HSE warns that tipper vehicles overturn every year, sometimes fatally. Site rules, ground conditions, overhead clearance and the driver-site operator cooperation that keeps tippers upright.
TIR lets goods cross multiple borders under one carnet with customs seals intact - duties suspended until destination. How the system works and when UK operators use it.
National Highways traffic officers can stop and direct vehicles, place temporary signs, and pass evidence to police - but they are not an enforcement body. The Traffic Management Act 2004 powers explained.
Which trailers need the annual test, why trailer due dates run from first sale rather than registration, the first-test application quirk for older trailers, and how to prepare a trailer for test day.
Driver CPC courses must be DVSA-approved, apprenticeship providers must be on the APAR register. How to check both, what the approval rules mean, and the red flags to walk away from.
Trams move quickly but silently and cannot steer to avoid you - the Highway Code's tram guidance, and what truck drivers need to know in tram cities.
Domestic transport produced 110.4 MtCO2e in 2024 - 30% of UK greenhouse gas emissions and 29% of NOx. What the official statistics say and what they mean for freight.
The Trader Support Service completes customs and safety-and-security declarations between Great Britain and Northern Ireland for free. A new service goes live for all users on 20 October 2026 - existing users migrate automatically.
When a haulage business or contract changes owner, TUPE can move the drivers' jobs to the new employer on their existing terms. When it applies, what transfers, and what both sides of the deal must do.
Tyres are a daily-check item, an MOT failure category and a prohibition magnet. Legal requirements, walkaround checks, on-site rules and the management habits that cut tyre costs.
Under-inflated tyres burn fuel through rolling resistance and die young - pressure discipline is the cheapest efficiency and the oldest safety check in the book.
What the UK Licence for the Community is, which journeys need one, the cabotage and cross-trade rights it carries, and the rules operators must follow when hauling to or through the EU.