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VOSA has recently announced that it has commissioned a work measurement study of HGV and PSV Annual testing. The aim is to make sure VOSA…

Financial requirements for an Operator’s licence are now reviewed annually. This is in an attempt to address any impact of fluctuating exchange rates would have…

The Government has released a new consultation on bringing section 19 of the Road Safety Act 2006 into effect.  The result of this would mean…

The Department for Transport has just opened a consultation into the legal requirement for insurance companies to issue certificates. Under the current law, insurance companies…

The Department for Transport has just opened a consultation on the speed limits for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes on single carriageway roads.  The current limit…

EU Regulation 1072/2009 introduced new rules in relation to road haulage cabotage which resulted in non-GB goods vehicles being limited to carrying out no more…

From 1st October 2012, the rules on the recovery of defence costs changed i.e. those persons who are prosecuted but not found guilty of the…

If a vehicle was found by HMRC to be illegally using ‘red diesel’ on the road, then the vehicle may be seized by HMRC. Under…

The Highways Agency is leading on a project to introduce ‘free-flow’ charging at the Dartford-Thurrock river crossing, which would improve traffic flow by removing the…

HSE research shows that unsafe vehicle loads cost the UK millions of pounds in each year. Vehicles carrying unrestrained loads are also a serious safety…

From 1st October 2012, it became an offence to clamp, tow, block-in or immobilise a vehicle without lawful authority on private land. These changes will…

British truck drivers can pay up to £13 per day on special road charges when driving on the continent but, at the moment, their foreign…