A Driver’s Perspective: The View From Inside The Cab
This week, SMMT caught up with Mark Field, a long-serving driver for Bibby Distribution, and the current holder of the Microlise Driver of the Year award.
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Important Update for Our Customers & Partners
We continue to provide every service and support to our customers and partners as they maintain vital supply chain links to keep our economy moving and maintain critical supplies across healthcare, the food and drinks sector and home deliveries.
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Smart motorways to be reviewed because of safety concerns
The Transport Secretary has announced 18 measures aimed at making smart motorways safer. This follows analysis commissioned by the Transport Secretary which found that overall, data shows that the risks that are lower on smart motorways compared with conventional motorways include tailgating, rapid changes of vehicle speeds, vehicles drifting off the carriageway and vehicles being driven too…
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Night-time Delivery Restrictions Eased to Support Supply Chain Flexibility
Delivery hours have been extended by the Government to support supermarkets and other food retailers to move stocks more quickly from warehouses to replenish their shelves during the Coronavirus threat.
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Product Release 20.2
As part of our program of monthly product updates, we are pleased to announce that the 20.2 version of our solution is now available. This release contains a number of new features and some improvements to existing features requested by customers. When adding or deleting journey drops, customers using Journey Management, will now be actively…
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Government to invest £93 million to target local roads
Roads Minister Baroness Vere has announced that 32 local authorities will receive investment for essential repair works via the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund.
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New Government Online Vehicle Checker To Help Drivers Prepare For Clean Air Zones
Online service goes live to help drivers and businesses prepare for the introduction of clean air zones.
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MPs to Examine Impact of CAZs on Freight and Transport Sector
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Road Freight and Logistics (APPG), calls for written submissions relating to the impact of Clean Air Zones (CAZ) on the haulage and logistics sector.
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Maritime Transport Rewards Safer Drivers with Annual Bonuses
By using the Microlise Driver Performance Management solution, Maritime Transport has seen a significant upturn in driver grades and safety levels with almost half of the fleet moving from lower to higher grades.
Read blogDirect Vision Standard Updated To Prevent False Warnings From Sensors
Transport for London (TfL) has revised the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) relating to fitting sensors on articulated lorries to prevent false positive warnings from sensors.
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Product Release 20.1
We are pleased to announce that the 20.1 version of our solution has now been made available. As part of our program of monthly updates, delivered across our whole range of products, this release contains new features and updates requested by customers. Our trailer telematics solution now supports trailer identification via connection to the supported…
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£1.2m Investment To Help Protect The Future Safety & Security Of Self-driving Vehicles
£1.2 million has been invested in 7 cyber security projects to support the UK’s aspirations to be a leader across connected and automated mobility into the future.
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