HGV drivers searching for the Swift Group factory outside of Cottingham are finding themselves unwittingly led through the centre of town only to wind up at the front entrance of the factory. The problem is that the vehicles cannot enter the grounds using the front entrance. That means they have to turn around, go back […]

If you are ever to find yourself in the unfortunate position of being remanded to the Stanford Hill jail on the Isle of Sheppey, you might find you have the opportunity to take driver-training courses that will enable you to get a job as a commercial driver upon your release. The programme, being offered in […]

Between the costs of fleet driver training, fuel, vehicle maintenance, insurance and a mountain of regulatory requirements, operating a business in the transport and haulage sectors takes an awful lot of money. Therefore, it is not surprising that the industry has been unhappy with the level of support it has received from the government in […]

We have all heard the tragic stories involving accidents between lorries and cyclists. More often than not, these tragedies could have been avoided if both the lorry driver and cyclist were more aware of one another’s location and tendencies. Fortunately, the location issue might be close to being effectively solved by a London-based company known […]

If HGV driving is your chosen profession, you might want to exercise great caution next time you are passing through London. A Transport For London (TfL) initiative aimed at cracking down on HGV drivers has proven so successful in its first six months that there are now plans in place to extend it beyond the […]

If the average LGV driver did not have enough to worry about, there is now something else to add to the list when driving through Hampshire – fuel theft. Local police in Burghclere are warning drivers to be careful after 200 litres of diesel fuel were stolen from a truck parked at a layby on […]

A waste management company in Hampshire has decided to put each of its drivers through additional HGV training that will hopefully prevent accidents with bicycles and motorbikes. The training, being offered to drivers of the TJ Group, is different from other cyclist awareness training programmes in that it does not focus on giving HGV drivers […]

When we engage students during a van driving licence course, one of the things we address is compliance with speed limits. Speed limits exist as a means of keeping everyone on the road as safe as possible. Unfortunately though, there are people all over Europe who routinely violate speed limits. In Hampshire, the police aim […]

As one of the leading providers of van driver training in the UK, we assume every training provider instructs students in the proper use of the transmission and parking brake when leaving a van unattended during deliveries. Apparently, that lesson was lost on a FedEx driver who was recently filmed watching helplessly as his van […]

In a blog post published in late March, we referenced a big problem with stowaways crossing the border from Calais into England by riding on the axels of HGV trailers. It is a dangerous practice that can get people killed. In a related story, a number of haulage companies have taken a big step toward […]