Staying legal – invaluable stuff
Heavy vans have the worst MOT failure record of any class of vehicle. Will they be subject to greater regulation?
Are operator licences heading your way if you operate a 3.5t van? With a 50% MOT failure rate, and a poor record of operating standards, questions are being raised over increased regulation.
Author: ROBIN ROBERTS Drivers have been targetted with a bogus email requesting verification of details held on the DVLA Swansea database. The scam phishing email purports that the DVLA is updating its database and warns that refusing to supply the information would result in having to take a new driving test. It includes a link which opens up [...]
Author: ROBIN ROBERTS A recent trial by telematics provider, Cobra UK, proves that a speed limiter can reduce fuel costs by nearly 40%, and help employers meet Duty of Care requirements by protecting their drivers. In the independent test, Cobra achieved a 37% reduction in fuel use with its speed limiter; a figure which it believes could [...]
Genuine: Illegal licences are a growing menace for businesses and drivers need thorough checks Commercial van fleets should look to have their employee’s paperwork in order, as thousands of UK workers are on the road illegally, statistics from the Licence Bureau suggest. The company, which verifies driving licences on behalf of businesses, says there are approximately 24000 business [...]
Author: ROBIN ROBERTS Van drivers will be affected by a new proposal to increase the fees for driving licences next April. The proposal has three options. One; apply the common driver fee of £20 to provisional and 5-yearly renewal applications for vocational driving licences. Two; increase the fee for a first provisional car or motorcycle licence by [...]
Author: Robin Roberts Consistently better courses to rehabilitate drivers who break the law are predicted by a leading motoring lawyer. Matt Reynolds, a solicitor at Just Motor Law, said that regulations around new rehabilitation courses designed to reduce reoffending on the roads and which started this month will be good examples for compulsory courses expected to [...]
Author: Robin Roberts Clocks go forward on Sunday, but businesses are losing tens of thousands of pounds a year through illegal winding back or “clocking” of their cars and vans. About 50 mileage correction companies are thought to be involved in this almost unregulated altering of odometers on contract hire vehicles. The Vehicle Remarketing Association has added its [...]
Author: Matt Morton IF the road works that litter your daily commute - or disrupt your delivery schedules - really stick in your throat, then there is good news from the government. Because Transport Minister Norman Baker has announced that utility companies who take too long to complete their road works will face higher charges from the beginning [...]
New-look MOT certificate from October 2011 FROM Monday 17 October 2011, when you get your van MOT'd there will be a new look to the MOT certificate. Instead of the traditional green and white form, MOT certificates will be printed on to a single side of plain A4 paper in black ink. Although the certificate will look different it is [...]
Family BBQ occasions are the typical events where a van driver can unintentionally drink a beer too many and land themselves over the drink drive limit VAN operators should be reminding their drivers of the dangers of drink-driving during June. And tradesmen you should be reminding yourself of the dangers. More sociable behaviour across the summer months is [...]
SPECIAL finance package offer from Fiat Professional for van operators in the London Low Emission Zone.
VAUXHALL offers van swappage scheme for van operators affected by the London's LEZ.
CARELESS driving to be a fixed penalty offence to tackle dangerous drivers says government.
RENAULT discounts on vans to help small businesses hit by the new Low Emission Zone (LEZ) rules.
PEUGEOT offers Cashback incentives for London Low Emission Zone van drivers.
