Mark Salisbury

AEBS – critical life-saving equipment for HGVs

Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) have been fitted as standard to most new HGVs sold in the UK since 2015. Drivers and operators...

Mark Salisbury

Action-packed year for Driving for Better Business

2021 has been a year of launches, leadership, partnerships, accolades and awards for National Highways’ Driving for Better Business...

Mark Salisbury

Sleep apnoea: help for sleepy drivers

Sleep apnoea is when a person’s breathing stops and starts while they sleep. It is caused by the airways becoming relaxed and narrow...

Mark Salisbury

HGV test changes need caps on training charges

Planned changes to lorry tests to address HGV driver shortages require caps on driver training charges, and the introduction of mandatory...

Mark Salisbury

5 ways to upskill your drivers

Upskilling your drivers is important for numerous reasons. Road transport is a heavily regulated industry so there are naturally several...

Mark Salisbury

Drunken lorry driver jailed after 20-mile police chase on M4

A drunken lorry driver, who celebrated getting his driving job by drinking a quarter bottle of whisky and then led police on a 20-mile...

Mark Salisbury

More support to help people to become HGV drivers

Up to 4,000 people will soon be able to take advantage of training courses to become HGV drivers, as part of a package of measures...

Mark Salisbury

Unite warns 'illegal' fresh extension of HGV drivers' hours

Unite, the UK’s leading union, has warned that the government’s plans to continue to relax the maximum driving timing for lorry drivers,...

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