Our Guide to Driving Safely for Work will help you understand how both employers and employees have responsibilities under current road traffic legislation when driving for work as to the hours and policies they adhere to, and how this leads to safer roads and less accidents (and risk of accidents).
As 2017 draws to a close we look at how effective the new speeding fines introduced earlier this year have been; are motorists daunted or are they just seen as “the price to be paid” by speeders? On average, drivers break the speed limit 3 times per journey – is another measure needed to slow down our roads?
The latest EU nitrogen oxide emissions standard, Euro VI, is due to come into law on Feb 19th 2019 and from that date, any haulage vehicles that do not meet this standard will be see 20% added to their road tax. This penalisation may see smaller companies struggling in what are already hard times for some in the sector
We wrote about self-driving vehicle trials back in 2018 (you can find this post here: https://gofers.co.uk/logistics-industry/self-driving-vehicle-trials-2018/), but 5 years on we still aren’t seeing the upturn in driverless vehicles that we may have expected. Whilst there are various reasons for this (COVID-19, cuts to funding, Brexit etc), where does the British Government stand in 2023 on new cars with self-driving…
As it stands now in 2023, Fuel Duty rates have been reduced since cost-of-living crisis began in 2021, in an attempt to keep costs manageable for motorists
We’ve seen motorists struggling to pay for fuel as costs rise.Will this continue to happen as Britain is seemingly Driven to Debt over increase in fuel price?
In 2022, the UK Highway Code underwent a series of changes, with the aim of making roads safer. What do these changes mean & have they impacted road safety?
Mercedes vans have taken many leaps forward since 2013. Electric vans are now heading up the range, as well as the Sprinter range, the Vito and the Citan