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Local authorities in Shepway have made it very clear that they are not happy with lorry drivers who have a habit of pulling over to the side of the road indiscriminately at night. They recently passed new parking restrictions that prevent overnight parking on 19 local roads from 8pm to 7am during the week and […]

A recent survey just released by Leonard Cheshire Disability seems to indicate that the disabled, especially those confined to wheelchairs, are having trouble taking advantage of local bus service. Apparently, the disabled are being turned away by bus drivers during busy times or when the driver or vehicle cannot accommodate a disabled person for one […]

Occupational safety regulations do not require UK employers to seek outside training for forklift operators. As long as said operators receive some sort of training that can be verified, employers meet the requirements for workplace safety. However, in-house forklift training is not always quality training. The coming winter season will make that reality all too […]

With the Christmas season almost upon us comes the annual exercise of trying to find gifts for our loved ones. Might we be so bold as to suggest trailer lessons as a great gift for anyone who owns a caravan, horsebox trailer, or cargo trailer? Lessons are a gift that benefits the recipient in so […]

Earlier this year, the Transport Select Committee was entertaining the possibility of partnering with the haulage and transport industries to address the ongoing driver shortage. The Committee asked for input from industry groups who believed they might have common sense solutions that could be applied with government support. Of course, groups like the Freight Transport […]

We appreciate the hard work put forth by the Freight Transportation Association (FTA) on behalf of member companies and the haulage industry as a whole. Their latest effort is one of contributing to a Department for Transport (DfT) consultation intended to look at ways the various agencies it controls can be streamlined to make things […]

You do not necessarily have to be a kind-hearted person to complete your training and get a bus driving licence. You don’t even need to be kind to hold down a job. As long as you can drive safely and treat customers with a certain amount of respect, there are plenty of PCV jobs out […]

We cannot say for certain, but we are pretty sure that the law on towing in Spain does not make it okay to transport a large van from a scrap yard by stacking it on top of a Ford Focus. Apparently, though, that doesn’t matter. What we described actually happened recently in Segovia in central […]

The Driver CPC requirements implemented throughout the EU are intended to make sure HGV and PCV drivers are both competent and proficient. The idea is to reduce accidents and make the haulage and transport industries as efficient as possible through ongoing training and assessment. Yet not even the most stringent CPC driver training is 100% […]

The first-ever National Lorry Week sponsored by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) was apparently a huge success, according to organisers of the event. The RHA hopes it now becomes an annual event that goes a long way toward promoting lorry driving careers. Things went very well this year considering the fact that the observance had […]