HGV News

This past February (2013) a bus driver in Bristol was arrested and charged after he used his vehicle as a weapon to run down and injure a cyclist. Unfortunately, video of the incident went viral and gave a black eye to the entire professional driving industry.

Summer will be here before you know it, and with it, the family caravan trip. Annual holidays are a great time to relax with your family, make lasting memories, and recharge your batteries before school and work resume in the autumn. But remember, driver safety is something that cannot be neglected if you want to […]

Last month the Norfolk and Suffolk Roads Policing Unit participated in the European Seat Belt Campaign by taking to the roads in a dedicated effort to deal with drivers not wearing seatbelts and/or texting while driving. Much to their surprise, they issued citations to more than 200 drivers. Unfortunately, most of those cited were HGV […]

HGV training in London was recently taken to a new level thanks to a program sponsored by the Ealing Council. The program, known as Safer Urban Driving, aims to help lorry drivers to be safer when driving in congested cities like London. One of the components of the program is bicycle awareness.

When you earned your category B licence for driving a car or motorcycle, you had to pass a theory test to demonstrate you had the knowledge to operate a vehicle safely. Now that you are considering getting an HGV or PGV licence, you’ll have to do it all over again.

Summer is on the way and with it comes plenty of drivers hitting the road with caravans in tow. If you’re a caravan owner, we hope you thoroughly enjoy your summer holiday. That said, do you know what the UK law is regarding towing? We wouldn’t want you to run afoul due to ignorance.

So, you want to earn your licence to drive an ambulance. It’s a great career choice and, to a certain extent, a noble calling. But did you know that ambulance driver training is a bit different from the training received to drive a lorry? It’s not necessarily more difficult, just different.

Professional drivers in the UK must get special licensing and adhere to specific guidelines when driving commercial vehicles. Thanks to a recent EU directive, new drivers will now have to earn an additional Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) as well.

Last autumn lorry drivers throughout the UK started to challenge the 40 mph speed limit on class A roads. Their position is that the slower speed for lorries is both bad for business and a potential hazard as drivers of the faster cars make dangerous moves to get around them. The effort paid off for […]

Many people endeavour to earn an LGV licence without realising it is necessary to get a provisional licence before any sort training can begin. In the following paragraphs, we’ll do our best to explain the LGV provisional licence, what it does for you, and how to go about getting one.