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05 Nov 2018

Preventing workshop pit falls

With no basic requirements set out in law on how a vehicle maintenance and repair workshop should specify an inspection pit, Kevin Swallow looks at cost-effective options, as well as health and safety best practice

Social / Corporate Responsibility , Standards & Practices , Lighting , Bodyshop Equipment , Corporate Liability , Health & Safety legislation , Lifting & Handling , Lighting , Health & Safety Legislation , Social / Corporate Responsibility

03 Nov 2016

Safe not sorry

Operators, workshops and even technicians themselves are still falling foul of safety inspection issues. Brian Tinham talks to the FTA’s Andy Mair about what’s going wrong

Road Legal , Social / Corporate Responsibility , Road Safety , O Licence , Driver / People Management , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management , VOSA Prohibitions , Workshop Management Systems , Health & Safety legislation , Repair & Maintenance , Health & Safety Legislation , Social / Corporate Responsibility , VOSA Testing

01 Mar 2018

Killer tyres?

Has industry reaction to a deadly 2012 coach crash caused by a failure of a 19-year-old tyre been sufficient? Will Dalrymple investigates

Social / Corporate Responsibility , Road Safety , Standards & Practices , Tyres & Retreads , Corporate Liability , Maintenance , Tyres & Retreads , Social / Corporate Responsibility

05 Nov 2018

The commissioner for Cymru

At the 2018 IRTE conference, Welsh traffic commissioner Nick Jones delivered a ’realpolitik’ view on the challenges of regulating road transport in a traffic area not previously strong on resources, along with thoughts on improving driver conduct

Fixed Penalties , Driver CPC , Social / Corporate Responsibility , Standards & Practices , Driver / People Management , Working Time Directive , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management , VOSA Prohibitions , Health & Safety legislation , Operator Compliance Risk Score , Health & Safety Legislation , Driver CPC , Social / Corporate Responsibility

07 Mar 2017

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Driver / People Management , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management , VOSA Prohibitions , Health & Safety legislation , Health & Safety Legislation

05 Jan 2017

Legal page

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Road Legal , Driver / People Management , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management , VOSA Prohibitions

06 Feb 2017

Legal Page

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Road Legal , O Licence , Driver / People Management , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management , Operator Compliance Risk Score

05 Dec 2016

Legal page

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O Licence , Corporate Liability

01 Nov 2017

Legal page: November 2017

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Fixed Penalties , Driver / People Management , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management

10 May 2016

Legal update

Transport Engineer’s second Legal Update page is brought to you by specialist transport law firm Backhouse Jones

Fixed Penalties , Road Legal , Driver CPC , European Commission , O Licence , Driver / People Management , Corporate Liability , Driver / People Management , Driver CPC