“Game changing” tachograph sensing technology that can identify if an HGV driver is flouting tacho laws without the vehicle being stopped is being trialled by the DVSA. The enforcement agency can use the equipment while travelling alongside a lo…
A tipper lorry driver who caused a fatal road traffic collision in Oxford, killing a cyclist on a roundabout, has been convicted of dangerous driving. Robert Whiting, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of causing death by dangerous driving when he …
A Warwickshire excavator and fleet operator unintentionally allowed sediment from a quarry to enter freshwaters and cause environmental damage. However, because the environment agency (EA) accepted that the negligence by AT Contracting and Plant…
Newcastle-based aggregates haulier Thorburn Bros has undertaken to pay £9,872 for environmental improvements at Northumberland Wildlife Trust, after the Environment Agency found it had illegally deposited 9,380 tonnes of waste soils at a quarry …
The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) has launched FORS Legal, which provides operators with access to 24/7 legal advice for a fixed monthly fee. The service, dubbed BACKup, will be provided by transport law firm Backhouse Jones, as …
The Home Office is proposing stricter penalties for hauliers found to be carrying clandestine migrants, as part of a consultation announced today (18 July). The consultation proposes changes to be made through the Nationality and Borders Act whi…
The decision by the government to defer border checks on EU imports has led to threats of legal action by British ports that invested millions of pounds to create control facilities. Logistics firm PML said it was also now considering legal acti…
The DVSA has warned HGV drivers they will be slapped with £300 fines and sent to the back of the queue if they are caught violating traffic rules on Kent roads this summer. The enforcement agency said it was expecting a high level of congestion …
Companies signed up to the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) must now have policies in place to ensure their drivers are not impaired through drink and drugs, amid a growing trend of incidents on the roads. The latest standard of the sche…
Police have described as “shocking” and “extremely selfish” the actions of an HGV driver they caught watching TV while driving down the M4 last week (1 July). Officers from the roads policing unit in Wiltshire identified 87 offences in just four…
There has been much talk recently of how HGV drivers are treated in the UK and whether companies, as well as the industry as a whole, are doing enough to provide them with decent facilities, good pay and relevant benefits. It is recognised that …
Prometeon Tyre Group (PTG) has launched second party audits of its raw materials suppliers and “rigorous” checks on its minerals suppliers to ensure any materials supplied to PTG are not sourced from conflict zones. The moves are part of the com…
A petition calling for broadcaster Jeremy Vine to be sacked from the BBC after he claimed a cyclist had been ‘close-passed’ by an HGV on a busy London street has sailed past 10,000 signatures. The TV presenter and radio DJ posted footage on Twit…
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has today (8 June) delivered a landmark judgment entitling the RHA to proceed with its collective claim on behalf of hauliers seeking damages from the major European truck manufacturers who were found to have oper…