Engine and turbocharger manufacturer Cummins is getting government funding to develop stop-start technology for truck and bus engines. Already in widespread use in light-duty applications, the technology shuts engines down [...]
One year after its formation, Cambridge University’s Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (CFSR) is running more than 10 research projects aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from the road transport sector. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
