Traffic Commissioners' annual reports published

The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain reports’ published at the end of December 2017 reinforces the importance of having robust systems to achieve and maintain compliance. The regulators are asking HGV, bus and coach operators to prioritise to compliance and focus on getting the basics right. In the year there were 977 public enquiries and the report highlights some shocking cases of noncompliance.

You can read the full report here.

Tachograph and drivers’ hours fraud remain a big issue for commercial road transport. Downloading driver cards on a weekly basis and vehicle unit data at least every four weeks with quick, useful analysis of the tachograph data, driver debriefing and effective targeted corrective action to minimise infringements is essential to keep on the right side of the authorities. Failure to esure drivers hold a valid licence and CPC are also issues that come before the regulator frequently. 

Act now to avoid becoming a statistic in next year's report.

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