The roadworthiness of trucks on British roads improved slightly last year, according to VOSA’s latest effectiveness report. While brake systems and components remain, worryingly, the most frequent reason for a [...]
Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell has warned transport managers that they must face up to their legal responsibilities as outlined by Act of Parliament, or get out of the industry. [...]
France suspends truck ‘Ecotax’ amidst violent protests
Published On: Friday 1 November 2013
The French government has indefinitely suspended the French ‘Ecotax’ (Transport Operator, October) on heavy goods vehicles, which was due to come into force in the New Year. The planned green [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) is currently consulting on plans to turn the Highways Agency into a government-owned company. The organisation is currently an executive agency of the DfT – [...]
Scania is forging ahead with its Euro 6 engine programme, having just introduced the most powerful engine yet to conform to the new emissions standard. The 730 hp V8 joins [...]
Richard Denby, VOSA’s area manager for Bristol and the South West, told the FTA Transport Managers’ conference how a concerted effort by his enforcement officers got a non- UK operator [...]
The Freight Transport Association has said it is frustrated with what it calls ‘slow progress’ from Europe on the removal of regulatory barriers surrounding heavy goods vehicle design, which it [...]
The House of Commons transport select committee has called on the government to act on the issue of road hauliers incurring penalty charge notices from councils during loading and unloading. [...]
The Ministry of Justice has announced plans whereby claims of whiplash injuries sustained during road accidents will be assessed by new independent medical panels, in order to curb fraudulent compensation [...]
