Fines of up to £1,500 for historic commercial drivers' hours offences
Posted by Robin Layfield on 26th Sep 2017
New rules mean the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will be able to issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the previous 28 days. Currently, the DVSA can only br
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21-year ban for HGV driver
Posted by Robin Layfield on 7th Jul 2017
A HGV driver has been disqualified from professional driving until June 2038 after his driver card was used by another employee to commit serious offences.
The driver had his vocational driving licen
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HGV Roadside Emissions Tests
Posted by Robin Layfield on 26th Jun 2017
From August 2017, roadside checks of HGVs carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will include an emissions check.
The DVSA will target HGV drivers and operators attempting to c
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Smartanalysis reporting for Earned Recognition at Multimodal 2017
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Mar 2017
The extensive reporting capabilities of Smartanalysis will accommodate the requirements DVSA set for transport operators to achieve Earned Recognition. Visitors to Multimodal 2017, taking place at the
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DVSA improves OCRS to focus on the least compliant operators
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Dec 2016
The DVSA use the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system to help decide which vehicles should be stopped for roadside checks. It gives a score for risk of an operator running a vehicle with roadw
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Disqualified for five years for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by fionastewart on 5th Jul 2016
A South Wales operator was disqualified by Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Nick Jones, for five years after committing over 100 driver’ hours offences. The owner operator used two driver cards to con
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New guidance on drivers’ hours and tachographs
Posted by fionastewart on 14th Mar 2016
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has updated the published guidance on drivers’ hours and tachographs.
The guidance is for drivers and road transport operators of goods vehicles and pas
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Tachograph cheat is banned for three years
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Nov 2015
An Aberdeen-based owner-operator has had his O-licence revoked and been disqualified from driving HGVs for three years after using magnets to interrupt digital tachograph recordings. The public inquir
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O-licence revoked for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 25th Aug 2015
Numerous records and drivers’ hours offences led to a haulage firm based in Motherwell being stripped of its O-licence. The offences were unearthed by the DVSA in an investigation where they identifie
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Have your say on the conduct of professional HGV, bus and coach drivers
Posted by AndrewT on 17th Jul 2015
The commercial vehicle industry has been invited to contribute to a consultation on how Traffic Commissioners deal with the conduct of professional truck, bus and coach drivers. The consultation was l
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DVSA take new steps to focus on serially and seriously non-compliant operators
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Jun 2015
The DVSA has reiterated its intent to free up resources to tackle the worst offending transport operators.
Caroline Hicks, DVSA Head of Enforcement, has said in the past that she wanted to “completel
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Haulage firm shut down over drivers’ hours breach
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2015
Banned from running haulage firm after failing to give drivers rest breaks to comply with drivers’ hours requirements.
Joan Aitken stripped the Operator Licence for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) for Mi
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Banned for life by Traffic Commissioner
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Mar 2015
The owners of two Maidstone haulage companies have been banned for life after an inquiry heard how their behaviour put road users at risk.
The two owners of Euro Logistics London Ltd and Euro Logisti
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