Despite the support among many groups for a separate Scotland, one group that may not be in favour are independent HGV drivers. Should Scotland decide to separate from the UK, those drivers could face a potentially crippling increase in the cost of doing business in the rest of the UK. HGV training costs would not […]

Individuals currently receiving HGV training in Flintshire, Chester, and Wrexham will be pleased to know that the demand for licensed drivers in those areas is exceptionally high right now. According to a report from News North Wales, recruiters have seen an increase in demand of about 30% over the same time last year.

The HGV Training Centre provides driver training through more than 45 facilities around the country, including one in Essex. However, no amount of training can fully prepare a driver for the type of journey recently seen snaking its way through the Essex countryside on its way to Bradwell-on-Sea.

HGV training in London took on a new meaning today (20 June, 2013) thanks to the Exchanging Places program sponsored by Croydon’s Safer Transport Engagement Team (STT). The team set up a lorry outside of London’s Norbury fire station and encouraged cyclists to climb into the cab.

Twenty-four year-old Ramunas Bruzaitis has likely never taken an LGV class in his life. So why was the young man found at the side of the road, standing right next to a lorry at 4:40 AM? According to the Grantham Journal, he was stealing fuel from the vehicle while the driver slept.

Haulage companies and individual HGV owners need to be aware that the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) recently issued new guidelines for vehicle conspicuity. The regulations are intended to make car and van drivers aware of the dimensional space requirements of HGVs. Making large vehicles more conspicuous helps to reduce accidents.

During HGV driver training, one of the first things a student learns is that truck driving is a serious business that comes with serious responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is to make sure mandatory rest periods are honoured at all times. Apparently, getting proper rest is something that was not important to Belgian HGV driver […]

All the corporate driver training in the world can never protect a haulage company from every single accident. We live in a world in which accidents will happen, no matter how many precautions are taken. Knowing that, it is important for fleet managers and company owners to know what to do when an accident occurs.

West Yorkshire has become the latest UK county to crack down on reckless drivers with increased police patrols. According to several media outlets, police will be taking to the motorways in both marked police vehicles and their own unmarked HGV.

In all of the HGV driving schools around the UK, students are taught to obey safety regulations at all costs. But for Drywall Steel Sections Ltd. owner Rajinder Gupta, safety regulations were something to be ignored. Now his company has been banned from operating HGVs in England, Scotland, and Wales for at least nine years.