Publisher's Synopsis
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.
