Do you know what is expected of your Transport Manager in 2016?
Posted by AndrewT on 23rd Dec 2015
The Senior Traffic Commissioner, Beverley Bell has recently outlined the responsibilities expected of Transport Managers and the hours they should work.
The revised Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Stat
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Why Transport Operators must adopt a "compliance first" approach
Posted by AndrewT on 16th Nov 2015
With the DVSA having announced its intent to focus on the worst offending transport operators, technology can help operators demonstrate that they are actively managing their compliance.
Caroline Hic
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Do you know the risk profile of your drivers?
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Nov 2015
While the abolition of the paper counterpart may be causing short term disruption for some, having the ability to automatically and routinely check drivers licence details against the DVLA records onl
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New measures to stop drivers using their mobile phones will have serious consequences for HGV drivers
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Sep 2015
Most people should be aware that using a mobile phone or any handheld device while driving is a criminal offence. However, it is surprising how many people still do it. In 2014 the fixed penalty was i
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Happy Birthday Driver CPC!
Posted by AndrewT on 18th Sep 2015
It’s been a year since the deadline for existing HGV drivers to complete their first block of 35 hours of Driver CPC training. Happy birthday Driver CPC!
HGV, bus and coach drivers are required to do
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You're invited!
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Aug 2015
From container to customer, customer experience and compliance matters - Transforming customer experience and safeguarding compliance whilst increasing profitability - myth or new reality?
Descartes
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Volumetric vehicle exemption loophole to close?
Posted by AndrewT on 17th Aug 2015
There is growing support to bring ten vehicle exemptions into the O-licensing scheme. It is estimated that this could affect around 40,000 goods and engineering plant vehicles and require them to pass
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DVSA extends period for VU digital tachograph downloads
Posted by AndrewT on 11th Aug 2015
The maximum limit for downloading digital tachograph VU data has been extended from 56 to 90 days to bring the UK in line with the rest of the EU.
Operators of both goods and passenger vehicles now h
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First corporate manslaughter driving case and new sentencing guidelines to come?
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Aug 2015
A crane hire company has become the first firm to be charged with corporate manslaughter after a company driver was killed.
It is alleged that the brakes failed when the driver was driving a heavy c
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A 'dangerously incompetent' Transport Manager will damage your business
Posted by AndrewT on 23rd Jul 2015
A South Wales transport operator has had their licence curtailed after employing a "dangerously incompetent" Transport Manager.
Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Nick Jones, said the directors had been
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Off the rails and off the road
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Jul 2015
The boss of a Newhouse haulage firm has been given a two-year industry ban after an investigation and public inquiry into drivers’ practices.
Scotland’s Traffic Commissioner, Joan Aitken, said the op
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82% unaware of corporate manslaughter legislation
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Jun 2015
Van fleet operators need to be made more aware of corporate manslaughter legislation and how it could apply if the working condition of their vehicles were suspect or their drivers’ did not hold a val
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Are your drivers’ counting the cost of non-compliance?
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Jun 2015
Two recent cases have highlighted the significant potential cost to drivers for drivers’ hours and tachograph infringements.
Driver A – Convicted on two counts of false entry on a tachograph chart wa
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DVLA licence checking website crashes on day of launch
Posted by AndrewT on 12th Jun 2015
The DVLA's new online system to check driving licences following the abolition of the paper counterpart crashed on the day of its launch yesterday.
Users of the new View Driving Licence service compl
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HGV Operator investigated as unlicensed driver is sent to jail
Posted by AndrewT on 2nd Jun 2015
Why operators need a robust process for verifying driving licence details.
An investigation has been launched into the road haulage company which allegedly hired an unlicensed lorry driver who was j
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