• Lack of agency driver training blamed for RCV death

    Published On: Sunday 20 April 2014

    Using an inadequately trained agency driver cost Glasgow City Council £20,000 in fines, after the death of a pensioner who was struck by a reversing refuse collection vehicle in the [...]

  • New truck market endures a grim first quarter

    Published On: Saturday 19 April 2014

    Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that the UK truck market declined by one-third in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last [...]

  • DVSA boss: ‘we’ll never have enough money’

    Published On: Wednesday 16 April 2014

    Alastair Peoples, the chief executive of the new Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), has admitted that his newly-founded organisation will “never have enough money to do all the roadside [...]

  • European Parliament says yes to HGV design laws

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    New laws designed to make HGVs safer for cyclists and other road users, as well as to improve fuel efficiency, have been passed by the European Parliament today. If approved [...]

  • Treasury report: fuel duty reductions boost GDP

    Published On: Tuesday 15 April 2014

    Road transport industry representatives have welcomed conclusions of a report released by HM Treasury, which suggests that more than half of the tax revenue lost through cuts and freezes to [...]

  • DVSA issues advice on drivers’ hours for utility vehicles

    Published On: Monday 14 April 2014

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued detailed guidance on its interpretation of EC Regulation 561/2006, whose effect is to exempt some vehicles used in connection with sewerage, [...]

  • Two thirds of heavy CV registrations ‘risk severe delays’

    Published On: Friday 11 April 2014

    As many as 20,000 commercial vehicle registrations per year could suffer major delays as a result of failure to meet new Type Approval legislation, according to the Society of Motor [...]

  • CV Show floor space sold out, say organisers

    Published On: Friday 11 April 2014

    Commercial Vehicle Show bosses have announced that all exhibition space has been sold for this year’s event, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham from 29 April – 1 May. [...]

  • In-depth report: industry steps up training as Driver CPC deadline nears

    Published On: Wednesday 9 April 2014

    The transport industry is on track to have enough drivers trained by the time the 10 September Driver CPC training deadline for ‘acquired rights’ lorry drivers comes around, providing current [...]