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Van that detects if drivers are holding a mobile phone trialled in UKStationary roadside vehicle can also tell if passing drivers are not wearing seatbelt A van with technology that can automatically detect drivers holding a mobile phone at the wheel …
Electric and hydrogen truck pioneer Tevva has launched the first hydrogen fuel cell-supported heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to be manufactured, designed and mass produced in the UK.
The Tilbury-headquartered scale-up, which has so far raised $140m in fu…
A driver suffered a medical episode and crashed into a lorry.
At around 12.45pm today, Thursday, May 19, officers were called to a report of a crash on Gorsey Lane in Litherland involving a blue Hyundai and a lorry. It is believed the driver of the veh…
A COLLISION between three HGVs caused traffic mayhem as Colchester came to a standstill filled with gridlocked commuters.One man had to be cut free from his vehicle on the A12 at the Spring Lane interchange yesterday as a result of the crash and an air…
Daimler H2 Powered fuel cell truck. Credit Daimler.
By Alex Whiteman
18/05/2022
SME hauliers in the UK fear being abandoned in a government “greenwashing” exercise.
They are questioning plans to transition domestic haulage to sustainable fuels.
Last…
Police pulled over a lorry driver on a Berkshire road – after he was caught driving with no hands on the wheel. The trucker, who was driving a 44-tonne HGV, was spotted using a mobile phone in both hands on Farnham Road, Slough.
He was also smoking a c…
A lorry transporting an abnormal load in Yorkshire is stuck under a bridge with huge delays for drivers stuck behind it.
The lorry on the A63 out of Hull was already causing delays with drivers told to avoid some of Hull and East York’s key roads today…
A healthy Derbyshire man died a day after receiving his Covid booster jab with a pathologist unable to find a cause of death. Stuart Page, 57, from Stenson Fields, died suddenly after complaining of feeling unwell and his sudden passing remains a myste…
A lorry driver who watched England smash Germany in the Euros, celebrated by leading police on a booze-fuelled police chase.
John Murdoch, 40, had spent the evening with pals watching England beat Germany 2-0 in the last 16 of the Euros on June 29 last…
Transport Minister announces £200 million zero-emission HGV funding at Logistics UK Conference
TRANSPORT Minister Trudy Harrison MP’s announcement today (12 May) at Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference of £200 million in government funding to con…