The car industry report - UK
Written by sarah on July 10, 2009 – 8:17 am
The report by SMMT can be downloaded for you to read at the link below:
http://ow.ly/gucx
Archive for July, 2009
Written by sarah on July 10, 2009 – 8:17 am
Disaster planning in your driving business?
Written by sarah on July 9, 2009 – 9:07 am
Wednesday was a difficult day for our same day courier and delivery business. It started off very well, two contracts were due to start and we were prepping our drivers with the new requirements. Two of our biggest ad hoc / express delivery customers were booking in jobs and we had all four of the [...]
Lung Cancer, whats it got to do with delivery drivers?
Written by sarah on July 8, 2009 – 1:59 pm
Quite a lot actually. Especially if you don’t want one of these ugly tumours on your lungs. If you are a courier, trucker or delivery driver, read through the information below, and tell me what you think.
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An up to date article in News Inferno was very interesting reading and informative…
Recent research suggests that [...]
Driving in hot weather? Are the roads up to the job?
Written by sarah on July 8, 2009 – 11:56 am
The recent warm weather can create a few challenges for drivers, usually how to keep vaguely cool between meetings so as not to end up arriving in a molten state.
However, what most drivers fail to appreciate is the effect the sunshine has on the road surface. Without getting overly technical the road surface works at [...]
Do you KNOW what you are delivering?
Written by sarah on July 7, 2009 – 2:02 pm
They says the UK is ten years behind America, so how long before this happens here? or does it already?
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Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said drug dealers had found a new means of transporting their stash.
He said when police raided the homes, they found that parcels were all packed and ready to be sent [...]
Manging the risks at level crossings
Written by sarah on July 7, 2009 – 11:54 am
Thursday last week was European Level Crossing Awareness Day, this is a great idea in one sense but why do we need to focus on Level Crossings for one day? I have seen drivers do some really stupid things at level crossings and I am struggling with the mentality of some road users on this [...]
Good News relating to road deaths - or is it
Written by sarah on July 6, 2009 – 4:52 pm
It is a time of rejoicing, apparently, as last year we only killed 2,538 people last year on the roads which is 408 less than 2007. Now I am personally pleased that 408 more people went home to their children and loved ones, but really is 2,538 dead people good news at any level?
On a [...]
CPC - Drivers Beware
Written by sarah on July 6, 2009 – 10:48 am
The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007 are the legislation that enacts a directive laid down by the European Union which requires member states to set out in law the need for drivers of Goods Vehicles and Passenger Carrying Vehicles to have more training and qualifications than just a valid driving licence to [...]
Pothole Hassle?
Written by sarah on July 5, 2009 – 7:45 am
Article by Chris Lodge, this is for information purposes only and is not legal advice.
Potholes
Liability for damage or injury caused by potholes will depend on whether the property is privately or publicly owned.
Publicly owned property
Generally, councils will have a defence to damage caused by potholes so long as they can demonstrate that they maintain a [...]
Transport Professionals on Twitter
Written by sarah on July 4, 2009 – 10:04 am
Have you caught the Twitter Bug?
Do you work in Transport and know others that do? Can you help us out?
We are compiling a list of couriers, fleet managers, freight teams and transport professionals worldwide that are on twitter.
Transport is a very collaborative industry and it makes sense to follow or ‘join’ people in transport related [...]