drivers hours
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Truck News 12 Jun 2020Coronavirus: Relaxation of drivers’ hours rules ending
The temporary relaxation of the enforcement of drivers’ hours rules, introduced at the start of the coronavirus crisis, will end after Sunday (June 14).
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Latest News 23 Mar 2020Supply chain ‘can tackle’ coronavirus challenge
Drivers’ hours rules relaxed further as trade bodies say supply chain can keep goods moving with Government support.
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Truck News 21 Jun 2019DVSA to use ANPR cameras to target dangerous drivers
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will use Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras in a trial that will run until April 2020.
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Fleet Management 4 Mar 2019Can smart tachographs signal a halt to rule dodgers?
A change is coming this June (2019), but the law enforcers won’t be obliged to update their detection technology for a further 15 years
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Aura Graphics 24 Jan 2019Traffic commissioners urged to modernise processes
Improvements have been made, but applications take too long and restricted licences should be dropped, say fleets. John Lewis reports
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Truck News 6 Sep 2018Operators inspected for drivers’ hours compliance
More than half (52%) of European transport companies had their offices inspected or audited for drivers’ hours compliance in the past year, says TomTom Telematics.
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Truck News 9 Apr 2018
Commercial drivers ‘still’ breaking the law on hours, says DVSA
More than 5% – one in 20 – commercial vehicles stopped last year had breached drivers’ hours rules.
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Truck News 6 Feb 2018DVSA crackdown on lorry drivers who breach drivers’ hours rules
The DVSA will start issuing on-the-spot penalties to lorry, bus and coach drivers who repeatedly break drivers’ hours rules from next month (Monday, March 5).
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People News 6 Jan 2017Drivers at courier firm prosecuted for falsifying driver hours records
One driver has been given a suspended prison sentence and two more have been fined for falsifying driver hours records at a Tuffnells parcel depot in Devon.
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Latest News 26 May 2016
Frequent driving offender receives vehicle licence reduction
Scotland’s Traffic Commissioner restricts Glasgow based fruit and veg wholesaler company’s vehicle licence for four months.
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Latest News 9 Dec 2015Temporary relaxation of the EU drivers’ hours rules
The Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed to a temporary relaxation of EU drivers’ hours rules due to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge.
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Latest News 27 Oct 2015FTA launches app for drivers
The FTA has launched an app for drivers which is designed to give them visibility of their hours data.
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Health and Safety 22 Apr 2015
Drivers’ hours rules
A quick guide to drivers hours rules from Commercial Fleet magazine, for van and truck operators.
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