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Change The Laws?
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Chris
It is often stated that the speed limits in the UK are out of date, especially as modern cars can travel at much faster speeds due to advances in both technology and reliability. After all, 70mph these days feels slow doesn't it? But where does going faster get you? To the back of the next queue quicker? Would you really get to your destination faster? We can debate speed limits and any other laws and regulations until the cows come home but there is always going to be a line drawn somewhere. If we could drive at say 80mph on the motorways, then there would be drivers that push it to 90mph or even speeds more than 100mph. I am fully…
Are You Ready For It?...
Friday 15th January 2021
Chris
The latest news reaching us all today is that the infection rate for Covid-19 is coming down! With the vaccines being given out in their 1000's every day, there is at last some light at the end of the very long and dark tunnel the whole world has been affect by for the last 14 months or so. Here at PSV Solutions, we have continued to offer remote online Driver CPC Training throughout the lockdown periods, giving relevant, informative, and invaluable updates to both LGV and PCV drivers. We would like to thank all our customers for their support during what has been the toughest period within our industry that has ever been known. When I passed my PCV driving…
New Cameras Targeting Tailgaters
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Chris
Highways England has stepped up its efforts to curb tailgaters with the help of new roadside cameras. Technology that can detect if vehicles are travelling too close to each other is being trialled on the M1 in Northamptonshire before it's rolled out across the country. The new system has recorded 26,000 tailgating vehicles in the first two months of the trial. That's 419 drivers a day breaking the Highway Code's two-second minimum gap rule. Rather than prosecuting offenders, the police have sent warning letters in the post to reinforce the message to leave a safe distance between vehicles. Drivers can usually be fined £100 and handed three penalty points on their licence. Of the 26,000 tailgaters who received letters, 3,700 were repeat offenders. Some…
PSVAR Date delayed Further
Tuesday 15th December 2020
from 1 January to 30 September 2021 and it will follow on from an existing exemption that was granted in April. As was the case previously, it will only be possible for vehicles that do not comply with PSVAR to be utilised on rail replacement services during the period in question if: The operator has been issued with a Special Authorisation The relevant Train Operating Company (TOC) has first exhausted all efforts to source a PSVAR compliant vehicle to cover the work. Special authorisation required for rail replacement PSVAR exemption Special Authorisations must be applied for by the operator using a spreadsheet that is supplied by and returned to the relevant TOC. The deadline for applications is Friday 18 December. DfT says it will endeavour…
Bridge Strike Awareness
Monday 14th December 2020
With approximately five bridge strikes occurring every day in the UK, the Traffic Commissioners are advising operators that severe action could be taken against them if they fail to prepare drivers routes in advance to reduce the odds of these strikes happening. Transport Managers could be held to account for driver error if it is deemed that risk assessments and route learning had not been carried out in advance. The TC has advised that a driver hitting a bridge will initially receive a 6 month vocational licence suspension for a first offence, and Transport Managers will receive a summons to attend a public inquiry to explain what safety systems they have in place to reduce the risks of such incidents. There are…
Repeat Driver CPC Modules to be Rejected
Thursday 26th November 2020
PSV Solutions welcomes the latest news that the DVSA will be monitoring driver CPC uploads for repeated module uploads. We have long advocated for this to happen and this news is definitely a positive for both drivers and training providers such as ourselves. We pride ourselves in offering suitable and job specific relevant modules to both drivers in passenger transport and in road haulage industries. We often hear of delegates sitting the same module 2 or 3 days and even up to the full 35 hours just to receive their DQC card which is then clearly just a box ticking exercise and nowhere near acceptable. This was the message that came out this week directly from JAUPT on behalf of…
LATEST CPC Training Dates
Thursday 26th November 2020
Upcoming driver CPC course dates: November 25th - Economic & Safe Driving & Vehicle Legal Requirements November 27th - Driver Wellbeing & Working with Others November 30th - Driver Legal Requirements & Smart Motorways December 2nd - Economic & Safe Driving - Vehicle Legal Requirements December 5th - Driver Legal Requirements & Working with Others December 8th - Driver Wellbeing - Driver Essentials December 10th - Vulnerable Road Users - Smart Motorways December 14th - Load Safety & Manual Handling - Economic and Safe Driving BOOK TODAY - 01273 805781 Email: info@psvsolutions.co.uk
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Upcoming driver CPC course dates: November 25th - Economic & Safe Driving & Vehicle Legal Requirements November 27th - Driver Wellbeing & Working with Others November 30th - Driver Legal Requirements & Smart Motorways December 2nd - Economic & Safe Driving - Vehicle Legal Requirements December 5th - Driver Legal Requirements & Working with Others December 8th - Driver Wellbeing - Driver Essentials December 10th - Vulnerable Road Users - Smart Motorways December 14th - Load Safety & Manual Handling - Economic and Safe Driving BOOK TODAY - 01273 805781 Email: info@psvsolutions.co.uk