Royal Assent has been given to the new The Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act, which has been introduced as part of the preparation for the UK’s departure from the EU next year. The act relates to an operator permit scheme, and gives the government the ability to create one should it be required once the…
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No technology blog would be complete without the obligatory reference to Big Data. While it is a hyped term, there’s no doubt that it does offer the potential to supercharge the value proposition of telematics. Not in the distant future, but very soon. In the UK alone there were a total of 180,248 drivers on…
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Congratulations to OEM partner MAN Truck & Bus for its recent win at the Motor Transport Awards where theTGX was named Fleet Truck of the Year by a panel of operators. The TGX beat off competition from the DAF CF, the Scania P-series and Mercedes-Benz Actros to win the award. The MT website reads: “If…
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Most of us use GPS every single day. We become the dot on the map every time we take a journey with our smartphone… or go online to find out where our children are and when they are going to be back from school… or check in to our favourite restaurant. People are rendered helpless…
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In an effort to address the driver shortage, the Road Haulage Association (RHA), together with Close Brothers Asset Finance and TRS Training Ltd have launched a new programme to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) recruit young drivers to secure the skills they need for future growth. Through the ‘RHA/Close Brothers SME Apprentice Scheme –…
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As events in a number of European cities have shown in recent years, HGVs and other commercial vehicles have the capability to inflict great damage and suffering when used to conduct terrorist acts. Powerful, large and heavy – an HGV is not easy to stop, and this has been used to devastating effect by those…
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Energy Saving Trust’s (EST) group director of transport, Andrew Benfield, has said fleets need to understand the implications of Clean Air Zones (CAZs) sooner rather than later to minimise cost implications and disruption. CAZs will be introduced in Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Derby and Southampton by 2020 and in various other locations later. They will see…
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The government has announced that it will seek agreement from the EU for drivers with category B licences to be permitted to drive alternatively-fuelled vans weighing up to 4.25 tonnes – a step that Germany and France have already taken. This is changing the status quo – currently drivers with category B (car) licenses are…
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Roads Minister Jesse Norman has today unveiled changes to the Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy, which Government says will result in the cleanest lorries paying less to use UK roads. From February 2019, lorries meeting the latest Euro VI emissions standards will be eligible for a 10% reduction in the cost of the Heavy Goods Vehicle…
Read blogWhat’s the speed limit? 40mph. Well that means you can travel 46MPH before police will prosecute you for breaking the law, right? That is a commonly held belief by many drivers in the UK, but is it correct? The simple answer is yes mainly, with a bit of no thrown in for good measure. According…
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This blog was originally published in Motion Magazine. There has been much research into the behaviour of people when they get behind the wheel of a car. Placid law abiding citizens can seemingly have their personality changed by placing them in control of a lump of metal which can travel at over 70 miles per…
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Matt Harvey has worked in the transport and logistics industry for ten years, since he was 18. He has been part of the Microlise project management team for the last five of those years, joining back in 2015. We spoke to him to find out what his job entails, what he enjoys about it and crucially…
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