Fleet operators have four weeks from today (28 August) to apply for the remaining allocation of longer semi-trailers as part of the government’s 10-year longer trailer trial, transport minister Claire [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has said it will be taking a more robust approach to vehicles with defective fuel systems, following a Highways Agency report on the [...]
FTA highlights lorry drivers’ migrant problems at Calais
Published On: Thursday 21 August 2014
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said the Foreign & Commonwealth Office should act on behalf of hauliers over what it calls the ‘worsening migrant situation’ in Calais. In a [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that the Treasury has benefited by more than £17m since the introduction of the HGV Road User Levy, which charges foreign trucks for [...]
Industry on target for Driver CPC deadline, claims DVSA
Published On: Tuesday 12 August 2014
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has said the ‘vast majority’ of drivers will have completed their 35 hours of periodic training by the 10 September Driver CPC deadline. [...]
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils, the body which represents the 32 London boroughs and the City of London Corporation, have released the latest draft of proposals which would [...]
DfT considers tougher penalties for phone use whilst driving
Published On: Monday 28 July 2014
The transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has reportedly asked civil servants at the Department for Transport (DfT) to examine the case for doubling the number of penalty points drivers will receive [...]
Leading trade associations have today welcomed the Department for Transport’s (DfT) announcement that the speed limit for lorries on single carriageway roads in England and Wales is to be raised [...]
The House of Commons transport select committee has called on HGV operators to improve their road safety record with regard to cyclists. In a report published on 14 July, the [...]
