Disqualified haulage director with ‘history of non-compliance’ has licence application rejected

An HGV driver has been jailed for two years after he collided with a broken down lorry on the M4, killing the driver. Experts agreed that the lack of any reaction by Shane Davies to his Volvo artic leaving the road between junctions 15 and 16 was due to him becoming unconscious or incapacitated and […]

A Scottish transport firm has condemned as “inexcusable” delays by the traffic commissioner’s office in processing O-licence applications after it was left waiting since May to run HGVs.

The DfT has confirmed that trucks using equipment designed to cut their emissions, such as aerodynamic flaps, will soon be allowed to run up to a GVW of 45 tonnes.