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A new 20mph speed limit now applies to residential and busy pedestrian streets with streetlights in Wales. This is to make roads safer reducing the number of collisions, severe injuries and the impact on the NHS. It is also expected to encourage more people to walk and cycle, help to improve health and wellbeing, and […]

EU drivers’ hours rules apply to drivers of vehicles (or trailer combinations) exceeding 3.5 tonnes GVW and vehicles fitted with more than nine passenger seats. They are a complicated set of rules made even more complex when overlaid with the Working Time Directive. Whether it’s driving time, working time, rest breaks or periods of availability […]

Vehicles don’t have accidents, people do. It is not generally due to a misunderstanding of the rules, but more often than not, due to a lapse in concentration, a genuine mistake or a deliberate breaking of the rules. Whether it’s speed, distraction, mobile phone use or a disregard for other road users, all can lead […]

Wheels and tyres are the final element in a vehicle’s transmission train and are essential to a vehicle’s stability and control. They are the only component that keeps a vehicle in frictional contact with the road and are constantly exerting the pressures of steering, braking and acceleration. If a wheel or tyre fails at speed, […]

Flannery Plant Hire operates from a network of nine depots across the UK and as such has a dispersed workforce of drivers, working to varying shift patterns. In 2021 Flannery Director, John Moran identified The Driver Handbook as a simple method to ensure its staff received consistent and timely information and messaging. The Driver Handbook […]

The problem With 95 drivers across five sites, all working various shifts, both am and pm; being able to distribute information to Cargo Express’ workforce was an almost impossible task. As an Earned Recognition operator, the company has a requirement to not only provide its drivers with instructions in writing via a handbook, but also […]

Most HGVs are retrofitted with enhanced safety features to minimise the risk of injury to other road users in a vehicle’s blindspots. Other road users are the most vulnerable, such as pedestrians and cyclists. Blindspot vision aids and blindspot warnings are a demonstration of a company’s investment and commitment to reduce road risk. Camera monitoring […]

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve become a CLOCS Delivery Partner. It goes without saying that drivers in construction supply chains need access to essential safety information. Whether regulatory policies, safe working practices or site-specific rules, the information needs to be clear, relevant and up to date. Via The Driver Handbook operators can access our: […]

The operator licence provides a company the legal right to operate heavy goods vehicles and passenger service vehicles commercially. It is issued by Traffic Commissioners based on trust and a number of promises made. The promises are called undertakings and the first five relate directly to the driver. This means driver responsibilities are a large […]

Taking steps to address the risks associated with load security is a critical driver responsibility. Not only does effective load security prevent goods from causing danger to other road users, it also helps ensure that goods arrive at their destination undamaged. National Highways reports that tens of thousands of items are retrieved from the strategic […]