Highway Code rules 162-169 govern overtaking: 1.5 metres for cyclists, never where there is doubt, and a long list of conflict points. How the rules read from the cab of a large vehicle.
One truck, one driver, one licence: the owner-driver still carries the same undertakings as a fleet. A working checklist for staying compliant solo.
Highway Code rules 191 to 199 cover zebra, pelican, puffin, toucan and parallel crossings - the zig-zag ban, the flashing amber rule, and what changes when your vehicle is 18 metres long.
How the penalty points system works, the 12-point totting-up rule, how long endorsements stay on a driving record, and what it all means for vocational drivers.
Private plates on company trucks need managing like assets: V750 and V778 documents, 10-year renewal, V317 transfers, and why you never share a scan of the certificate.
A pooled car creates no benefit-in-kind tax charge - but only if all five HMRC conditions hold, including the 60% overnight rule and mileage records to prove it. The rules and the traps.
UK operators must declare cabotage, cross-trade and own-goods journeys inside the EU on an EU portal before the driver rolls - HGVs, vans, even cars towing trailers. What to declare, what is exempt, and how the portal works.
Paragraph 14A of Schedule 3 defines what a transport manager must be: UK resident, of good repute, qualified, genuinely managing, and within the caps.
A public inquiry can curtail, suspend or revoke your O-licence. What brings operators in front of the Traffic Commissioner, and how the outcomes work.
Red diesel is for excepted machines, not road haulage. What HMRC Notice 75 allows, the penalties for getting it wrong, and where the traps are for transport businesses.
Photocard driving licences expire every 10 years and renewing costs £14 online - but a fleet full of drivers means a rolling calendar of expiries to track, with different routes for over-70s and 5-year bus and lorry licences.
Anyone can report an HGV driver or operator breaking safety rules to DVSA. What can be reported, how reports are handled, and what it means for operators.