• Multiple company convictions could lead to O-licence loss

    Published On: Tuesday 8 April 2014

    The senior traffic commissioner, Beverley Bell (pictured), has warned that companies operating commercial vehicles within specialist industries with multiple convictions against them could lose their repute or fitness to hold [...]

  • Government says ‘adieu’ to foreign-language driving tests

    Published On: Monday 7 April 2014

    Driving tests may only be taken in English and Welsh as of 7 April, as the result of a newly introduced policy claimed to improve safety and clamp down on [...]

  • TC warns transport managers over public inquiry attendance

    Published On: Wednesday 2 April 2014

    Transport managers who fail to attend when summoned to public inquiry are in danger of losing their repute and professional competence, a traffic commissioner has warned. Nick Denton, the commissioner [...]

  • Official launch for Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

    Published On: Wednesday 2 April 2014

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) was officially launched today, following a gradual rollout of the name since its initial announcement last year. The DVSA is a newly merged [...]

  • New calls for government action on gas-powered HGVs

    Published On: Wednesday 26 March 2014

    The UK needs to invest in a refuelling infrastructure if methane gas is to meet its potential as a fuel for road-going heavy trucks, concludes a report from the Department [...]

  • Relaunched TruckPol to tackle freight theft

    Published On: Thursday 20 March 2014

    Road freight crime-fighting partnership TruckPol is to restart, thanks to sponsorship and support from the not-for-profit National Business Crime Solution (NBCS) initiative. TruckPol, a partnership between the freight industry and [...]

  • Budget brings good news for hauliers

    Published On: Wednesday 19 March 2014

    With fuel duty frozen as promised, the 2014 Budget had little that was bad and much that was good for hauliers. Those seeking to acquire new trucks or other capital [...]

  • Scam LGV ‘trainers’ jailed

    Published On: Monday 17 March 2014

    Four Londoners who ran a £1 million nationwide LGV driver training scam in which people paid for tuition that was never delivered have been sent to jail for a total [...]

  • DVSA issues headlamp aim advice

    Published On: Saturday 15 March 2014

    Headlamp aim remains the most common cause of initial annual test failure on heavy trucks. Although this is a seemingly trivial issue when compared to, for instance, tyres or brakes, [...]