• Headlamp aim remains top reason for vehicle test failure

    Published On: Tuesday 21 October 2014

    Trucks and passenger vehicles shared the same top three reasons for test failure: headlamp aim, lamps and brake system components – although all three of these were each in single [...]

  • Private vehicle test facilities still have higher pass rate

    Published On: Tuesday 21 October 2014

    Vehicles tested at privately-owned authorised testing facilities and designated premises still have a lower failure rate than those tested at stations operated by DVSA, according to the latest effectiveness report [...]

  • More women at the wheel ‘will address driver shortage’

    Published On: Wednesday 15 October 2014

    All-women-run haulage and logistics training provider NTP Services has launched a campaign to encourage more women to enter the industry, in a bid to help address the goods vehicle driver [...]

  • Goodyear: regulators should do more to drive industry’s future

    Published On: Wednesday 15 October 2014

    Tyre manufacturer Goodyear used its transport symposium in Brussels last month to launch a new white paper on the future of the industry, which made a range of recommendations to [...]

  • Driver CPC backlog as second round of training begins

    Published On: Saturday 11 October 2014

    As training providers began looking towards the 2019 deadline for the second block of Driver CPC periodic training for large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers, it remained apparent from testimony received [...]

  • Truck manufacturers press for more CO2 reductions

    Published On: Friday 10 October 2014

    The heads of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers united at the IAA Show to appeal to all stakeholders in road transport to join forces to tackle the issue of CO2 emissions. [...]

  • New cab concept ‘could save hundreds of lives’

    Published On: Thursday 2 October 2014

    Academics at Loughborough University’s Design School have proposed a longer, more aerodynamic truck cab design, which they say could save hundreds of cyclist and pedestrian lives. The study, by Dr [...]

  • Labour pledges to get tough on HGV safety

    Published On: Wednesday 1 October 2014

    The shadow transport secretary Mary Creagh has said a Labour government would ensure all HGVs were fitted with safety devices, in order to better safeguard cyclists and pedestrians. Speaking at [...]

  • Government invests £12m in Calais stowaway clampdown

    Published On: Tuesday 30 September 2014

    The British government is to contribute £4 million over three years in a coordinated effort with France to help tackle the problems posed by illegal migrants attempting to cross the [...]