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Changes to Sleep Apnoea rules means HGV drivers needn't fear getting help

15 March 2018

Drivers suffering from sleep disorders that make them tired at the wheel should not fear that seeking treatment will automatically end their career, a support group has said.

Driver stripped of HGV and Operator licences after driving without CPC and failing to stop for roadside checks

14 March 2018

David Harris

A truck driver has had his restricted O-licence revoked and has been disqualified as an operator for five years after driving without a CPC qualification and for twice failing to stop for a roadside check.

Skip-It Torbay fined £16,400 for failure to remove hazardous waste

13 March 2018

David Harris

A South Devon waste processing company has been ordered to pay £16,404 in fines and costs for failing to remove thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste from two sites in Torbay.

Call for mandatory breath-test locks in HGVs across Europe

13 March 2018

Christopher Walton

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has called for mandatory alcohol interlocks to be fitted on HGVs and lorries, as well as being retrofitted to cars used by repeat drink-driving offenders, to reduce deaths caused by drink-driving.

Traffic commissioner expresses horror at negligence of M1 crash driver Ryszard Masierak

12 March 2018

David Harris

The traffic commissioner for the West Midlands has expressed his dismay about the "horrifying negligence and irresponsibility" shown by the driver convicted of causing eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving after a colision on the M1 last year.

10 applications and decisions that caught our eye this week - 12 March

12 March 2018

David Harris

Commercial Motor takes a look at some of the applications and decisions published this week including Boyle Transport and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Warne Transport becomes third operator to lose O-licence for AdBlue cheating this year

12 March 2018

David Harris

The string of hauliers punished this year for using an AdBlue cheat device has continued with the revocation of the licence of Warne Transport.

Wrexham operator loses O-licence after vehicle stopped with defects and no MoT

12 March 2018

David Harris

Wales traffic commissioner (TC) Nick Jones has revoked the O-licence of a Wrexham operator whose vehicle was stopped and found to have several defects, and was also without a valid MoT for its tractor unit or trailer.

Leighton Buzzard operator loses O-licence after failure to prove financial evidence

08 March 2018

David Harris

A haulier which repeatedly failed to supply evidence of financial viability and did not appear when called to a public inquiry has lost both its O-licence and its repute.