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The owner of a chilled food transport firm has been disqualified from holding an O-licence after two of his drivers were sent to prison for creating false tachograph records. West of England traffic commissioner (TC) Kevin Rooney found that Bristol-based Adam Pawelczyk had committed “widespread and...

The owner of a structural steelwork firm who was reported for two speeding and two mobile phone offences has had his HGV driving entitlement suspended for 12 weeks. East of England deputy traffic commissioner (TC) Marcia Davis said that the offending by Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire-based Mark...

The DVSA and the Office of the Traffic Commissioner plan to introduce two new functions to their Vehicle Operator Licensing system later this year. They plan to allow operators to renew their O-licence online. O-licences have to be continued every five years, and sometimes hauliers fail...

A campaign aiming to stop assaults on DVSA staff has been launched following claims that the agency has seen a 50% surge in incidences of abuse. The DVSA said that between April 2016 and March 2017, more than 300 vehicle testers, roadside enforcement staff and driving...

wo haulage companies have been fined after they were found to be illegally depositing waste on a site in Portadown, County Armagh. Carrickmore-based Brendan Loughran & Sons and Armagh-based Colin Donnelly, who trades as Donnelly Transport, were found guilty of unlawfully depositing waste at Craigavon Magistrates’...

Despite last year’s Brexit vote UK MEPs continue to help formulate laws in the European Parliament, including those that govern transport. Meanwhile, EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc is meeting the transport committee to discuss the European mobility and transport package, part of an ambitious set...

A South Wales aggregates haulier had its O-licence revoked just hours after it attended a public inquiry after it operated vehicles in a lamentable condition. Traffic commissioner (TC) Nick Jones said that Swansea-based Brian Lee Hughes’ maintenance regime was “chaotic or non-existent” and roller-brake testing was...

A driver who used a magnet to create false tachograph records “for his own convenience” has been banned from vocational driving for three years. North West traffic commissioner Simon Evans said St Helens-based Christopher Champion manipulated his driving records in a “dishonest fashion”. The offence was discovered...