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If you think you’ve heard it all, well think again. There is now at least one passenger bus operating in the UK using methane gas produced by human faeces and food waste! Should the bus prove successful, there is little doubt additional buses will be brought online. Our question is whether the use of human […]

As a leading provider of HGV training, we know all too well how tiring it can be to spend 8 to 10 hours every day behind the wheel of a large commercial vehicle. So it’s not surprising to us that some industry experts are urging drivers to be cautious about accepting overtime hours during the […]

With winter knocking on the door across Britain, companies located in areas prone to moderate snowfall are beginning to make their plans for battling inclement weather. Some companies will be utilising snowplough attachments along with their forklifts to remove snow from car parks and loading docks. We advise extreme caution when doing so. A bit […]

The controversial speed cameras installed by the Scottish Government on the A9 between Perth and Inverness went fully live back in October (2014). When first proposed, the cameras were offered as a way to reduce the number of serious accidents by deterring speeding and dangerous overtaking. A little more than a month into the programme, […]

Anyone who wants to be a professional driver of commercial vehicles has to undergo an HGV, PCV, or LGV theory test in order to receive the provisional entitlement necessary to train. The test is similar to the theory test one takes prior to earning a car licence, except that it concentrates on issues pertaining to […]

A few weeks back we published a blog post talking about individuals seeking trailer training only after having learned from police officials that they did not possess the proper licence for their trailer/tow vehicle combinations. The point of that post was to illustrate how necessary it is to know the law, as it applies to […]

We have all seen bad drivers from time to time, but could anything be worse than a 40 tonne HGV making an illegal U-turn on the M6 motorway? It sounds bizarre, but it actually did happen last month in Staffordshire. You can see it for yourself thanks to a video posted on the BBC website. […]

If you regularly take advantage of taxi service in Huddersfield, you need to be aware that drivers are prepared to strike any time within the next six weeks to protest a new regulation they say threatens their livelihoods. The regulation, which is part of a revised policy proposed by Kirklees Council, calls for the immediate […]

In 2013, Transport for London (TfL) promised to begin cracking down on HGV drivers and operators failing to comply with the law. Now, just a year after TfL put together a dedicated task force to take on the project, more than 3,400 vehicles have been stopped. The agency says they have been more than pleased […]

Labour’s Ed Miliband is pushing a plan to give local government outside of London more power to regulate bus transportation and integrate it with rail and tram services. He is promising that a new Labour government will push reforms that he says will enable all of the UK to experience the benefits of economic recovery […]