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A Disturbing Trend: The EU Truck Drivers Being Refused Entry to the UK
See also: Clandestine Entrants & Challenging Civil Penalties A disturbing and potentially unlawful practice appears to have arisen at some British ports in recent years. In some rare cases, truck drivers are being Read Article »
Challenging London Low Emission Zone Penalties
Every year many hundreds of European hauliers receive demands for payment for breaching the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ). These Penalty Charge Notices can often cover periods of many months and run into thousands of EuRead Article »
Posted in Challenging Penalties, Other Transport Matters
HGV Drivers, Mobile Phones & the Traffic Commissioner – 5 Things You Need to Know
Using a phone behind the wheel is a serious offence, and more so for truck drivers. Below are 5 things all HGV drivers, operators and Transport Managers need to know: 1) Committing this Offence is Easier than You Read Article »
Facing Court for Overloading Your Truck? 5 Things You Need to Know
Facing prosecution for driving or operating an overloaded goods vehicle? Received papers from the Magistrates Court? Unsure what you should do next? Here are 5 things you need to know: 1) Both the Driver and OperaRead Article »
Posted in Criminal Defence
Tagged Magistrates Court, Overloading
An Unforeseen Consequence of Being Your Own Transport Manager
If you hold an operator’s licence, there can be a number of advantages to being your own Transport Manager: You save a wage that you would otherwise have to pay. You can keep a proper overview of your drivers and theirRead Article »
How Much Do You Trust Your Maintenance Provider?
In order to obtain an Operator’s Licence, applicants confirm that records of maintenance and repairs will be kept for 15 months. It is therefore of no surprise that a significant number of operators routinely file awayRead Article »
Posted in How to Stay Compliant with the Traffic Commissioner
Tagged Maintenance, operator's licence
Smoking in Trucks: What the Law Says
HGV operators face fixed penalties for failing to stamp down on smoking. The law on smoking in commercial vehicles is very detailed, yet surprisingly poorly understood. We take a quick look at 3 of the main smokinRead Article »
Posted in Other Transport Matters
Tagged DVSA, hauliers, HGV, Prosecution, Smoking, Traffic Commissioner, Transport Lawyer, Transport Manager
How Safe is the Food in your Fridge?
Guest Article: By Rob Hardy, Operations Director and BREXIT Consultant at Oakland Invicta Ltd https://www.contaminatedload.com/, 44 (0)7487 256 543 The Calais migrant situation started 20 years Read Article »
5 Entirely Avoidable Mistakes Made by Too Many HGV Operators
We take a quick look at 5 of the most common, but entirely avoidable, mistakes made by far too many HGV operators. This list has been compiled by the transport lawyers at specialist road transport law firm Smith BRead Article »
AdBlue Cheats Face Loss of Operator’s Licence
What is Adblue? You may well have seen containers of Adblue at service stations and wondered what they were for. When a diesel engine burns diesel, a number of polluting compounds and chemicals are emitted out of the exhRead Article »
