Highways England must raise the visibility of smart motorway emergency refuge areas “as soon as possible” and educate drivers on what the Red X sign means, according to Transport Focus.
The FTA has said it is important that the requirements for DVSA’s earned recognition scheme are realistic, but should still challenge participants to be exemplary operators.
Van traffic was the fastest growing category on UK roads in the year ended March 2017, while the number of miles travelled by HGVs fell.
The financial standing system should be completely reviewed when the UK leaves the EU, according to the FTA.
Big improvements in the way huge amounts of data is analysed could soon lead to detailed risk ratings for specific roads at different times of the day, according to Matthew Hague, executive director – product strategy at Microlise.
Pall-Ex Group is now moving more pallets by volume through its partners in continental Europe than in the UK, according to its boss.
Scania is to appeal today’s €881m (£771m) fine from the European Commission (EC) over price-fixing, after refuting the findings.
The European Commission (EC) has hit Scania with a €881m (£771m) fine after concluding that it broke EU antitrust rules.
Volvo Trucks plans to intensify its development of gas-powered HGVS aimed at the regional and long-distance trunking market.
TfL has released interim tables showing the first batch of HGVs to be star-rated under the Direct Vision Standard (DVS), while seemingly also softening the impact of the scheme on hauliers.