In this issue

Win an Astran truck model; What do bosses think of the driver shortage?; Debut of the Dutch T-cab conversion of the New Generation Scania S730; How to set up as your own boss; Great liveries: Mick Griffin’s tribute to his late father is our Ed’s Choice, and a Daf in Peaky Blinders colours has become a Brummie sensation; Tips from a Sainsbury’s Driver of the Year on how to get the keys to an R-series Scania; Simple exercises to avoid becoming a health statistic; The White stuff: a history of the US manufacturer; The trucks that became holiday homes; Plus a report from China on the wheels that keep the world’s second biggest economy moving

M1 Crash Charges

Eight die, two HGV drivers charged after motorway crash

1 min

Kent Council Survey Highlights Parking Crisis

Almost 1000 UK and foreign registered HGVs are parking along slip-roads and laybys in Kent every night as the county struggles to provide secure sites for lorries away from the road network.

2 mins

Caution Over Dashcams

Dashcam evidence welcomed – if privacy is respected

1 min

Holding Out

A permanent solution to Operation Stack is still not in sight, two years after the summer chaos on the roads of Kent. So is a huge lorry holding area the answer? 

3 mins

Testing Times

Edward Hardy, on a quest to quit an office job in order to fulfil a lifelong ambition to become a professional driver (August T&D), shares his thoughts on HGV driver training

3 mins

Tough Action Taken By Traffic Commissioners On Tailgating

In addition to punishment by the courts, tailgating N R Parsons drivers have been handed long professional driving bans

1 min

Bella Italia!

Until recently, Matt has found it hard to put a gloss on the Iveco brand – but a spell in Australia’s Simpson Desert with a Eurocargo 4x4 has prompted a rethink

3 mins

Brushed With Success

A Mercedes Actros 630 was chosen to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Griffin Freight Services, its livery paying tribute to Mick Griffin’s late father as well as to some of the trucks that helped make GFS profitable

8 mins

Pipe Dreams

Full of the Pipe is now one of the biggest truck shows in Ireland since its debut in 2010. On 10-11 June, some spectacular trucks came from across Ireland & Europe

1 min

Want To Be Your Own Boss?

Setting yourself up as an owner-driver is the easy part; the tricky bits are turning a profit and staying legal. Here, we pick a path through the road haulage minefield

5 mins

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