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New international haulage rules force drivers to return home every four weeks

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August 14, 2020 Kevin swallow

  New EU drivers’ hours and tachograph rules are being introduced on 20 August, including a requirement for drivers to ‘return home’ every four weeks, writes Chris Tindall. The Department for Transport said there will […]

Government review of truck testing could open the door to privatisation

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July 21, 2020 Kevin swallow

A review into truck testing by the Department for Transport (DfT) could open the door to MoTs being carried out by the private sector through accredited Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) operators. Currently most of the […]

FleetCheck: ‘Boost for Earned Recognition during lockdown’

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July 2, 2020 Kevin swallow

The earliest months of the Covid-19 lockdown saw a marked increase in the number of commercial vehicle fleets adopting the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme, FleetCheck has revealed. From March to June, 64% of new corporate […]

DVSA announce truck testing to restart but not all Scottish ATFs will reopen

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June 19, 2020 Kevin swallow

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that truck testing will restart from 4 July for those vehicles given exemptions at the start of the coronavirus lockdown. Since 21 March, trucks and trailers […]

Traffic commissioners to resume in-person hearings

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June 17, 2020 Kevin swallow

People will be able to attend public inquiries and other hearings in person from Monday 6 July, with social distancing measures in place. The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain announced that in-person tribunal hearings are […]

DVSA to update HGV driver training programme after fatal accident

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June 8, 2020 Kevin swallow

The DVSA has confirmed it will add questions to the HGV driver theory test about class VI mirrors, after a coroner raised concerns about the risk of deaths being caused on the roads. In a […]

DVSA ease pressure on workshops by suspending all tachograph calibrations

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April 8, 2020 Kevin swallow

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has relaxed tachograph calibration and extended the need to inspect tachographs periodically by three months, as it seeks to ease the pressure on understaffed workshops during the coronavirus […]

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