Using a hand-held phone for any purpose while driving - even stationary in traffic - is illegal; the only exceptions are genuine 999 emergencies and stationary contactless payment. Rules 149 and 150 for professional drivers.
It is illegal to hold and use any device that can send or receive data while driving. The rules, the exceptions, the hands-free position, and the lorry-specific penalties.
You can appeal a fail - or a pass you think was wrong - to DVSA, but repairs must wait and deadlines are tight: 14 working days for a fail, 28 days or 3 months for a bad pass. How the MOT appeal process works.
Vehicles over 40 years old can be MOT-exempt, but only if they have had no substantial changes. What the exemption means for heritage fleets, show trucks and specialist commercial vehicles.
GOV.UK's MOT history service shows pass/fail results, recorded mileage, failure items and recalls - for HGVs and trailers back to 2018. How operators should use it.
Third party cover is the legal floor for every vehicle on UK roads. What the law requires, what it does not cover, and the insurance layers a haulage business actually needs.
Highway Code rules 274 to 287 cover breakdowns and incidents - where to stop, where to stand, who to call, and the legal duties after a collision.
The Highway Code motorway rules that hit HGVs hardest - the right-lane ban, left-lane discipline, overtaking etiquette, and when the hard shoulder is and is not a lane.
Double-manning lets a crew spread duties over 21 hours with a 9-hour rest in 30. The conditions, the first-hour rule and the break treatment.
Minimum wage compliance in road transport: what counts as working time for pay purposes, the waiting time and subsistence traps, and HMRC enforcement.
Under the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations, night work caps working time at 10 hours in 24. Who counts as a night worker and how the rules interact.
Northern Ireland runs its own operator licensing regime, separate from Great Britain's Traffic Commissioners. What GB operators working in or from NI need to know.