European vehicle safety assessment program Euro NCAP said it was expanding its scope from just cars and vans to include safety information about new heavy trucks. It said the new ‘Truck Safe’ rating scheme would enable the freight industry to identify and assess the safety level of equipment in heavy truck fleets. Heavy trucks represent […]
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Fleet software firm FleetCheck has upgraded its Driver’s app to help police clamp down on illegal abnormal loads. The new app tools have been adopted by a quarter of the UK’s police forces including the Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG), and Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Staffordshire police forces. […]
Logistics UK has welcomed DVSA’s Vision to 2030, which was published last week, alongside its Strategic Plan to 2025. The Vision to 2030 document sets out what DVSA plans to do to make transport safer, greener and healthier. The first task listed is for DVSA to spend this year continuing to recover its services from […]
A National Highways road safety campaign is using a network of hauliers to raise motorists’ awareness of HGVs’ blindspots by using giant safety warnings on the back of a host of lorries plying up and down the UK’s motorways. The campaign is a collaboration between National Highways, media company ADriver and its network of hauliers. […]