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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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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Temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Jul 2015
The Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed to a temporary relaxation of EU drivers’ hours rules to help drivers that are delayed due to industrial action or disruption at Calais with the following
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Descartes Tachograph Analysis & SmartLicence Bureau Relocates
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Jul 2015
The Descartes Tachograph Analysis and SmartLicence Bureau relocated on 23rd July. The Bureau now has new telephone and fax numbers.
Anyone wanting to call the Bureau should dial 01249 463355 and sel
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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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SHA-1 end of support notice
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Jun 2015
If you are running Windows XP take action now.
Background
Due to weaknesses found in the algorithm, the IT Industry has agreed to end of life the use of SHA-1 (Secure hash algorithm) for the signing
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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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Suspended prison sentences for breaching tachograph and drivers' hours regulations
Posted by AndrewT on 15th May 2015
A coach driver admits falsifying tachograph records and was handed out a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years and ordered to pay £500 costs after admitting five breaches of the regulations.
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Driving without a digital tachograph driver card costs operator almost 3,000 Euros.
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Apr 2015
An Enniscorthy company was fined 2,500 Euros and ordered to pay costs of 400 Euros excluding VAT for a tachograph offence in 2014 in one of its vehicles.
No digital driver card was present in the tac
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How to create a "Customer Facing" supply chain
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Apr 2015
Descartes to Present on Creating “Customer Facing” Supply Chains at Home Delivery World 2015
Descartes will present at Home Delivery World 2015 on how retailers can create “customer facing” supply ch
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New integrated compliance management solutions at CV Show 15
Posted by AndrewT on 27th Mar 2015
Descartes will be showcasing its latest comprehensive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to help road transport operators achieve compliance at this year’s Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show taking plac
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Tachograph rules changed for Farmers
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Mar 2015
From March 2015 farmers no longer need a tachograph fitted to their vehicles if the distance travelled is less than 100km from their operating base. Before March this distance was 50km.
The base is d
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The most complete lack of compliance ever seen?
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Mar 2015
The Traffic Commissioner for the North-east said a Middlesbrough minibus operator showed the “most complete lack of compliance” he has ever seen, as he revoked their licence and suspended the firm fro
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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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HGV driver fined £1000 for tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Feb 2015
A HGV driver has been fined £1,000 for tachograph and drivers’ hours offences after admitting thirteen charges when he appeared at Perth Sheriff Court.
On 11 dates in March and April 2013, he recorde
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Haulage director disqualified for three years
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Feb 2015
The director of a Sheerness-based haulage firm was disqualified for three years from 28 January for breaching several safety and licensing standards. The director was found to have blatantly ignored a
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Tachograph rules to change for local journeys
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Feb 2015
From 2 March 2015 a new European regulation – EU 165/2014 (PDF 2 MB) – will replace EEC 3821/85, setting out requirements for the construction, installation, use, testing and control of tachograph rec
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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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