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Earning your bus driving licence indicates that you have received the proper training that will enable you to operate a coach or local bus on public roads. However, no amount of training could have prepared an American driver who was recently involved in a terrible accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is amazing the driver […]

All across Britain there are private car owners who use their vehicles to tow light utility trailers, caravans and horsebox trailers. And all across Britain there are numerous accidents every year as a result of unsafe or unskilled reversing. According to research by the University of Huddersfield, at least 25% of all reported collisions in […]

Last August (2014), an HGV was travelling down the M5 in the West Midlands when a blue Citroen pulled in front and its driver, apparently upset by something, slammed on his brakes. The HGV driver managed to avoid a collision with the Citroen by mere inches. According to local police, the results of a collision […]

One does not need a van licence to know what happens when you drive a heavy vehicle through a large body of standing water. Yet it turns out that van drivers are among those ticketed in England and Wales over the last five years for intentionally splashing pedestrians. According to sources, there have been 63 […]

A near accident in County Durham late last month is a stark reminder to professional drivers of the need for cautious lorry driving, especially during the winter months. The incident involved a large HGV, a mainline train, and a bit of ice. The good news is that there were no injuries reported.

On New Year’s Day, a coach driver pulled his vehicle up to New York’s Bounce Sporting Club as scores of ‘passengers’ lined up outside. However, this coach was not destined to load up and carry its passengers to some faraway destination. In fact, it was set to stay put from 11am until 7pm. Why? Because […]

When the Industrial HGV Task Force (IHTF) was first organised in 2013, it was done so under the premise of cracking down on firms and company drivers who were not obeying the law when operating commercial vehicles in London. The task force has been making good on that promise ever since. In the latest examples […]

With the New Year now upon us, we wanted to take a step back from daily haulage and transport news and, instead, address our readers who might be thinking of earning a commercial driving licence. Commercial driving is a great career choice that offers good pay, stability and a constantly changing work environment.

An 83-year-old pensioner from Wales was spared the most serious of punishments when the multiple traffic charges against him were combined into a single charge. Yet despite the mercy of the court, nothing changes the fact that the man was towing a trailer on public roads in a way that was extremely dangerous. He provides […]

Intelligent Telematics, the manufacturer of the IT1000 3G-camera system, recently released statistics showing the effectiveness of their equipment in improving overall road safety and reducing the number of fraudulent insurance claims among their customers. Equally impressive though is the fact that the data is also being used to improve driver performance through transport training.