• DVSA study underlines need for all-year-round maintenance

    Published On: Thursday 22 September 2022

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is asking operators to ensure they carry out regular maintenance throughout the year to mitigate against dangerous incidents, following a review it recently [...]

  • Guidance clarifies driver activity recording rules

    Published On: Tuesday 20 September 2022

    The DVSA and Department for Transport published guidance earlier this month on the requirement to manually record all activities for the current day and previous 28 days as part of [...]

  • Germany moves to secure hydrogen supplies

    Published On: Saturday 17 September 2022

    Senior managers and directors from the German automotive sector recently formed part of a delegation to Canada aiming to obtain long-term supplies of hydrogen for Europe’s industrial powerhouse. The two [...]

  • TCs outline compliance priorities in annual report

    Published On: Monday 12 September 2022

    The traffic commissioners (TCs) of Great Britain have published their annual report to the transport secretary, emphasising a range of key compliance issues encountered by the regulators in the year [...]

  • Remote tacho monitoring launched on British roads

    Published On: Wednesday 7 September 2022

    Remote monitoring of the latest-generation tachographs introduced in 2019 is now happening in Great Britain, in a policy shift by the enforcement authorities. Initially following the tachographs’ introduction, the Driver [...]

  • DfT seeks views on relaxing C1 driving rules

    Published On: Tuesday 30 August 2022

    The government has opened a consultation on its latest proposals to attract more drivers to the transport sector, specifically for medium-sized goods vehicles and minibuses. The Department for Transport (DfT) [...]

  • Housebuilder opts for DIY truck body

    Published On: Friday 19 August 2022

    A Scottish housebuilder has turned truck bodybuilder and created its own multifunction tipper-dropside body for a new Volvo FMX 460 8×4 tridem truck. One of just two trucks operated by [...]

  • Cummins takes over at Meritor

    Published On: Thursday 18 August 2022

    Cummins has expanded its product profile in preparation for net zero trucks with the completion of its $3.7 billion purchase of axle and brake specialist Meritor. Cummins says the move [...]

  • Sainsbury’s floats hydrogen power

    Published On: Wednesday 17 August 2022

    Sainsbury’s is to trial a hydrogen fuel cell powered refrigerated truck. Based on an Iveco ‘glider’ chassis, the trial vehicle has been funded by the UK government’s Road to Hydrogen [...]