HGV News

A shocking video containing footage shot by a dash-mounted cam and published on the ‘Scotland’s Worst Drivers’ website demonstrates just why the cameras are becoming so popular among HGV drivers and their employers. The footage shows a car driver apparently repeatedly hitting the brakes, purposely, in front of an HGV driver who just happened to […]

The HGV Training Centre is one of the largest and most expansive providers of commercial driver training in the UK. As such, we spend an awful lot of money on fuel to operate the vehicles we use in our training sessions. From our HGV training in East Renfrewshire to the programmes we operate in England’s […]

The staff here at the HGV Training Centre has the privilege of working with all kinds of people who come to us looking for training. And because we train hundreds of people every month, we hear all sorts of questions as well. We thought we would take the occasion of this blog post to address […]

Truck driving is not an easy job even under optimal conditions. When the weather gets nasty and traffic picks up, driving a truck can be out-and-out dangerous. In light of an increase in accidents and the pending onset of winter, authorities are urging drivers to be cautious around gritters this winter. More than a dozen […]

The announcement of a brand-new shipping hub to be built by UPS at London’s Gateway container terminal garnered not more than a yawn among those not directly related to the logistics industry. However, the news should be exciting to companies like ours that train commercial drivers. What UPS plans to do in London is just […]

Another season of British Summer Time (also known as daylight saving time in other parts of the world) has come and gone. We are now left with one hour less daylight as a result of the change. Here at the HGV Training Centre, we urge PCV and HGV drivers to be more cautious now that […]

If you were lucky enough to participate in this year’s (2015) running of the Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on 1st November, you might have also caught a glimpse of broadcasters Chris Evans and Alex Jones. Along with Ken Bruce, the pair was among the celebrity drivers who got behind the wheels of […]

Winter being just around the corner means trailer owners are beginning to park their vehicles for the season or even putting them in storage. Some will start thinking about their towing needs for next spring and summer; others will forget about towing until the temperatures warm up and the flowers start blooming. If you are […]

We would expect business drivers – i.e., those whose jobs consist primarily of driving – to be among the least penalised on the road due to their extensive experience and obvious need to know better. While that may or may not be true, research shows a troubling trend: some 39% of all business drivers have […]

The news is routinely filled with all kinds of stories about how HGV drivers are dangerous and reckless. Rarely do we see news items to the opposite. So it should be understandable how happy we are to be able to report on an HGV driver whose heroism may have prevented a serious accident and saved […]