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Mark Salisbury
Feb 22, 2022
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Jan 11, 2022
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Nov 16, 2021
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Nov 11, 2021
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Nov 2, 2021
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Sep 30, 2021
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Sep 28, 2021
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...
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Mark Salisbury
Sep 23, 2021
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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