Transport
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The 31 July 2019 Decision in DPP v Barreto [2019] EWHC 2044 (Admin) concerns what use of a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving is lawful and what is unlawful. However,...
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Fleets, HGVs, possible restrictions for new young drivers, older drivers, penalty points for no seatbelts and better drink-drive enforcement are amongst the very wide range of road traffic law issues...
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The government intends to introduce legislation that will make it an offence to use tyres 10 years or older on certain vehicles. These vehicles are: HGVs over 3.5 tonnes heavy...
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The possibilities for electric freight transport, and potentially driverless freight vehicles, were up for discussion at a Road Transport Briefing hosted by regional law firm Ashtons Legal at Trinity Park...
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The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have powers to regulate professional coach and passenger drivers. This includes powers to refuse, suspend or remove vocational driving licences. The Guidance and Directions...
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In 2018 the law changed to permit Category B “car” licence holders to drive vehicles above the normal 3.5 tonnes (up to max 4.25 tonnes) so long as: the vehicle...
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‘Within a shifting and increasingly challenging global framework, the European road transport sector is facing its most acute professional driver shortage in decades.’ (International Road Transport Union) An updated review...
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has confirmed how there has been a massive increase in the number of drivers’ hours fixed penalties issued from March 2018 in the first...
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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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That anyone would engage in the highly dangerous pursuit of directing beams towards vehicles (or planes, trains or boats) is beyond comprehension. Why would anyone endanger lives in this way?...
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The Channel 4 Dispatches investigation aired on 9 April reported on a recent trend in the road transport sector: interference with lorries’ exhaust control systems that are in place to...
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Revised rules mean that police and DVSA examiners will be able to issue up to five fixed penalty offers to commercial drivers for drivers’ hours breaches that will now include...
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