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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?
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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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Compliance vs. Optimising Efficiency
Posted by AndrewT on 15th May 2015
Compliance management practices can transform the customer experience.
Techniques for optimising road transport operations have become critical in meeting the increasing demands of customs and reduci
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Accidents on Motorways involving foreign HGVs up 14%
Posted by AndrewT on 8th May 2015
Collisions on motorways involving foreign HGVs have increased 14% since 2012 according to statistics from Accident Exchange.
The M25 had more foreign HGV accidents than any other road in the UK, hard
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New DVSA Guide to Load Security
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Apr 2015
Load security should be of primary concern for all commercial road transport operators. Effective load securing prevents goods from falling onto roads and ensures that the goods arrive undamaged.
Thi
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Free Guide to GB Domestic Drivers' Hours Rules
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Apr 2015
Download our free guide to GB Domestic drivers' hours. If you want help in managing your compliance with drivers’ hours (EU or GB) see Smartanalysis, the leading tachograph analysis and compliance man
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Undercover police HGV film HGV driver offences
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Apr 2015
North Yorkshire Police officers driving an un-liveried HGV drove alongside HGVs and found that almost ten per cent of the HGV drivers observed were committing offences.
86 offences were recorded agai
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Simplified guidance on EU rules on drivers’ hours and working time
Posted by AndrewT on 2nd Apr 2015
Simplified but far from simple.
The Department for Transport have published a new 23 page guide to simplify the EU drivers’ hours and working time rules. You can download a copy here.
These rules de
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Have your say on EU Tachograph regulations
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Mar 2015
On 4 February 2014 the European Commission published EU Regulation 165/2014 (the new Regulation) on tachographs in road transport. The Regulation can be found here.
This new Regulation, takes effec
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Free EU Drivers' Hours Law Guide
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Mar 2015
Download our free guide to EU Drivers' Hours Law. If you want help in managing your compliance with drivers' hours see Smartanalysis, the leading tachograph analysis and compliance management Software
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HGV drivers offences
Posted by AndrewT on 27th Feb 2015
What are the most common offences for HGV drivers? How might they be avoided?
See below HGV drivers offences from 2013 vs 2014 in numbers. Download a PDF of HGV Driver offences here.
Smartanalysis w
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Ramping up drivers’ hours enforcement in EU
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Feb 2015
EU laws regarding tachographs and drivers’ hours are ineffective if there is inadequate enforcement of them. In the UK the DVSA and Police are responsible for enforcement of the regulations that apply
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Abolition of the photocard licence counterpart
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Feb 2015
What does this mean for employers of professional drivers?
The Department for Transport is making an important change to driving licences that will impact HGV and PCV drivers and the companies that e
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Do we need more Police Officers dedicated to Traffic enforcement?
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Feb 2015
According to the RAC the number of Police Officers dedicated to enforcing traffic offences in England and Wales has been cut by 1,279 (23%) in the last five years. 43 forces reduced their Traffic Off
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Over 50% of HGV drivers on M5/M6 exceeded drivers’ hours in 12 months
Posted by AndrewT on 2nd Jan 2015
In a year-long operation on the M5 between and J4 and the M6 between J6 for Spaghetti Junction and J14 more than 200 HGV drivers were found to have exceeded their permitted working drivers’ hours.
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Guide to GB domestic drivers' hours rules
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Dec 2014
If you are not familiar with GB domestic drivers' hours rules or just need a refresher this guide will give you the basic information you need.
Drivers of vehicles that fall outside the scope of the
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HGV safety this winter
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Dec 2014
Every winter, hundreds accidents involving Heavy Good Vehicles were due to snow and ice.
Statistics, from the Department for Transport, show the risks of adverse weather conditions for HGV fleets in t
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Ramping up enforcement of drivers’ hours and tachograph regulations in the EU
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Nov 2014
Thirteen HGV drivers were found guilty of tachograph fraud during a large Police Operation that took place in November in Aalter in Belgium.
In total fifty five HGVs were stopped and inspected by t
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The dangers of untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS)
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Nov 2014
According to research published earlier in 2014 Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) affects 5% of the population, but is often undiagnosed. Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a severe form of slee
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What does the latest Fleet Compliance Checks report tell us?
Posted by AndrewT on 18th Nov 2014
The latest Fleet Compliance Checks report (2013 to 2014) was published at the end of October.
The Department for Transport commissions this report. It is produced by their in-house analytical consult
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Remote Enforcement – freeing up time to focus on the serious and serially non-compliant?
Posted by AndrewT on 12th Nov 2014
The DVSA’s Remote Enforcement trial based in the Western Traffic Area is now coming to an end. Remote Enforcement frees up resource to focus on serious and serial law breakers and provides a more stre
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HGV driver was unaware of lost licence!
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Oct 2014
HGV driver who had no licence was three times over drink-drive limit. This is a sad and unusual case of a HGV driver caught driving when he was three times over the drink driving limit and he didn’t e
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