A recent spate of fatal accidents in Northern Ireland has led the Freight Transportation Association (FTA) to issue a special advisory among its members operating in the region. HGV Ireland reports the FTA is urging HGV drivers to use extra caution during the winter months due to poor driving conditions.

As a leading provider of HGV training in Dyfed and dozens of other locations throughout the UK, the HGV Training Centre includes safe loading and securing principles in the training provided to HGV drivers. Now, thanks to the International Road Transport Union (IRU), there are new and updated guidelines drivers can follow regardless of where […]

If you were to train for your van licence with the HGV Training Centre, it is highly unlikely your classes would involve dealing with a wild turkey exhibiting a bad attitude. Unfortunately, such a class might have been helpful to an American UPS driver who was videotaped being chased around a delivery van by a […]

Whether it is a driver receiving his or her HGV training in South Yorkshire, or a mechanic learning to repair coaches and buses outside of London, everyone involved in the transport and haulage industries receives comprehensive training designed to ensure all involved remain safe. Vehicle inspectors employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) […]

HGV training in Hertfordshire just got a little bit easier thanks to brand-new Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) for commercial vehicles opened at HTC Hemel Hempstead. The facility marks the 400th ATF opened since the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) embarked on an ambitious plan to close government testing centres and transfer their services to […]

Transport training in London could get a little bit more expensive if Transport for London (TfL) follows through on a plan to raise the Congestion Charge now in place. In fact, all companies conducting business in the region will be adversely affected. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is doing what it can to prevent the […]

In County Mayo, Ireland, motorists have been warned to be on the lookout for the dreaded one-eyed Cyclops as it roams cities, towns and even the countryside. Yet according to road safety officer Noble Gibbons, the creature of Greek mythology is not the problem. Rather, it is the modern Cyclops – a vehicle with only […]

Residents of several Herefordshire towns will spend the next year or so learning to live with more than 100 HGVs scheduled to be travelling on local roads. What’s causing the increased traffic? A renovation and modernisation project at the Letchworth Golf Club. The project will require plenty of waste disposal and special soil being developed […]

In what can only be described as a very dramatic accident, a lorry driver’s dash mounted camera has cleared him of any wrongdoing. His camera recorded the entire incident – in real time – as it unfolded, leaving everyone involved thankful that the consequences of the M25 crash were not more serious. Video from the […]

If you know anything about the record of futurists, you are aware that most of their predictions fail to come to fruition within the timeframe set forth. Therefore, we wonder whether predictions of driverless LGVs on UK roads by 2018 have any merit. If technology company Ricardo has anything to say about, those LGVs will […]