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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK - Calls for eco-driving to be mandatory part of Driver CPC
Proposals to make fuel-efficient driving a compulsory part of the Driver CPC
London,UK -Road Transport, by Joanna Bourke -9 March 2010: -- The Department for Transport (DfT) has unveiled proposals to make fuel-efficient driving a compulsory part of the Driver CPC, in a bid to cut CO2 emissions by three million tonnes over a period of five years... Transport under-secretary, Paul Clark, says that the government wants 90% of lorry drivers to receive eco-driver training... Eco-driving training is already a voluntary, eligible course for periodic training in the Driver CPC syllabus, but the DfT reveals that take-up has been limited so far... According to the DfT, fuel costs could be cut by £300m for the industry every year if these proposals get the go-ahead... The consultation will run until 30 June and can be accessed here... * Lavelle Transport refused international O-licence
Motherwell,North Lanarkshire,UK -Road Transport, by Joanna Bourke -19 June 2010: -- Lavelle Transport has been refused an international O-licence on the grounds of a lack of good repute... William Lavelle, director and transport manager of Lavelle Transport, was called by Scottish Traffic Commissioner (TC), Joan Aitkin, to a public inquiry (PI) in Edinburgh ... The PI heard Lavelle, who undertakes haulage for Norfolkline, had been operating under a Dutch licence, while using the majority of his trucks for UK journeys only. He was therefore operating unlawfully, because European cabotage provisions require that all vehicles return home to the country of authorisation... Lavelle Transport did not have an O-licence in Great Britain. Lavelle had previously been convicted for drivers' hours and tachograph offences... At the first hearing, Lavelle assured Aitkin he could prove his compliance with cabotage rules. However, at the second inquiry, he failed to present adequate records of drivers' hours and tachographs. He admitted three of his four vehicles did not leave Britain...
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