Increased penalties for people not wearing seat belts while driving or travelling as passengers are being considered by the UK government as part of a 74-point action plan to reduce the number of deaths on Britain’s roads. Currently, offenders are given a £100 on-the-spot fine.

Highways England has started giving roadworks information in nine foreign languages on several of its portable electronic variable message signs.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called on the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to ensure that borders between the UK and EU remain free flowing after Brexit.

Truck manufacturer IVECO is hoping to encourage truck drivers to keep fit during their rest breaks by introducing a micro in-cab gym to its future generation of trucks.

In 2017, London-based Alexanders Removals and Storage took delivery of an Ekeri side-opening, 18-tonne rigid vehicle which, says the company, enables faster loading and security while requiring no maintenance or repairs.

Department for Transport figures show a 52% fall between 2013 and 2018 as haulage firms upgraded to cleaner Euro VI lorries.

Tailgating is one of the most common causes of van accidents on UK roads, according to research by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

There's only two months to go for professional lorry, bus and coach drivers in the UK to complete their Driver CPC training before the September deadline.

CNG Fuels has commenced construction of two new public access renewable biomethane compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) refuelling stations, two of five due to open in 2019, to cater for soaring demand from HGV operators switching from diesel, the company announced recently.

The first technical pre-tests for the European Concordia project were successfully conducted last February in the Netherlands.

Volvo Trucks’ electric, connected and autonomous vehicle ‘Vera’ has gone to work transporting goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden.

In June, Transport for London (TfL) launched a consultation on plans to introduce lower speed limits on all TfL roads in the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) by May next year.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) says that the UK government needs to rethink its approach on improving air quality.

Motor fraudsters in the UK have adopted a dangerous new tactic to trap unsuspecting drivers in ‘crash-for-cash’ scams according to anti-fraud experts at AX, a provider of intelligent vehicle protection and management technologies for the automotive and insurance industries.

On 23 June, The Department for Transport launched a consultation about its proposals to ban tyres over 10 years old from certain vehicles, including removals trucks.

On 26 March, MEPs passed a law that will literally change the face of trucks in Europe – from brick-shaped cabs to rounder more streamlined designs.

As you will be aware, the UK government and the EU have agreed an extension of the UK’s membership until 31 October, 2019 at the latest. This means you can continue to operate trucks across the EU as usual until then.

Volvo Trucks has introduced a new safety function - Distance Alert - which makes it easier for truck drivers to keep a safe distance from the vehicle ahead and avoid critical situations.

FORS is offering funded places on a selection of its driver specific training courses, to help FORS members upskill their driving workforce.

German, Austrian and Polish antitrust authorities have given the green light for Charge4Europe, a joint venture founded on December 11, 2018 by DKV Euro Service and Innogy; a leading German energy company.