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Drunk truck driver hits teen at red light

A drunk HGV driver left a 17-year-old pedestrian with extensive injuries after he went through a red light

‘Patently false’ evidence provided at impounded truck hearing

A Polish operator that repeatedly flouted cabotage restrictions has failed to have an impounded HGV returned

TCs tighten up rules on swapping vehicles

A consultation on plans to amend statutory guidance closing a loophole that enables hauliers to ‘draw down’ HGVs not specified on an O-licence will end next week

Fine for illegal waste spreading on farmland

A Lincolnshire food recycling firm has been fined £36,000 for illegally spreading waste on three farmlands.

Swift response to compliance failings saves haulier’s licence

A Cornish operator that allowed its drivers to breach the working time directive to a “huge” extent has managed to retain its licence after its transport manager was disqualified

Suffolk firm falsified documents

A Felixstowe firm that relied on an unauthorised operating centre and falsified bank statements in an attempt to show it had the finances to run eight vehicles has been disqualified for seven years

Jail for dangerous driving trucker

A lorry driver who swerved his 44-tonne vehicle all over the A14 in Cambridgeshire, only just avoiding other motorists, has been jailed for almost a year and a half

Demolition haulier’s application hopes crumble

A Harrow operator with a string of revocations and unlawful activity behind him has had his latest application refused after failing to demonstrate the required repute

Appeal win for haulier after TC presides over ‘unfair hearing’

A Peterborough haulage company that was refused its application to operate 50 lorries and 50 trailers has won its appeal after the upper tribunal ruled that the traffic commissioner (TC) had acted unfairly

Investigation shuts waste firm’s operations

A Lancaster-based waste and recycling company has had its waste permit withdrawn by the Environment Agency (EA) while a criminal investigation takes place