Any freight business can now apply to use longer goods vehicles on UK roads as part of a ten year trial. Longer semi-trailer permits allow operators to run articulated lorries up to 2 metres long...
Plans to charge overseas HGV drivers to use Britain’s roads have taken a step forward after a foreign operator payment system was appointed. All lorries registered outside the UK and weighing more...
Any heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) driving in London without basic safety equipment for cyclists could be hit with a substantial ‘safer lorry charge’ under new plans up for consultation. A dedicated ...
A total of 392 public transport buses will be upgraded in a bid to improve air quality in Britain’s most polluted urban areas. Eleven local authorities will receive a share of the £5million fundin...
Offences such as tailgating or poor lane discipline will from today attract fixed penalty notices of £100 and three points on their licence. Police officers will be able to take action against ...
Cumbria’s roads, damaged by floods in 2009, will be repaired to their pre-flood state, using £7.2m of Government money. The cash will go on enhancing drainage and repairing highway slopes, culver...
Short distance repair and testing drivers will not be required to complete the otherwise mandatory Driver Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) training, in what has been deemed a “co...
Drink drivers were more deadly in 2012, according to provisional figures from the Department for Transport. An estimated 290 people were killed by drivers over the legal alcohol limit in 2012, co...
Another wave of electric vehicle charge points will be installed at public spots across the UK after another £37m of funding was made available to local authorities and government bodies. Winnin...
Proposals have been announced that could soon bring tax and registration services for motorists in Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK. The reforms revealed by Roads Minister Stephen ...