It is a scene witnessed around the country thousands of times a day as a 26-tonne lorry backs into a tiny space at a builders ...
An inquest concluded earlier this month into the death of 31-year-old DHL-employed HGV delivery driver, Arron Middleton. He was nearing the end of his shift and returning to the depot near East ...
To meet this requirement, the DVSA will need to conduct an average of 73,000 driving tests per year. Ensuring a sufficient HGV driver workforce to support future economic needs will require sustained ...
Government figures show that in the final quarter of 2024, 24% of HGV businesses reported driver vacancies, down from 28% in the p ...
Up to 4,000 people will soon be able to take advantage of training courses to become HGV drivers, as part of a package of measures announced today (25 September 2021) by the government to ease ...
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University One possible solution sits at the very interface of technology with the human: teleoperation, or the replacement of ...
A lorry driver has been charged with alleged drink-driving offences after being stopped by police in a north-east town. The ...
“It’s not a blind spot, it’s a fail-to-look-spot,” says truck driver Clive Matthews to the claim that trucks have blind spots that lead to fatalities on Britain’s roads. The majority of pedestrians ...
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