Tag Archives: HGV

Reports that there are plans to place hundreds of portable toilets along the M20 if there is a no deal Brexit and the introduction of new border checks to cater for truck drivers facing gridlock heading towards Dover have been criticised by the Road Haulage Association (RHA). Contingency plans are being made for 13 miles of the coast-bound M20, between …

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has spoken out to reassure drivers that HGVS have never been more motorway-safe after a survey claimed that the amount of freight on the UK’s roads is making drivers feel unsafe. Last week, road safety charity Brake released the results of a survey of more than 1000 drivers, and found that 79% of drivers agreed …

Visitors to Convoy in the Park in July can have the chance to drive one of Taylors Transport’s trucks around a special course. In exchange for a small donation to charity, attendees will be able to drive one of two Taylors Transport’s driver training vehicles. Accompanied by a qualified instructor, visitors will be taught how to drive and reverse the …

A truck driver who crashed into a bridge on the M20, causing it to collapse has been given a suspended jail sentence. The incident happened in September 2016 when a digger on the back of Alan Austen’s HGV struck a footbridge, which then collapsed. The crash injured a motorcyclist and caused more than £1 million worth of damage. Austen, 64, …

A single unmarked HGV has caught more than 4000 drivers committing offences on the road in the past two years, including a truck driver who was checking his mobile phone while he had a foot on the dashboard. The driver, stopped by Humberside Police, was travelling from the M18 onto the M62 near Goole. In all, 28 police forces have …

Wheel nuts, that is. While checks are part and parcel of the driver’s life, the wheel nuts can easily be overlooked – but shouldn’t be. A reminder of how important this is comes from Mike Ponsonby. He recounts a tale from July 2010, when, stopped at the traffic lights on the slip road off the M5 Junction 1 for West …

More than 200 trucks were turned away from Ashford Truckstop in Kent on October 31 because of a lack of spaces, as drivers sought somewhere to park to avoid potential fines. Ashford Truckstop’s general manager, Darren Smith, said: “By 18.30 we had received over 90 reservations – usually around 20-30 by the end of the night. By 19.30pm we had …

A scheme that uses smart road signs with the aim of reducing the disproportionate number of HGV accidents on the A75 through Dumfries and Galloway has scooped the Road Safety Scheme of the Year award at the Highways Awards. Scotland TranServ, alongside Transport Scotland, Clearview Intelligence and Coeval lifted the prize at the Lancaster Hotel in London for their Vehicle …

Drivers will still be able to take their weekly rest breaks at official truck stops without risking a fine from November, the DVSA has said. The DVSA issued the clarification to the Road Haulage Association (RHA), after the latter expressed concern that fines could be imposed after a rest weekly rest was taken even in a truck stop or motorway …

Essex-based road haulage firm YCT Ltd has been fined £170,000 after a driver died after being crushed between two articulated vehicles. Southend Magistrates Court heard how the unnamed HGV driver, employed by YCT suffered fatal injuries when his vehicle rolled forward out of control while he was coupling the HGV tractor unit to a trailer. An investigation by the Health …