LCV safety

Logistics UK, the business group representing the logistics industry, has launched a new elearning course, Van Driver Safety Training, with the aim of ensuring the four million vans currently on the UK’s roads are being driven safely, efficiently and in compliance with government legislation.

Up to 75% of motorists planning on buying a real Christmas tree this year are unaware of the laws around safe loading of bulky items, a new report claims.

Around 1,450 deaths and serious injuries could be prevented through “rehabilitation” of the riskiest council-managed A roads in England.

Three years ago some painstaking analysis of vehicle insurance claims in the UK and overseas led to a startling and unusually unequivocal conclusion.

Fitting autonomous emergency braking systems as standard on all commercial vehicles in the UK could stop nearly 2,500 crashes a year, according to the DfT.

Volkswagen will become the first commercial vehicle brand to fit autonomous emergency braking systems on all its vans.

Telematics provider VisionTrack expects its new Halo 360 video system, debuting at the CV Show in April, to appeal to fleet managers. The four-camera software system...

CV drivers and operators are being urged to review their mobile phone usage and policies as tough new rules come into force across the UK.

Van drivers are being urged to check the safety of their vehicles after the publication of the Road Casualties Report by the Department of Transport (DfT).

A sticker programme to assist emergency services has now been fully rolled out. The Rescue Assist sticker incorporates a QR code.

Van users need to sharpen up on safety, or face the costs. That’s the warning from SMMT, which is launching a maintenance campaign at the CV Show.