Trucks from China and South Korea stole the show at the IAA in Hanover last month, where the biggest crowds were attracted by heavy vehicles from debutants Dongfeng, Camc and [...]
FTA highlights driver shortage at party conferences
Published On: Sunday 28 September 2014
The Freight Transport Association has used the major political party annual conferences to highlight the national shortage of professional drivers, following reported increased concerns from its membership. The driver shortage [...]
A committee of MPs has criticised the Department for Transport’s (DfT) ‘piecemeal and stop-go’ approach to funding for road maintenance in England, which it says “has made it difficult for [...]
CV operators warned as ‘cash for crash’ scams up by half
Published On: Wednesday 24 September 2014
The Freight Transport Association has warned professional drivers to be on the lookout for ‘crash for cash’ fraud – in which accidents are deliberately caused in order to file compensation [...]
Reports indicate a huge variation in standards between Driver CPC providers. Some, it is said, offer little more than a route to compliance, with trainers making little or no attempt [...]
Prohibitions on foreign trucks, and tachograph and hours convictions for their drivers, outnumbered those imposed on British-registered LGVs during 2013-14. Replying to a parliamentary question, Transport Minister Claire Perry reported [...]
Volvo Trucks is expanding its model range in Europe with a new version of the Volvo FE running on 100 per cent methane gas. The Volvo FE CNG (Compressed Natural [...]
10 September was the deadline by which all professional ‘acquired rights’ lorry drivers needed to have completed their first block of Driver CPC periodic training, in order to continue working. [...]
The DVSA is to lower the fees it charges for annual tests for trucks, buses and trailers at authorised testing facilities (ATFs), but raise them for tests carried out at [...]
