examining cases of transport managers’ repute and authorisation, and cabotage by international hauliers visiting the United Kingdom, in the light of [...]

  • DVSA rolls out changes to OCRS system

    Published On: Thursday 15 December 2016

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced changes to its operator compliance risk score (OCRS), the ‘traffic light’ system which it uses to target its enforcement activities at [...]

  • Drivers who kill could face life sentences

    Published On: Monday 12 December 2016

    The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a consultation into the penalties for dangerous driving, proposing that drivers who kill could in future face life sentences. Under the proposals, drivers [...]

  • Opinion: why ‘trampers’ are an endangered species

    Published On: Saturday 10 December 2016

    Researcher and supply chain risk expert David Hogarth, formerly an international LGV driver, says the general call for more drivers is too vague an appeal. Why won’t the road transport [...]

  • Trade groups welcome DfT smart motorway assurances

    Published On: Friday 9 December 2016

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has praised the government for its response to a House of Commons transport select committee report, which it says has addressed its concerns about management [...]

  • DVSA puts LGV instructor register in industry hands

    Published On: Thursday 8 December 2016

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency has announced that its voluntary register of large goods vehicle (LGV) instructors will close at the end of this year. It will be replaced [...]

  • O-licence financial standing hike for 2017

    Published On: Wednesday 7 December 2016

    The Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) has outlined the levels of financial resources that fleet operators and operator licence applicants will need to demonstrate from 1 January. The so-called [...]