Changes for HGV, bus and coach driver tests and licencing
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Mar 2014
Changes introduced to driving test and licence requirements affecting HGV, bus and coach drivers will come into effect on 10 April 2014. The changes from April 10th include:
removing the need for 8
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“Truckcam” results in 180 offences being reported in two weeks.
Posted by AndrewT on 7th Mar 2014
Merseyside Police target HGV drivers in covert operation.
Merseyside Police issued 180 road traffic offence reports, 17-fixed penalty notices and seized four vehicles during operation ‘Truckcam’, a ca
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HGV Driver banned for false tachograph records and drivers' hours infringements
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Feb 2014
The HGV driver was called to the Deputy Traffic Commissioner in Edinburgh in February after the authorities reported him for drivers’ hours infringements. He was originally pulled over by inspectors f
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HGV drivers fined £34,410 in crack down on drivers’ hours and tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 14th Jan 2014
A partnership operation by the police and VOSA over three weeks during November and December 2013 in Devon and Cornwall called Operation Fatigue resulted in fines of £34,410.
The operation involved t
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Driving test and licence changes for HGV and bus drivers coming soon
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Jan 2014
Changes will be introduced by the Driving Standards Agency and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency that affect HGV, bus and coach driving test and licence requirements within the next couple of months
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HGV driver fined £900 for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Dec 2013
A HGV driver was given on-the-spot fines totalling £900 after he tried to falsify his drivers’ hours record.
The driver was stopped on 13 December during routine checks on HGVs on the M11.
VOSA exami
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Custodial sentences for operating illegal tachograph centre
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Dec 2013
A father and son were handed custodial sentences for operating an illegal tachograph centre at Craigavon Court 20 November 2013.
The sentences of two years six months, suspended for three years, for i
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DSA and VOSA replaced by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Nov 2013
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency was launched today. The new agency will replace the existing Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA). It will be resp
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Address to be removed from Digital Driver Card
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Nov 2013
From December 2013 new Digital Driver Cards (Tachograph) issued by DVLA will no longer display an address.
DVLA is simplifying the process for commercial drivers changing the address on their driving
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Driver CPC exemptions take effect
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Nov 2013
Regulations which came into effect Wednesday 13 November clarify the Driver CPC exemptions.
The new rules affect people who occasionally drive HGVs, buses or coaches as part of their work but never c
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Driver CPC - New 13/11/13 exemption regulations clarified
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Oct 2013
New regulations that will come into force on 13 November 2013 concerning changes to Driver CPC exceptions were put before Parliament on 21 October 2013.
These changes relate to Vehicle Drivers (Certif
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Descartes Launches Advanced Home Delivery Solution to UK Retailers
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Oct 2013
Descartes Systems Group launched its advanced home delivery solutions to UK retailers at the Omni-Channel Retailing / Home Delivery Summit on 15 October. The solution is now being deployed by leading
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Cash-in-transit Company fined £600 for tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 18th Oct 2013
Following an investigation by DVA Enforcement Officers into the operation of 19 vehicles owned by Brinks Ireland Ltd, the company was fined £600 on 15 October 2013 for failing to produce tachograph re
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Waste disposal firm penalised for drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 11th Oct 2013
Scotland's Traffic Commissioner, Joan Aitkin ruled on 3 October that Dow Waste Management will be prevented from expanding for 12 months. The company’s operations are to be limited, because of drivers
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John Lewis Executive to Keynote Descartes Omni-Channel Retail & Home Delivery Summit
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Sep 2013
Descartes Systems Group the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Dino Rocos, John Lewis Partnership’s Operations Director, is scheduled to be the keynote
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Haulier fined after driver was found with an invalid driving licence
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Aug 2013
Haulage firm LMK International Transport was fined £400 and ordered to pay costs in Belfast Magistrates’ Court following the discovery that one of its HGVs was operating without a goods vehicle certif
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Fixed penalties increased from 16 August
Posted by AndrewT on 15th Aug 2013
Department for Transport announced that fixed penalty levels will increase from 16 August 2013. Graduated fixed penalties and financial deposits for vans, trucks and buses are also increased as a resu
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U-turn on Driver CPC exemptions?
Posted by AndrewT on 9th Aug 2013
The Driving Standards Agency has announced that individuals such as mechanics, driving heavy vehicles for short distances for delivery or repair, will be made exempt from the requirement to hold the D
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Lifetime ban for haulier after tampering with tachograph for a second time
Posted by AndrewT on 1st Aug 2013
Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken informed George Davidson that he would be disqualified from driving HGVs and could not re-apply for his professional licence until his 75th birthday after he was found
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Fined over £40,000 for drivers' hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Jul 2013
Following a VOSA investigation, Ian John Trussler, a partner and transport manager; and Kenneth Trussler, a partner of Goldline Taxis and Coaches both received suspended prison sentences for admitting
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DSA and VOSA to merge
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Jun 2013
Roads Safety Minister Stephen Hammond announced today that the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) and Driving Standards Agency (DSA), are to merge into a single agency. This will bring their
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Fees to be increased for graduated fixed penalties
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Jun 2013
The Department for Transport have announced that fixed penalty levels will increase from July 2013.
The increases affects most motoring fixed penalties offences, graduated fixed penalties and financi
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£300,000 fine and £150,000 in costs for falsifying driver records
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2013
Former Director of Alba Transport of Halifax, Danny Steven Sawrij, was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £150,000 in costs for falsifying driver records at Kirklees Magistrates Court on 23 May 2013.
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HGV driver jailed for tampering with tachograph
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2013
A Belgian HGV driver was jailed on Tues 28 May for attempting to hide the fact that he had not taken the required rest period before driving again.
Nico Demeyer attached a magnet to interfere with the
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Smart tachograph specification informally agreed
Posted by AndrewT on 17th May 2013
Improving road safety and ensuring fair competition in road transport in the EU.
The Specification for a new generation of digital tachograph for trucks and buses was agreed informally by the Irish p
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North Wales Police use of HGV is a real eye opener
Posted by AndrewT on 14th May 2013
North Wales Police’ Commercial Vehicle Unit worked in partnership with VOSA and Roads Policing Officers to target HGV drivers flouting the law. Using a HGV enabled the police to spot offences that ot
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Fines of up to €7,500 imposed on Irish operators breaking drivers’ hours rules
Posted by AndrewT on 23rd Apr 2013
The authorities in Ireland continue to focus on enforcement of drivers’ hours rules with road transport operators.
Up to 20th April more than 30 transport companies have been taken to court this year
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Temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours for LPG deliveries
Posted by AndrewT on 15th Apr 2013
Due to a shortage of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) the Department for Transport (DfT) has temporarily relaxed drivers’ hours and working time rules. The relaxation only applies to LPG deliveries to d
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Optimised Route Planning, Mobile Tracking & Compliance Management - £1 per driver per day.
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Apr 2013
Route. Track. Comply.
Descartes, world leaders in uniting the people and technology that move the world have launched On Demand Route Planning, Mobile Tracking and Compliance Management for just £1 pe
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£1,500 fine for tachograph and drivers' hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Mar 2013
A haulage company was fined a total of £1,500 and ordered to pay court courts at North Antrim Magistrates’ Court on Fri 1st March.
Patrick Bradley Limited was convicted on 15 charges relating to tac
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