Posted: Friday 17 June 2016
According to new research by RAC Business, small businesses in the UK are experiencing serious downtime issues with fleet vehicles.
Posted: Wednesday 15 June 2016
The British electorate's momentous decision to vote to leave political union with Europe has caused shockwaves across the continent, and left the British economy in a state of uncertainty. Amongst all the debates, little has been made of what Brexit could mean for the average British motorist. British motorists' experience of driving abroad is expected to change in a myriad of ways.
Posted: Friday 10 June 2016
Employers have a Duty of Care under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) (2) to ensure as far as is reasonably practical the health, safety and wellbeing of employees at work and anybody who allows someone to drive for work purposes must ensure that they are legally entitled to do so. As a result, licence checking is an invaluable service for all fleet operators.
Posted: Friday 03 June 2016
If you employ or contract foreign drivers for your fleet, it is important to check their licences. Employing somebody who is not able to drive legally in the United Kingdom is an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Posted: Wednesday 01 June 2016
The average fleet driver will rack up 50,000 miles in a year in their job, and no matter how good and careful one is, it is still easy to fall foul of the law and have a clean licence tainted with a penalty, endorsement or conviction. Keeping fleet driver's licences clean is - for the most part - down to the driver although there are things that you can do as a fleet operator to help your drivers stay within the law and maintain their perfect driver's licence:
Posted: Friday 27 May 2016
We recommend that you check your fleet driver licences frequently – as often as once a month, to ensure that drivers have not picked up any points or penalties whilst working.
Posted: Friday 20 May 2016
The British Government has set one of the most ambitious and challenging carbon targets in the world – to reduce greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent between 2023 to 2027.
Posted: Friday 13 May 2016
The National Speed Limit of 70 mph was introduced on 22nd December 1965 for unrestricted roads and motorways. It was only supposed to be a temporary measure - in response to the high number of deaths on unrestricted roads - however it was made permanent by 1967 after research showed casualties had been cut by 20 per cent. Then in 1977, that same limit was introduced for cars and motorcycles on dual carriageways.
Posted: Monday 02 May 2016
Last year, the DVLA announced plans to close its overnight licence checking system known as the Electronic Driver Entitlement Checking Service (EDECS) in favour of a real-time Access to Driver Data (ADD) system.
Posted: Monday 25 April 2016
For the first time since July 2015, the cost of petrol went up last month, which could spell the end of recent 'good times' for fleet operators and drivers. According to industry experts, the 3.4p per litre (ppl) rise in average pump prices to 105p was on account of oil reaching US$40 a barrel for the first time since early December 2015.