DHL fined £50,000 after driver run over by own vehicle
Logistics giant DHL has been sentenced for safety failings after an HGV driver was run over by his own vehicle at a depot in Bedfordshire ...
Higher HGV speed limit ‘will improve road safety’
A change to HGV speed limits will improve road safety for all road users, a leading freight trade body says. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) ...
Don’t take the high road
by Jeremy Sirrell Although it has always been illegal to drive while under the influence of drugs, prosecutions were rare because they were much more ...
Driving licence shake-up delayed
The government has put back the abolition of the photocard driving licence counterpart from 1 January 2015 until 8 June this year. The Driver and ...
Dual carriageway speed limit to rise
A higher speed limit for HGVs on dual carriageways will take effect from 6 April 2015. The government is to increase the national speed limit ...
New drug driving offence
In March 2015, Parliament will enact a new law to make driving with a specified amount of certain drugs in your body an offence. It ...
