• London proposes to ban trucks without safety gear

    Published On: Tuesday 4 March 2014

    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 [...]

  • FTA call for fuel duty cut in March Budget

    Published On: Saturday 22 February 2014

    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 [...]

  • Truck traffic up on short Channel ferry routes

    Published On: Friday 21 February 2014

    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 [...]

  • Police MAN helps drive London cycle safety

    Published On: Wednesday 19 February 2014

    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 [...]

  • Remote enforcement office trial ‘makes good progress’

    Published On: Tuesday 18 February 2014

    There has been a positive response to the Remote Enforcement Office trial in the Western Traffic Area, according to VOSA successor organisation the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Remote [...]

  • Cameras to enforce foreign truck charge in April

    Published On: Monday 17 February 2014

    The Department for Transport is to target foreign trucks for non-payment of the Lorry Road User Charge using live automatic number plate recognition technology when the toll is introduced on [...]