Highway Code rules 238 to 252 cover waiting and parking, with specific MUST NOTs for goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes. What every driver and planner needs to know.
The HGV levy applies to vehicles of 12 tonnes and over using UK roads. Current bands, the 2026 rates, and how foreign and UK operators pay.
Lorries have their own speed limits, and they differ by weight and by nation. The current HGV limits for England, Wales and Scotland, and the van rules that catch people out.
The Highway Code's tyre rules differ for large vehicles - 1mm tread, not 1.6mm - plus the 10-year age ban on front axles that fleets cannot afford to miss.
How Vehicle Excise Duty works for heavy goods vehicles, what sets the rate, how it relates to the HGV Road User Levy, and the admin habits that keep a fleet taxed.
How GB weight limits work: the C&U and Authorised Weight regulations, plated weights, axle offences, and why overloading is prosecuted per axle, not per truck.
Rules 159 to 203 of the Highway Code cover the manoeuvres where commercial vehicles do the most damage - overtaking distances, junction priorities, box junctions and the reversing rules that are actually law.
Flash your headlights only to say you are there; sound the horn only while moving to warn of your presence - never stationary, never in built-up areas 11:30pm to 7am. Highway Code rules 110-112 for professional drivers.
Bringing a vehicle permanently into Great Britain means an import declaration, VAT and duty, a NOVA notification to HMRC within 14 days, vehicle approval, DVLA registration and insurance - in that order.
Cat A and B vehicles can never return to the road; Cat S and N can be repaired and reused - but you must tell DVLA every time or face a £1,000 fine. The write-off rules for commercial fleets.
The internal/external split decides which capacity limits apply. The employment tests the Traffic Commissioner uses, and why labels do not settle it.
Highway Code rules 291 to 299 govern level crossings. The obligations that matter most for large, slow and long vehicles, and the phone call that saves lives.