DfT confirms ban on older tyres for heavy vehicles
Published On: Sunday 9 August 2020
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that tyres aged 10 years and older will be banned on the front wheels of lorries, buses and coaches across Great Britain in [...]
Logistics UK (formerly the FTA) has welcomed changes to the Driver CPC scheme which took effect last month, emphasising the importance of ensuring the ability to tailor training to meet [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has revealed that the Department or Transport (DfT) will launch a review into current provision of heavy vehicle testing over the months to come. The [...]
Data from fleet management solutions provider Verizon Connect has suggested that hours spent on the road by UK commercial drivers dropped by more than half (55 per cent) between mid-February [...]
The Freight Transport Association has now changed its name to Logistics UK, as originally announced earlier in the year The association represents the whole of the logistics sector, drawing its [...]
The government has announced that collection of the HGV road user levy that applies to trucks of 12 tonnes or more operating in the UK will be subject to a [...]
The amount of power required to run autonomous driving systems in future vehicles may well mean that the technology is unviable, according to a study jointly published by automotive environmental [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced a number of changes to the Driver CPC scheme which it says will make training more flexible, and compliance easier and [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) was resuming heavy vehicle roadworthiness testing in Great Britain as of early July, in line with the gradual lifting of the coronavirus lockdown. [...]