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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RoutingUK.descartes.com
Posted by AndrewT on 17th Feb 2017
Maximise efficiency and stay compliant.
Descartes have launched a new web site to maximise the efficiency and profitability of road transport operations whilst safeguarding compliance. The site cover
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Banned, licence revoked and fined for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 16th Jan 2017
A haulier and transport manager that demonstrated “poor in the extreme” knowledge of drivers’ hours and tachograph compliance will lose his operating licence from 3 February 2017. He was also banned f
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Disqualified for encouraging drivers to commit drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Dec 2016
The director of a haulage firm with operations in Shrewsbury and Coalville has been disqualified for two years after the Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands, Nick Denton found that he encourage
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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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Paying the ultimate price after encouraging drivers to work excessive hours
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Nov 2016
Following a ruling by Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones, a midlands businessman has been disqualified indefinitely from operating trucks in a number of operating companies after encouraging drivers to w
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Indefinite ban from running HGVs
Posted by fionastewart on 9th Aug 2016
An Enfield-based fruit and vegetable retailer was banned indefinitely from running heavy goods vehicles following a history of non-compliance.
Evidence presented convinced to Nick Denton, Traffic Com
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91% of hauliers want online driver CPC data checking alongside driving licence checks
Posted by fionastewart on 13th Jul 2016
A survey of over 100 senior UK haulage fleet managers, conducted by the Association for Driving Licence Verification revealed that 91% of respondents want driver CPC data to be made available alongsid
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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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Coach operator disqualified for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by fionastewart on 20th Jun 2016
A Dundee coach operator has been disqualified for two years from 31 May 2016 by Scotland's Traffic Commissioner after breaching drivers’ hours and tachograph rules that exist to safeguard against driv
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Smart tachograph specifications published
Posted by fionastewart on 9th Jun 2016
The Regulation on the new digital smart tachograph specifications was published on 27 May 2016.
The digital tachograph was first introduced in 2006 as a device to record drivers’ hours, breaks, rest
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Turners enhances driver compliance with Descartes’ SmartCompliance
Posted by fionastewart on 20th May 2016
Descartes Systems Group announced that one of the largest independent haulage companies in the UK, Turners (Soham) Ltd., is using Descartes’ SmartCompliance™ solutions to gain efficiencies and improve
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12 month ban for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by fionastewart on 22nd Mar 2016
A HGV driver has been given a 12-month ban by Nick Denton, the Traffic Commissioner for the South East and Metropolitan area, after he illegally used another driver’s digital tachograph driver card to
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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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Descartes demonstrates compliance management by exception with SmartAlerts at the 2016 Commercial Vehicle Show
Posted by fionastewart on 25th Feb 2016
Descartes will showcase the new SmartAlerts enhancement to its SmartCompliance Software-as-a-Service products at this year’s Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show.
Road transport operators visiting stand 4H20
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