Road Transport
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The amount of readily accessible amounts required by Standard National and International operator’s licence holders has been varied slightly as follows: First vehicle: £8,000 (increased from £7,950) Additional vehicles: £4,450...
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The Driver Vehicle and Standards Agency has published an updated Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness version of the Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness that all operators and their maintenance teams (including external...
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The age of ‘driverless’ cars is nearly upon us. Funnily enough, it’s internet giant Google that’s been leading the way, developing truly driverless vehicles that don’t even have a steering...
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Further proposals about how automated vehicles will be operated and regulated have just been published in a new Law Commission consultation. It contains very important material with regard to safety,...
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With precious little time before 29 March 2019 (the scheduled date of UK’s departure from the EU) international goods (and indeed passenger) operators still have no clear idea what arrangements...
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What is this? Trailer registration? For all operators? New arrangements will be coming into force for the registration of some trailers used commercially over 750kgs (maximum permitted laden weight). Will...
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The take up of Driver CPC training (Certificate of Professional Competence) is currently said by training providers to be much lower than expected. Lorry drivers with acquired rights (because they...
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How will driver licensing work if you wish to drive within the EU after 29 March 2019 in either a professional or personal capacity? In short it will depend on...
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Changes we have flagged up in earlier posts this year are now in force through the Goods and Motor Vehicles (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 and make the following changes: Important...
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Media attention is likely to fall once again this week on the legal situation surrounding the ‘truck cartel’ and the compensation which may be due to many who purchased or...
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As they say: ‘if it’s grey and has a trunk then it’s likely to be an elephant – even if you call it a giraffe.’ The Senior Traffic Commissioner has...
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The Health & Safety Executive has released its annual report on 2017/18 workplace fatal injuries reportable to HSE, local authorities or the Office of Rail and Road under RIDDOR (Reporting...
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