Are You Doing Driver Licence Checks and Why Are They Important?

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…

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Drink Driving & Sleeping While Inebriated in Your Vehicle

  We all know that drink driving is illegal when over the limit.  When training though we often get asked questions because people are not clear on some of the laws. In England and Wales the limit for drivers is 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath, and 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood,…

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Driver Banned Until 2020 by Traffic Commissioner

Another case has been published showing how the Traffic Commissioner is taking action against drivers that are abusive or aggressive towards DVSA staff to make a point that this will not be tolerated. We published a similar story last week and found another one to share with you where a driver had shown their volatile…

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Mobile Phones When Driving

Whilst teaching Driver CPC we regularly advise drivers that driving whilst using a mobile phone is one of the most dangerous things they can do. Statistics often quoted within the media say that using a mobile phone at the wheel is 4 times more dangerous than drink driving. And yet we still see it everyday!…

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Traffic commissioners take action on abusive drivers

The information coming from the Traffic Commissioner is now very much to show that they are not tolerating any aggressive or rude behaviour towards DVSA staff, which is totally understandable.  No one should have to be subject to behaviour like this when they are doing their job. Below there is a case that has been…

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Happy New Year…

Total Compliance has had a great year in 2018 and we are ready for an even better one in 2019!!! In 2018 what happened?? We added a new Transport Manager…. We expanded our ALLMI lorry loader and slinger signaller training to whole new level…. We added health and safety to our business services… We added…

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New Driving Licence Check Code

The DVLA have introduced a way so you can share your driving record (to find out such as vehicles you can drive, any endorsements on your licence, validity) with a car hire company or employer temporary or permanent, using your mobile phone. You’ll get a button on your home screen if you have an Android…

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