Great Britain’s traffic enforcement agencies have issued the latest in a series of warnings about the Driver CPC training deadline for ‘acquired rights’ lorry drivers, which is now less than six [...]
The government has promised to inject the largest investment into the road network since the 1970s, which it claims will provide “a massive increase in work” for Britain’s road-building companies. [...]
The London Mayor, Transport for London and the London Councils are to join forces to impose new safety equipment rules on operators who send their trucks into the capital. Although [...]
Volumetric mixers could become subject to LGV regulations
Published On: Monday 3 March 2014
The days of volumetric mixers operating on the roads at weights of over 32 tonnes under regulations originally intended to apply to mobile cranes and other wheeled plant may be [...]
Euro Parliament fails to decide on truck dimensions
Published On: Wednesday 26 February 2014
The European Parliament’s transport committee has failed to agree whether or not to allow longer and/or heavier trucks on Europe’s roads, let alone whether the extra length should be used [...]
Legal proceedings over air quality could herald more LEZs
Published On: Tuesday 25 February 2014
The prospect of more and tighter low emission zones (LEZs) in British cities has been raised by the decision of the European Commission to launch legal proceedings against the UK [...]
The Freight Transport Association has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to go further than freezing fuel duty, by announcing a 3p per litre cut in the upcoming Budget [...]
Ro-ro freight traffic on the Dover Straits grew rapidly last year, with both Dover and Calais ferry ports reporting double-digit percentage growth over 2012. Dover has recorded its best full-year’s [...]
As part of its campaign to improve safety for cyclists in the capital, the Metropolitan Police has taken delivery of a new MAN TGX 26.480 6×2 tractor, which will form [...]
