DVLA and Home Office utilise technology in roadside checks to confirm ID
Posted by AndrewT on 27th Jul 2021
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Home Office have developed technology which will enable police officers to get instant access to a driver’s photo at the roadside to confirm thei
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Licence extension
Posted by AndrewT on 11th Jun 2020
Anyone with a photocard driving licence that expired from 1 February 2020, or is due to expire by 31 August 2020, will receive an automatic seven month extension. This will allow them to stay on the r
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D4 Medical suspension
Posted by AndrewT on 20th May 2020
The Government has temporarily suspended the need for a D4 medical when renewing driving entitlements.
With NHS staff focused on COVID-19, the government has taken action to protect essential supply
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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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Banned for not resting
Posted by fionastewart on 22nd Feb 2016
A HGV driver who broke drivers’ hours rules has been disqualified from professional driving for a year.
The driver was found to have driven excessive hours on two occasions in the same week while wor
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ADLV predicts increase in electronic driver licence checks in 2016
Posted by AndrewT on 2nd Feb 2016
The Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) is forecasting that the frequency and volume of online driving licence checks will increase in 2016.
In recent marketing campaign the ADLV enco
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Descartes launches e-consent to speed up the process for checking driving licences
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Oct 2015
Gaining consent from a driver to allow licence checking is now a quick and simple 2-step electronic process with SmartLicence.
Since the abolition of the paper driving licence paper counterpart in Ju
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Take immediate action to safeguard your compliance with SmartAlerts
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Jan 2015
Busy Transport Managers can now get automatic email alerts regarding their licensed drivers and their digital tachograph downloads using SmartAlerts from Descartes. This saves time and enables them to
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Descartes joins new Driving Licence Verification trade body (ADLV)
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Sep 2014
A new trade body, the Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) has been launched to provide fleet users with responsible and secure access to DVLA driving licence data.
The Association was
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How to keep track of driving licence changes - Take immediate action with SmartAlerts
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Aug 2014
SmartAlerts is a new online tool within Smartanalysis, the UK’s leading tachogragraph analysis and compliance management Software as a Service. It provides email alerts for driving licence changes fol
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