The Government intends to introduce legislation that will make it an offence to use tyres 10 years or older on certain vehicles. The deadline of 1 September 2019 to provide your views is fast approaching writes Tim Ridyard of Ashtons Legal road transport law team. The vehicles affected are: HGVs… Read more »
Record numbers join RHA truck cartel claim
More than 7,800 truck operators have signed up or registered to the Road Haulage Association’s cartel claim to secure compensation for firms who paid artificially high prices for their vehicles. The claim – which has the largest take up in Europe – is already estimated to be worth more than £1.5bn, and… Read more »
TruTac makes compliance control easy for Gwynedd Shipping
Gwynedd Shipping Ltd (GSL), a leading transportation and shipping company specialising in UK and Ireland general haulage, have praised the day they switched to TruTac’s software. GSL says all procedures relating to tachograph analysis, debriefing drivers and management reporting are completed faster and easier since moving to TruTac’s compliance software…. Read more »
Class action law firm encourages businesses to join lawsuit seeking compensation for truck pricing fraud
London’s leading class action law firm Edwin Coe LLP has today filed a group action seeking damages for businesses being direct and indirect purchasers of trucks and who were victims of fraudulent price fixing by major truck manufacturers over a 14-year period. Edwin Coe is calling on any business… Read more »
52% of European transport companies have been inspected for drivers’ hours compliance this year
More than half of transport companies across Europe have had their offices inspected or audited for drivers’ hours compliance in the last year, according to a new study from TomTom Telematics. The survey also reveals that 43% of companies have been the subject of roadside inspections between 1 and 5… Read more »
ADLV Members Meet GDPR Compliance Rules Deadline
With the support of the DVLA, the ADLV (Association for Driving Licence Verification) now sees the ‘light at the end of the GDPR transition tunnel’. Recent GDPR based changes announced by the DVLA, meant that over 2 million drivers were required to grant new driving licence data check permissions to… Read more »
Earn some recognition for being an open and trustworthy operator
Traffic commissioners say DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme is “ground breaking” for compliance As specialist regulators, traffic commissioners promote compliance and fair competition, which supports a safe road transport industry. Working with enforcement agencies to target dangerous operators and drivers allows commissioners to remove them from the licensing regime. Crucially, this minimises… Read more »
TruTac makes it easy for operators affected by DfT rule change
On May 20th, 2018 the Department for Transport (DfT) revised the rules regarding vehicle testing exemptions. Consequently, the DfT estimates around 29,500 HGVs be required to join the existing goods vehicle testing regime, whereby certain vehicles must be tested by DVSA personnel at an Authorised Testing Facility (ATF). The largest… Read more »
ASB Law launches no-obligation workshops to help firms navigate road to truck cartel compensation
ASB15 Law has launched a series of no-obligation strategy workshops to support companies seeking guidance on claims for damages against the manufacturers who operated the European Truck Manufacturers’ Cartel. Understood to be one of the largest cartels in history, spanning a 14-year period between 1997 and 2011, with an estimated… Read more »
GDPR and the DVLA changes – a look at what fleets need to do to ensure full compliance
The past month has been a landmark in the changes to how employee licence checks are carried out in the fleet industry. With GDPR fast approaching the DVLA have now announced that the driving licence consent form (formerly known as the D796) has to be changed to fall in line… Read more »
