CPC holder stepped down but Traffic Commissioner says that decision, like his other actions, was too late. Promoting culture of compliance across a business can be challenging. Your commitment to safe vehicle and driver operations relies on every individual making the right decisions, maintaining the daily discipline of checks and procedures…. Read more »
Manipulation: working together to cut it out
Traffic Commissioner points to “dark cloud of suspicion” over hauliers who obstruct DVSA’s efforts to identify those involved in fitting interrupter devices. Tachograph equipment has one purpose. To secure road safety. Anyone involved in manipulating these devices is making a deliberate attack on the wellbeing of others. Cheating the rules also… Read more »
Making sure your competitors don’t have an unfair advantage is key message after an operator was handed a three year ban for flouting rules
Expecting your fellow operators to stick to the rules isn’t unreasonable. If you’re investing time, resources and money into staying compliant, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t either. Every bid for work should be made on a level playing field. However, for a minority of operators, that’s not the way they… Read more »
RHA condemns lorry driver attack
The Road Haulage Association is horrified that a lorry driver was shot in the head whilst driving near Cambridge. A ball bearing was shot at a lorry on the A14 near Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire at 3.45pm on Sunday 30 September smashing the windscreen. The driver suffered head injuries but managed… Read more »
Failure to carry out “bread and butter” tasks leads to disqualification for transport manager
CPC holder has to retake examination if he wants to work as a transport manager again. Specifying vehicles. Managing O licence discs. Setting up and running systems to record, analyse and monitor drivers’ hours. These are the “bread and butter” activities every transport manager should be on top of. It’s… Read more »
Eight year ban for operator who pretended he had a transport manager
A coach operator who failed to tell the Office of the Traffic Commissioner that it didn’t have a transport manager has been banned from running vehicles. Deputy Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Hugh Olson, said action was necessary to correct the unfair advantage the operator gained over others. The absence of a… Read more »
HGV driver disqualified for further 10 years after dangerous driving ban
Traffic Commissioner hears driver was speeding and using her mobile phone before crashing into a car. A driver who asked for her vocational licence back after being banned for dangerous driving has been disqualified for 10 years by the Traffic Commissioner for Wales. Mr Jones said the circumstances of the driving… Read more »
DVSA takes dirty lorry crackdown nationwide
Britain will benefit from cleaner air thanks to a nationwide rollout of emissions enforcement starting this past weekend (Saturday 1 September) The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced. DVSA enforcement staff across Great Britain will be checking lorries for emissions cheat devices that can mean a lorry produces… Read more »
“Severely negligent” operator loses licence after completely abandoning safety inspections
Regulator says firm doesn’t deserve to continue running vehicles. A scrap metal firm will lose its licence next month after failing to make sure vehicles had safety inspections. For over 12 months the business didn’t get any safety checks carried out on its fleet. Traffic Commissioner, Nick Denton, called this… Read more »
Incompetent and confrontational transport manager is hit with indefinite ban
Allegations made in an attempt to deflect from the operator’s own serious misconduct A transport manager who behaved in an “irate and confrontational” manner during an unannounced DVSA visit has been banned indefinitely by Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Nick Jones. The agency’s investigation followed the issue of an S marked… Read more »
