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HGV driver using mobile phone jailed for ca...
A truck driver has been jailed for more than eight years after his HGV struck multiple vehicles, killing three people. Ion Onut was trawling dating sites on his mobile phone when he crashed his Scania truck into
UK road freight prices surge to highest in ...
Industry index reveals a perfect storm of inflation and Brexit sent December road freight prices soaring. Businesses are also warned of further supply chain disruption in 2022, with new EU custom checks on imports and Omicron
Prepare now for the EU posting of driver...
From 2 February, the EU is introducing new rules that mean if you operate loaded goods journeys in and between European Member States (cabotage or cross-trade), you may need to register information digitally about your journeys on
Ricardo to advance next generation electric...
Ricardo, a global environmental, engineering and strategic consulting company, is demonstrating its commitment to decarbonising global transport by leading a programme which will advance the next generation of clean, energy efficient, electric on-highway trucks. Funded by
Are British roads capable of catering for a...
This year, the UK became the first country to allow self-driving cars on motorways at low speed. The country is making incredible progress in the trials for autonomous vehicles and is funding innovative projects that will
Know the rules or pay the price
The findings from research commissioned by Europcar Mobility Group UK among 300 fleet managers across the country has been published in its latest whitepaper ‘Clearing the Air’: Are Fleet Managers Ready for the Clean Air Revolution?
Smart motorway rollout to be paused
The rollout of new smart motorway schemes will be paused until a full five years’ worth of safety data is available, as the Department for Transport invests £900 million to improve safety on existing All Lane Running
SMMT looks ahead to the year in road transp...
This year is set to be another eventful one for the road transport sector, with many developments affecting the industry in the areas of Brexit, electric vehicle production and vehicle charging. Here, the Society of Motor
New van registrations grows by a fifth
UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations bounced back from the pandemic-hit 2020, growing by more than a fifth (21.4%) in 2021, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and
Government playing ‘Russian roulette’ w...
The government is failing to monitor how many foreign lorries are entering and leaving the UK under revised cabotage rules introduced in October last year, Unite has discovered. The union warned this week that failure to
