The 34th edition of this text should prove a useful guide for anyone in the road transport industry. It presents all the legal requirements in a coherent format and offers operational advice and solutions to some of the problems facing the industry. The transport industry is facing a difficult future with a number of long-debated complex issues coming to fruition within the lifetime of this 34th edition. Not least is the prospect of massive driver shortages resulting from the new legislation combined with the need for a significant step-up in driver training requirements to ensure understanding of, and compliance with, the new rules. The new edition of this text fully explains all the new provisions, including: the introduction of digital tachographs; driver smart cards; extensive new driver training requirements and standards; drugs testing; tougher speeding penalties; changes to the carriage of dangerous goods regulations; tougher legal action for lack of adequate risk assessments; and increased haulage competition from EU enlargement.
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'Enormously comprehensive and down to earth... a valuable, easily accessible and unambiguous text which no transport manager or operator can afford to be without.' Occupational Safety and Health 'It's become the operator/transport manager's bible... I can't imagine anyone carrying on his business without David Lowe's splendid guide at his or her side.' Road Law 'What can one say for a reference book that gets better and better except that it gets better and better!' Roadway 'There is none better... the transport person's bible.' Headlight 'Any transport manager would be well advised to keep this at his or her elbow ready for instant use. It is to be thoroughly recommended.' Transport
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978-0-7494-4107-4 (9780749441074)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
David Lowe was a freelance writer well known in the road transport industry, particularly for his involvement with training for the professional competence examinations. Formerly he was an independent transport consultant and regular contributor to the transport press, and was the author of many transport books, including The Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook, The Dangerous Goods Safety Manual, A Guide to the LGV Driving Licence, Driving Test and Theory Test, The European Bus and Coach Handbook, The European Road Freighting Handbook, and Goods Vehicle Costing and Pricing Handbook.
Mr Lowe's previous experience included:
Over 50 years' experience in road haulage and own-account transport - at one time as an owner-driver haulier. From British Road Services trainee in 1952 to own-account fleet management in food distribution in 1966.
Staff writer on Commercial Motor from 1968 specialising in transport legislation, operational and management issues.
First edition of the highly successful Transport Manager's Handbook, the so-called transport manager's 'bible', published in 1970.
Freelance writer from 1972, contributing to most UK transport journals and many other publications including the Financial Times, Management Today, Logistics Focus and The Director.
