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Britain’s Speeding Fines – Effective or Just the ‘Price to be Paid’ for Speeders Britain's RoadsNews

Britain’s Speeding Fines – Effective or Just the ‘Price to be Paid’ for Speeders

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?
gofersnational
January 10, 2024
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2023 update: Emissions Standards Penalise “Dirty” Trucks Britain's RoadsLogistics IndustryNewsTechnology

2023 update: Emissions Standards Penalise “Dirty” Trucks

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
gofersnational
September 23, 2023
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Self-Driving Vehicles Update 2023 Britain's RoadsNew VansNewsTechnology

Self-Driving Vehicles Update 2023

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…
gofersnational
June 29, 2023