Weekly Rest Period Clarification for HGV drivers' hours
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Apr 2017
A statement by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has advised that a ‘normal’ 45-hour weekend break cannot count as ‘rest’ for tachograph and EU drivers’ hours regulations purposes
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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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Multimodal 2017 - NEC Birmingham 4 to 6 April
Posted by AndrewT on 1st Mar 2017
Supply chain management and logistics for cargo owners.
Descartes would like to invite you to the tenth Multimodal event at the NEC in Birmingham in April, in what promises to be the largest and busie
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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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Have your say on harsher penalties for drivers causing death by dangerous or careless driving
Posted by AndrewT on 6th Dec 2016
In 2015, 122 people were sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving with a further 21 convicted of causing death while under the influence. In a survey currently running in Fleet News, almost 70
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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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DVLA updates guidance on fitness to drive
Posted by fionastewart on 24th May 2016
The DVLA has recently updated its guidance to help Medical Professionals assess their patients’ fitness to drive.
The new guide entitled ‘Assessing Fitness to Drive: a Guide for Medical Professionals
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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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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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Relaxation of drivers’ hours due to Forth Road Bridge closure extended
Posted by AndrewT on 27th Jan 2016
The relaxation of drivers’ hours because of the 50 mile detour caused by the closure of the Forth Road Bridge has been extended to 15th February 2016. Transport Scotland says the work on the bridge sh
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HGV driver jailed for falsifying tachograph records
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Jan 2016
A HGV driver caused "danger to the public" by driving for about 500 hours more than he should have done.
The driver admitted ten offences of falsifying tachograph records between February 6 and July
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HGV driver disqualified for poor records and ignoring breaks
Posted by AndrewT on 18th Dec 2015
A West Midlands HGV driver was been disqualified for over twelve months for failing to observe required breaks and keeping poor records. The Traffic Commissioner for Wales and the west Midlands, Nick
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Temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours due to Forth Road Bridge closure
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Dec 2015
The Department for Transport has agreed to a temporary relaxation of EU drivers’ hours and working-time rules for drivers involved in the distribution of freight and passenger services whose journeys
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False tachograph records shrinks the fleet for coach operator
Posted by AndrewT on 3rd Dec 2015
A coach operator has had its fleet cut from 91 to just 35 vehicles following a Public Inquiry with the Traffic Commissioner for the North of England.
The operator’s staff were subject of a long trial
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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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False tachograph records lead to busload of problems for coach firm
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Nov 2015
A coach operator, whose staff were prosecuted at Crown-Court over false tachograph records is now facing a two-day public inquiry in Leeds on December 1. The Office of the Traffic Commissioner for the
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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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ADLV Urges for regular licence checks to identify high risk drivers
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Sep 2015
The ADLV (Association for Driving Licence Verification) www.adlv.co.uk is calling for fleet managers to make more regular checks on driver licence entitlement. This includes quarterly checks for vocat
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