Have you seen the video from this past September (2014) involving the two white delivery vans travelling down the M5 motorway near Halesowen? Occupants of both vans pull off a trick they don’t teach you in van driver training: they passed a drinks bottle between themselves – at 60 mph. The entire dangerous episode was […]

Privately owned bus companies have been nervous ever since the Government started talking about devolution in the north of England. That nervousness is now more pronounced after hearing some additional details contained in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement delivered last week. One bus company has gone so far as to suggest that devolution will result in […]

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 […]

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 […]

As a leading provider of HGV training in County Tyrone, we occasionally come across HGVs coming into Northern Ireland from the Republic. Unfortunately, some of these drivers may lose their jobs as a result of the HGV levies assessed by both the UK and Irish governments. We hope a solution can be worked out before […]

Business Car magazine recently published a fascinating post on its blog from E-Training World managing director Graham Hurdle in which Mr Hurdle proposed offering additional training for car drivers. To be clear, Hurdle was referring to drivers who operate passenger vehicles or small vans as part of their employment. These drivers might be anything from […]

What do you get when you impose a daily fee on every foreign HGV? In theory, an awful lot of money being put into the treasury for the purposes of maintaining the roads. That is exactly what we were told when the Government first announced the new HGV levy that was officially implemented earlier this […]

All the van driving training in the world couldn’t help a security guard who found himself locked out of his van on a busy London street recently. The unnamed driver became fodder for a YouTube video thanks to the efforts of a passer-by who recorded him by using a smart phone. The visibly embarrassed driver […]

A police clampdown on mobile phone use while driving has netted nearly 200 offenders in the Midlands, including 29 HGV drivers. The two-week programme ran between September 22 and October 5 (2014). Teams from the Central Motorway Police Group took to motorways and A-roads using a fleet of marked and unmarked vehicles along with an […]