Class 1 Driver
How Can You Plan Training?ย
Planning training in the workplace is important for a variety of reasons. It can help to ensure that employees are adequately trained for their roles and have the skills needed to work safely and effectively. It also helps to ensure that employees are up to date with the latest industry standards and regulations. Additionally, training…
Read MoreSafe Access and Egress of Vehicles
Getting in and out of vehicles sounds like a fairly safe activity, however, many accidents occur with this simple task. ย Drivers and / or passengers can fall from vehicles, causing serious injury. ย And before you think that no one is allowed to take passengers in company vehicles, if there is a spare seat it…
Read MoreEmergency Planning – Fire Safety, Ill Health & Accidents (Health & Safety in Transport)
Health and safety is always a topic to get people putting their opinions forward – with welcome and unwelcome comments! However, as we say to all our customers, โitโs alright until it goes wrongโ, and โwould you want to live with the consequences?โ. Emergency planning is one area that we cover with customers, which was…
Read MoreAre You Doing Driver Licence Checks and Why Are They Important?๏ฟผ
It is a legal requirement for companies to check the driving licences of their drivers, to ensure that they hold the correct licence to drive the vehicles they will be driving! This includes company cars, vans, lorries, buses and coaches. It also gives management the opportunity to monitor their drivers’ continued rights to drive their…
Read MoreTypes of Licences for Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) and Passenger Service Vehicles (PSV)
Like heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) there are numerous types of licences which Passenger Carrying vehicles (PCVโs) and Public Service Vehicles (PSVโs) can hold for various different reasons. INTERIM Operator Licence The same as HGVโs, an interim licence is granted to a company which allows them to commence trading before a full licence is granted. This…
Read More๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ – ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌโฆ
โEnsure vehicles are kept at authorised operating centres, only authorised centres are used, vehicles are specified on the licence and any operating centre conditions are met.โ In respect of each operating centre specified, that the number of vehicles and the number of trailers kept there will not exceed the maximum numbers authorised at each operating…
Read More๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซย ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ย ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ย –ย ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌย ๐๐ซ๐ย ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ญย (๐๐จ๐ซย ๐๐ญย ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญย ๐๐ย ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ)…ย
Records are kept (for at least 15 months) of all driver reports that record defects, and all safety inspection, routine maintenance and vehicle repair reports, and that these are made available on request. When it comes to vehicle maintenance it is essential that you retain evidence of all works completed on your vehicles. This could…
Read More๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซย ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ย ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ย –ย ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌย ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญย ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒย ๐๐ง๐ฒย ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌย ๐จ๐ซย ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌย ๐จ๐ ๏ฟผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌโฆย
Drivers report promptly any defects or symptoms of defects that could prevent the safe operation of vehicles and/or trailers, and that any defects are recorded in writing. This article has strong links to the previous article which covered ensuring that your vehicles and trailers are kept in a fit and serviceable condition at all times.…
Read More๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ – ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Vehicle maintenance is a crucial element to operator licensing. It is one of the twelve undertakings and this demonstrates how important it is to safe and compliant operations. It does not matter how big or small your operations are the requirements for keeping your vehicles in a fit and serviceable condition is the same. Things…
Read More๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซย ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ย ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌย –ย ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌย ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ย ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐งย ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ย ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ
Like any part of Road Traffic Law, speed limits are important as they are set to ensure road safety. The Traffic Commissioners do, specifically, list ensuring that the vehicles held under an operators licence adhere to speed limits as one of the twelve operator licence undertakings. There are 2.4M speeding tickets issued every year and…
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