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New load safety guidance from the DVSA

By |2024-05-29T11:04:45+01:00August 24th, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

New load safety guidance New load safety guidance has been recently issued by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), produced in collaboration with industry and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Fleet operators and drivers should all familiarise themselves with the new guidance as it replaces all previous guidance on the topic. DOES

Safe loading – a legal update to help take a load off your mind

By |2024-05-29T13:30:55+01:00July 7th, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

Safe loading - a legal update This safe loading legal update is brought to you by Mike Hayward, Partner, Road Transport, Crime & Regulatory at Woodfines. There are many law enforcement procedures relating to the safe loading of your vehicles, and it’s important to note that policy and law are there to keep you

Safe loading – who’s responsible for securing your loads?

By |2024-05-29T13:41:41+01:00July 1st, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

In 2022, over 62,000 items fell off vehicles onto the strategic road network (SRN). They included mattresses, sheds, ratchet straps and loads of timber. This flying and messy debris is a two-foldhazard – it can strike other vehicles or road users when it leaves the vehicle,and it presents an obstruction of the road which

Driving vehicles you don’t own – reducing the risks

By |2024-05-29T14:02:47+01:00June 23rd, 2023|DfBB Articles, News|

Research Garage is a dealership specialising in Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Jeep and Fiat Professional. It has two sites at Hinckley and Nuneaton, and while its own-use vehicles are minimal, its technicians and sales people are responsible for driving client cars and taking vehicles for test drives. It also owns Centurion Plant Hire, supplying

Safe Loading – are you clear on your responsibilities?

By |2022-12-15T12:52:54+00:00January 11th, 2022|DfBB Articles, News|

Safe Loading - Transport Chain Responsibility The Driving for Better Business Campaign is focusing on loading issues this month, so we asked Nina Day from the HSE to join us for the January episode of 'Let's Talk Fleet Risk'. Nina has worked for the Health and Safety Executive for 21 years. She’s a chartered

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