It's now been almost 4 months since we launched our earned recognition scheme for vehicle operators at the CV Show in Birmingham and things are progressing very well. We thought we'd give you an insight into what it's like being on the earned recognition scheme, so we spoke...
North West traffic commissioner (TC) Simon Evans has revoked the restricted O-licence of an Oldham-based sole trader because of his “hotheaded” behaviour during a DVSA check. In a written decision following a public inquiry (PI) in Warrington on 18 June, the TC revoked the licence of...
If a driver tells his employer his licence has been revoked because of a medical condition but insists the DVLA has got it wrong – what are your responsibilities towards him? For Simmonds Transport the answer is simple: keep fighting. The Telford haulier employed Martin Walker...
A livestock haulier is to be suspended from operating HGVs at the end of this month for not paying enough attention to safety and licensing standards. Fife-based Andrew Adams and partners, trading as A&Y Adams and Sons, won’t be able to operate any of their four...
A lorry driver who overturned his fully laden HGV on the M11, while driving four times over the legal alcohol limit, was sentenced yesterday (27 November) to 16 weeks in prison. Essex Police were called to an incident shortly before 11am on Saturday 25 November, following...
West Midlands traffic commissioner (TC) Nick Denton has refused to grant an O-licence to a firm that showed “no regard to the law” over several occasions. Birmingham-based Sleeptherapy Beds was discovered operating HGVs without an O-licence several times in 2017. One truck had also been driven...
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...
