A truck company that buys, refurbishes and sells Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and trailers has been sentenced after the death of 63-year-old self-employed worker William Price. On 21 February 2013 Mr Price suffered fatal head injuries when the half-ton frame of a lorry trailer, he was dismantling, fell on his head at the Marston...
Of all the challenges presented by transport and logistics perhaps the largest comes with an abnormal load, as the regulations here are complex. Known as an ‘Abnormal Indivisible Load’, it can’t be broken down into smaller loads for transport without undue expense or risk of damage. For example, a 180 tonne transformer. An AIL...
“Dear Carole I’ve heard the focus of the DVSA’s enforcement activities are changing. Our MD, who usually handles everything, has been off work unwell and is unlikely to return any time soon, so most of his duties have fallen to me. Can you give me a kind of legal checklist to keep me right?!...
Dear Carole We are all under huge pressure to check our fleet management software at certain points of the day. I’ve found that keeping the iPad in the cab with me and checking it while I’m at a red light or stuck in slow moving traffic is the only solution. I’m guessing this probably...
“Dear Carole, I’m a long-distance lorry driver and some of the guys in the fleet have got this hack for our digital tachographs. They say it’s brilliant and untraceable, but I’m pretty sure our company has some good software of their own. I don’t really want to risk it, but I’m at a real...
As harrowing as the images on the news may be, I suspect many haulage and delivery companies have welcomed the news of the dismantling of “The Jungle”. The French authorities have been clearing the refugee camp in Calais and busing thousands of migrants to centres across France. It had been a major problem for lorry...
HGV drivers are frequently putting lives at risk by not following basic safety procedures when coupling and uncoupling vehicles, the Health and Safety Executive have warned. The workplace health and safety regulator urged drivers to apply parking brakes and use (or retrofit) warning alarms to avoid a repeat of an incident in January 2015...
Dear Carole One of our suppliers has changed the way they package their goods and I’m concerned there’s going to be a knock-on effect for the weight our lorries are carrying. I’ve got a lot on my plate at the moment – how serious is this? Michael Anderson, Leeds Short answer? Pretty serious! I...