Clarification on Driver Activity Recording Rules by DVSA
27th Sep 2022
There has been written
clarification from the DVSA and Department for Transport regarding the recent
update to driver activity recordings - published last month.The update included changes to d
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Nowhere to hide says DVSA on tachograph violations
16th Aug 2022
The DVSA is
now utilising a new technology in order to more easily detect tachograph
violations.
In a recent
announcement the DVSA have revealed that they’re trialing remote tachograph
sensin
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Update to goods vehicle operating licences
19th Jul 2022
The UK’s Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have published an updated guide relating to their goods vehicle operator licensing (July 2022).
This is intended as a summary for operator lice
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Updates Rules for Drivers' Hours Records
18th Jul 2022
August 2020 Regulation (EU 2020/0154 came into effect. It detailed how drivers should record their daily activities, duties and rest with significant changes to the previous days and weeks. The res
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Descartes releases new pre-pay system for Smartanalysis, tachograph analysis software
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Feb 2018
Descartes Systems Group has launched Smartanalysis Pre-Pay. The new payment model for its Smartanalysis tachograph analysis software will eliminate the burden of having to pay monthly invoices and off
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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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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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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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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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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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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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