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Today the governments rules and plans were unveiled, more specifically, transport plans. There some interesting points in which they have made, firstly for our hgv insurance customers, the government plans to introduce a system in which hgv drivers will be charged to ensure that UK hauliers meet a new fair usage policy. General motor plans in which our . . . → Read More: Government transport rules Latest reports are saying that Van sales are continuing to rise in the UK whilst truck sales are still at an all time low. Truck sales have continued to stay static and in some cases decline from late 2009 and show no signs of increasing where as new van sales and registrations are rising massively and have . . . → Read More: Increase in Van Sales help boost economy The conservatives have introduced plans to introduce charges made for British and Foreign lorries that are over 12 tonnes. There are hundreds of millions of pounds that are being lost to other countries that could be used within the British Exchequer. Their basis for this is that there are a large number of foreign trucks using . . . → Read More: Conservatives back idea for Lorry Charges Its the first time the fleet car sales have fallen since the end of 2008. Its only a short fall too, only 2 percent and the overall value of fleet cars has gone up by 0.6 percent so its not a significant difference to make a big impact to companies and wholesalers. As the increases have only . . . → Read More: Used car sales for Fleet fall You guessed it, Volvo. As if they weren’t already getting attention in the media for all the truck safety tests and technologies they put into their trucks, they’re now winning awards for it. More specifically, it was the Royal Mail service that won the award, but of course, they use the Volvo truck. Don’t get me wrong, . . . → Read More: The reward for truck safety goes to….. Expanding on the Volvo truck safety article mentioned in previous blog posts. Today we look at the ART (Accident Research Team) and how they function to help prevent road traffic accidents and save lives. Firstly, its worth noting that 9 out of 10 accidents are down to human error and only 10 % of those accidents include . . . → Read More: More info on Truck Safety There is a new finance package launched recently by Renault for their 6×2 Tractor. Its called “You do the maths” and will run over 4 months. It includes a 3 year operating lease and a 2 year service package from £139 per week. Tweet . . . → Read More: Truck campaign launched by Renault New mudflaps are being produced which will help reduce the spray produced by lorrys by 40%. ‘Spraydown’ will make its debut on the Spraydown stand at the commercial vehicle show. Spraydown are also to have said improved visability for following drivers by up to 40% compared with the standard mudflaps. As the new mudflaps reduce the amount . . . → Read More: New mudflaps help lorry spray |
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