The RAC has warned that Britain could be left with an “assault course of potholes” as the freezing weather disappears, and ice begins to thaw. “We’re expecting a plague of potholes once the snow subsides. It’s a toxic combination of ice, snow, further rain and sleet,” an RAC spokesman told Sky News. Potholes appear when […]
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Emission cheat HGVs caught in DVSA crackdown
A crackdown by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has revealed that one in 12 HGVs has been fitted with an emissions cheating device. The DVSA started checking for the emissions fraud devices last August when they found widespread evidence of their use in the UK and EU. In the four months from August […]
London mayor brings £100/day lorry charge forward 17 months
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has accused Sadiq Khan of ‘closing London for business’ after the London mayor announced plans to introduce ULEZ emissions charges 17 months earlier than planned. The hauliers’ association said it was ‘outraged’ at the news that Central London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which threatens non-compliant trucks with a £100 […]
Driver First Assist receives DfT funding
Not-for-profit road safety scheme Driver First Assist (DFA) has won funding from the Department of Transport (DfT) to help raise awareness and fund training for the ‘first responder’ program. Announced at a special event int he House of Commons, transport secretary John Hayes also announced a new partnership with the Road Haulage Association (RHA), offering discounted […]
Young people least likely to want to become lorry drivers
New research from HGVtraining.co.uk has found that young adults are among the least likely to want to train to become lorry drivers. This is not particularly good news for the ongoing driver shortage, which represents a serious threat to the future of the road haulage industry. And with the average truck driver now 57 years […]
HGV test waiting times up as Christmas approaches
Waiting times for HGV driving tests have increased by more than two thirds in the last 11 months, contributing to the driver shortage problem which threatens to cancel Christmas. A Freedom of Information request made to the Driver & Vehicle Standards Association (DVSA) revealed that at the beginning of August 2015, 33 of the 49 […]