The Government has been accused of misleading the public on road safety threat posed by longer lorries.
The Government has been accused of misleading the public on road safety threat posed by longer lorries.
Five years after the Freight Transport Association (FTA) challenged the Driver Standards Agency (DSA) to consider including an HGV section in the Highway Code, the leading trade body is delighted with a firm commitment to do so in the Government’s Road Safety Framework.
A long-term strategy aimed at helping manufacturers of commercial vehicles and construction equipment move to low carbon solutions has been published.
Haulage operators and the general motoring public have been warned that driving while tired can have the same effect on the driver’s concentration as being over the legal blood-alcohol limit, new research has shown.
