New rules on drivers’ working conditions are coming
Posted by AndrewT on 15th Jun 2018
Updated rules from the EU to fight illegal practices in road transport and to help improve drivers’ employment conditions were approved by the Transport Committee in June 2018.
EU rules applying to ‘
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Descartes shows how to supercharge supply chain operations at Multimodal 2018
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Apr 2018
Descartes will display its comprehensive range of on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions that drive supply chain operational efficiency and regulatory compliance at Multimodal 2018, which takes p
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Devices for tampering with drivers' hours found in HGVs
Posted by AndrewT on 6th Apr 2018
Police in Nottinghamshire have found 6 tachograph manipulation devices fitted in HGVs since January 2018. The devices are used to interfere with the recording of drivers’ hours from the tachograph. In
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Descartes releases new pre-pay system for Smartanalysis, tachograph analysis software
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Feb 2018
Descartes Systems Group has launched Smartanalysis Pre-Pay. The new payment model for its Smartanalysis tachograph analysis software will eliminate the burden of having to pay monthly invoices and off
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Descartes Sponsors True Heroes Racing for 2018 Season
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Feb 2018
Descartes Systems UK has announced its sponsorship of True Heroes Racing, a team founded in 2012 as a project to provide wounded, injured and sick (WIS) UK Service personnel and Veterans, with the opp
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DVSA's Earned Recognition Pilot starts with 30 organisations
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Feb 2018
John Lewis, Sainsbury’s and a district council are among the 30 organisations that have signed up to the DVSA's Earned Recognition Pilot. Participating organisations will start to benefit from this ne
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HGV driver fell asleep and drove into oncoming traffic on the motorway
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Jan 2018
A HGV driver falling asleep at the wheel veered across two lanes of the M62 and broke though the central reservation. After waking up, he continued to drive against oncoming traffic for around five mi
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Prison for breaking drivers’ hours
Posted by AndrewT on 30th Nov 2017
A HGV driver was handed out a six-month prison sentence for failing to take rest breaks and drivers’ hours offences.
The driver was stopped by DVSA staff. After downloading the tachograph data it was
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Three-year ban for misleading DVSA & missing tachograph downloads
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Nov 2017
A haulage firm director admitted that he deceived Government inspectors over employment of a transport manager and was disqualified by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner, Nick Denton.
A Public In
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Descartes working with DVSA on Earned Recognition Pilot
Posted by AndrewT on 24th Oct 2017
Descartes has announced it is working with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the executive agency responsible for setting, testing and enforcing driver and vehicle standards in Great Bri
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DVSA launch Earned Recognition Pilot
Posted by Robin Layfield on 29th Sep 2017
Roadside checks cost operators time and money. Earned Recognition will help the DVSA target non-compliant operators. Earned Recognition proves that you meet driver and vehicle standards. Operators
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Fines of up to £1,500 for historic commercial drivers' hours offences
Posted by Robin Layfield on 26th Sep 2017
New rules mean the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will be able to issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the previous 28 days. Currently, the DVSA can only br
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Importing Tachograph Fraud
Posted by Robin Layfield on 25th Sep 2017
The BBC reported on an increase in tachograph tampering in the UK roads with over 440 HGVs crossing into the UK last year with manipulated tachographs.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
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Driving tired is 'worse than being on drugs'
Posted by Robin Layfield on 31st Aug 2017
According to recent research, driving in state of fatigue has contributed to more road accidents in Great Britain than those impaired by taking drugs.
The study found 20% of road accidents on major r
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21-year ban for HGV driver
Posted by Robin Layfield on 7th Jul 2017
A HGV driver has been disqualified from professional driving until June 2038 after his driver card was used by another employee to commit serious offences.
The driver had his vocational driving licen
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HGV Roadside Emissions Tests
Posted by Robin Layfield on 26th Jun 2017
From August 2017, roadside checks of HGVs carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will include an emissions check.
The DVSA will target HGV drivers and operators attempting to c
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Three year ban for falsifying drivers' hours & tachograph records
Posted by Robin Layfield on 21st Jun 2017
An HGV driver was banned from professional driving for three years after falsifying drivers’ hours and tachograph records.
Government inspectors had found that the driver used a device to interfere w
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Want to get the most out of Smartanalysis? – Training
Posted by Robin Layfield on 20th Jun 2017
Smartanalysis training Thursday 3rd August 2017, from 9.30am to 12.30pm – Braintree, Essex.
Smartanalysis is continually improved and new features added to make managing compliance easier for transpo
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Banned for 3 years for vehicle maintenance & drivers’ hours infringements
Posted by Robin Layfield on 6th Jun 2017
The director of a Birmingham builders’ has been banned from operating HGVs for three years for showing no interest in vehicle and driver safety standards. The firm lost its licence to operate vehicles
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Driver CPC Validation with SmartLicence
Posted by AndrewT on 1st Jun 2017
The latest release of Descartes' SmartLicence online driving licence management and verification solution has been enhanced to accommodate Driver CPC and Digital Tachograph card validation.
In Septem
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Road freight weights must be declared by shippers
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd May 2017
All cargo owners must now provide road haulage operators with the weight of cargo goods to be transported in the EU. This is an extension to the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
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Weekly Rest Period Clarification for HGV drivers' hours
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Apr 2017
A statement by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has advised that a ‘normal’ 45-hour weekend break cannot count as ‘rest’ for tachograph and EU drivers’ hours regulations purposes
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Smartanalysis reporting for Earned Recognition at Multimodal 2017
Posted by AndrewT on 22nd Mar 2017
The extensive reporting capabilities of Smartanalysis will accommodate the requirements DVSA set for transport operators to achieve Earned Recognition. Visitors to Multimodal 2017, taking place at the
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Multimodal 2017 - NEC Birmingham 4 to 6 April
Posted by AndrewT on 1st Mar 2017
Supply chain management and logistics for cargo owners.
Descartes would like to invite you to the tenth Multimodal event at the NEC in Birmingham in April, in what promises to be the largest and busie
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RoutingUK.descartes.com
Posted by AndrewT on 17th Feb 2017
Maximise efficiency and stay compliant.
Descartes have launched a new web site to maximise the efficiency and profitability of road transport operations whilst safeguarding compliance. The site cover
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Banned, licence revoked and fined for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 16th Jan 2017
A haulier and transport manager that demonstrated “poor in the extreme” knowledge of drivers’ hours and tachograph compliance will lose his operating licence from 3 February 2017. He was also banned f
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Disqualified for encouraging drivers to commit drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Dec 2016
The director of a haulage firm with operations in Shrewsbury and Coalville has been disqualified for two years after the Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands, Nick Denton found that he encourage
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DVSA improves OCRS to focus on the least compliant operators
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Dec 2016
The DVSA use the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system to help decide which vehicles should be stopped for roadside checks. It gives a score for risk of an operator running a vehicle with roadw
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Have your say on harsher penalties for drivers causing death by dangerous or careless driving
Posted by AndrewT on 6th Dec 2016
In 2015, 122 people were sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving with a further 21 convicted of causing death while under the influence. In a survey currently running in Fleet News, almost 70
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Paying the ultimate price after encouraging drivers to work excessive hours
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Nov 2016
Following a ruling by Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones, a midlands businessman has been disqualified indefinitely from operating trucks in a number of operating companies after encouraging drivers to w
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