• Driver CPC training compliance report released

    Published On: Sunday 13 July 2014

    The 2013-14 report on quality assurance and compliance for Driver CPC training has been released by the DVSA and JAUPT, the training approvals unit for the scheme. The bodies carry [...]

  • Warning over roadside fines for hours offences

    Published On: Thursday 10 July 2014

    A leading transport solicitor has warned that proposals to allow fixed penalty notices to be issued at the roadside for drivers’ hours offences committed in the preceding 28 days may [...]

  • Scottish independence: the implications examined

    Published On: Monday 30 June 2014

    Hauliers operating from or into Scotland face a period of uncertainty if the Scottish people vote for independence this autumn. It should be remembered, though, that a victory for the [...]

  • DCPC confusion over newly-qualified drivers

    Published On: Thursday 26 June 2014

    Newly-qualified truck drivers are reportedly presenting themselves for Driver CPC training, not realising that they have to achieve the Driver CPC initial qualification by examination, which means passing modules two [...]

  • Report reveals UK gas truck progress

    Published On: Thursday 26 June 2014

    The first year of a government-run alternatively-fuelled truck trial has seen participants travel 620,000 miles a month on gas, used cooking oil and dual (gas/diesel) fuels according to a new [...]

  • British roads are getting safer

    Published On: Wednesday 25 June 2014

    The number of deaths in road accidents has halved since 2000, according to statistics from the Department for Transport, with 1,713 people killed on the road in 2013. Recorded serious [...]

  • Demand for Driver CPC recovering as deadline nears

    Published On: Wednesday 25 June 2014

    Driver CPC training recovered from April’s slump in May, but did not reach levels recorded earlier in the year, possibly because of bank holidays during the month. Training providers blamed [...]

  • No age limit for heavy vehicle tyres

    Published On: Wednesday 25 June 2014

    There will be no immediate legislation restricting the age of tyres that can be fitted to heavy vehicles, the Department for Transport has said. After a fatal crash on the [...]

  • No compliance U-turn in Northern Ireland

    Published On: Tuesday 24 June 2014

    There will be no U-turn on the road to greater compliance in Northern Ireland, the recently-appointed head of the Transport Regulation Unit (TRU) Donna Knowles told the Road Haulage Association’s [...]