HGV News

Next month the Freight Transport Association (FTA) will be holding the third event in its Van Excellence series at the DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro. Among the speakers at the October 29 event will be Gordon MacDonald, the VOSA’s traffic enforcement policy manager. He is expected to outline plans his agency has in place to […]

HGV Ireland used their September 17 blog to pose an interesting question: are you legally towing a trailer? The question is one asked by many a contractor, farmer, and individual citizen here in the UK. The confusion apparently comes from a lack of knowledge regarding licensing regulations.

The days may be coming when HGV training in Cheshire or Fife includes learning how to safely operate a vehicle while taking advantage of the same electrified power lines used by the old trolleybus systems. According to a report from Handy Shipping Guide (HSG), electrified HGVs may be a reality very soon.

At last week’s IRTE conference, the two main themes were safety and regulatory compliance. However, that didn’t stop Senior Traffic Commissioner Beverly Bell from encouraging representatives of the transport industry to help build something the entire UK can be proud of. Bell said the industry has a long way to go in this regard.

Drivers receiving their HGV training in Somerset and surrounding areas will be pleased to know a brand-new test centre is opening in Bridgewater. The new centre is opening in response to Taunton LGV Test Centre closing this past August. The new centre is privately operated.

In the county of Devon is the tiny village of Yettington. It is a village of narrow streets and crowded houses; a village that is right on the way to the Bicton Arena for lots of vehicles towing horse trailers. It is no surprise that a recent accident has left one Yettington mother pleading for […]

During coach driver training, it is expected that the individual driver will be taught how to operate his vehicle safely over the road. However, like any other job, what happens years down the road after the coach driver has been at it for a while? He may start taking things for granted while paying less […]

Now that the deadline for PCV drivers to complete their CPC training has come and gone, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is strongly urging LGV drivers not to delay their own training despite the fact that their deadline is still a year away. All LGV drivers must be CPC certified by September 2014.

Over the years, the Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated hundreds of millions of pounds to encourage the manufacture and sale of ultra-low emission passenger vehicles in the UK. Most recently, the department allocated some £500 million for both vehicles and infrastructure improvement until 2020. However, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) believes more needs to […]

Whether a driver receives his HGV training in Somerset or London, one of the things he is taught is to always pay attention to others on the road – especially cyclists. Now officials in London want to make sure drivers are paying attention to their safety training. To that end, they have instituted a number […]