This guide for anyone in the road transport industry presents all the legal requirements, as well as offering operational advice and solutions to many of the problems facing the industry. This edition includes full coverage of all major new EU Directives. The contents include: operating licensing; drivers' hours and tachograph rules; licence penalties; driving tests and training; excise duty; road-traffic law; employment law; vehicle inspections; vehicle plating; MoT testing; vehicle maintenance and records; safety, loads rules; fuel economy; communications and IT; the environment; quality management; the UK road network; services; and also European haulage.
New material for this 33rd edition covers: effects of the EU Working Time Directive; introduction of digital tachographs under EU law; proposed changes to existing drivers' hours rules; introduction of new training requirements; proposed corporate manslaughter charges; goods-vehicle exhaust emission standards; the illegal immigrants penalty system; proposed new road and congestion charging in city centres; impounding illegally operated lorries; environmental pressures about noise, air pollution, waste, etc; inclusion of tachographs in LGV driver testing; need to improve training standards; new fees for vehicle-excise duty, driver licensing and light and heavy vehicle testing; and amendments to the Construction and Use of Vehicles regulations.
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978-0-7494-3923-1 (9780749439231)
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David Lowe has been involved in the road transport industry for over 40 years. He is the author of many transport titles including A Guide to the LGV Driving Licence, Driving Test and Theory Test, The Dangerous Goods Safety Manual and A Study Manual of Professional Competence in Road Transport Management.
Part 1 Goods Vehicle Operator Licensing: Administration of Licensing System; The TAN 21 System; Exemptions from 'O' Licensing; The Vehicle User; Restricted and Standard 'O' Licences; Requirements for 'O' Licensing; Licence Application; The TC's Considerations; Additional Vehicles; Licence Variation; Transfer of Vehicles; Notification of Changes; Subsidiary Companies; Temporary Derogation; Production of 'O' Licences; TCs' Powers of Review; Licence Review Boards; Penalties Against 'O' Licences; Licensing Courts/Transport Tribunal; Northern Ireland Operations; Use of Light Goods Vehicles; Foreign Vehicles in the UK; Impounding of Trucks; 'Flagging Out'. Part 2 Professional Competence for Transport Managers: Who May Become Professionally Competent?; Proof of Professional Competence; Classes of Competence; Qualifications for Professional Competence; Examinations; Transfer of Qualifications; Good Repute. Part 3 Goods Vehicle Drivers' Hours and Working Time: Drivers' Hours; Enforcement and Penalties; Reporting of Illegal Operations; Which Rules Apply?; European Union Rules; British Domestic Rules. Part 4 Goods Vehicle Drivers' Records: Exemptions from Record Keeping; Record-Keeping System. Part 5 Tachographs - Fitment and Use Requirements: 'D' Day for Digital Tachographs: 5 August 2004; Legal Requirements for Existing Analogue Tachographs; Exemptions; Employers' Responsibilities; Drivers' Responsibilities; Tachograph Calibration, Sealing and Inspection; Tachograph Breakdown; Use of Tachographs; Offences; The Tachograph Instrument; Chart Analysis; Digital Tachographs; The New Regulations; Typical Digital Equipment. Part 6 Driver Licensing and Licence Penalties: Driver Licensing; Legislative Changes Since 1990; Photographs on Licences; Organ Donor Option; The Issuing Authority; Age Minimum for Drivers; Vehicle Categories/Groups for Driver Licensing; Application for Licences and Vocational Entitlements; Medical Requirements for Vocational Entitlements; Eyesight Requirement; Licence Fees and Validity; Notional Gross Weights; Production of Driving Licences; International Driving Permits; Exchange of Driving Licences; Visitors Driving in the UK; Driving While Tired; The 'Well Driven' Campaign; Driving Licence Penalty Points and Disqualification. Part 7 Driver Testing, Training and Development: Driving Tests; Driver Training; Driver Development; Minimum Training and Qualification Requirements. Part 8 Vehicle Registration, Excise Duty and Trade Licences: Vehicle Registration; Vehicle Excise Licences; Trade Licences; Recovery Vehicles; Rebated Heavy Oil. Part 9 Insurance (Vehicles, Premises and Business) and Security: Motor Vehicle Insurance; Fleet Insurance; Additional Vehicle Insurance Cover; Goods in Transit Insurance; Conditions of Carriage; Cover for International Haulage Journeys; Security; Other Insurance - Business and Premises; Obtaining the Best Cover; Insurance Claims. (Part contents.)
