Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2022

Glen Davies, David Lowe

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781398605282
• Edition: 52
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398605770
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Transportation Industry
• Index: Business

The United Kingdom has experienced the biggest changes to its freight and transport regulations in a lifetime. Understand the complete rules and processes governing the UK's road transport operators with this guide, including those that have changed with Brexit. Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2022 offers a complete overview of the operational rules and guidelines governing the UK's road transport operator. This book contains all the relevant legal and technical information required to run a compliant, safe and efficient transport operation. It includes all the latest changes to the rules and processes, including those governing the transportation of goods between Great Britain and the EU following Brexit.This fully updated 52nd edition remains an essential resource for transport managers, fleet operators, owner-driver hauliers and those working in the sector. It covers all aspects relating to goods vehicles and their operators from vehicle registration, maintenance and load management (including abnormal and dangerous loads) to professional competence, operator training and driver testing. Road traffic law is explained alongside how to ensure safety on the road and at work. Meeting operating standards, keeping up to date with the latest industry changes and complying with the law, all while running sustainable transport operations, has never been simpler with the help of this guide.

Table of contents

• Lowe’s Transport Manager’s and Operator’s Handbook 2022
• Lowe’s Transport Manager’s and Operator’s Handbook 2022
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Biographical Notes
• Introduction by Glen Davies
• 01 Goods Vehicle O-Licensing
• 02 Professional Competence
• 03 Goods Vehicle Drivers’ Hours and Working Time
• 04 Drivers’ Hours Records – GB Domestic Rules
• 05 Drivers’ Hours Records – EU/AETR rules
• 06 Driver Licensing and Licence Penalties
• 07 Driver Testing and Training
• 08 Vehicle Registration, HGV Road User Levy, Excise Duty and Trade Licences
• 09 Insurance (Vehicles and Goods in Transit) and Conditions of Carriage
• 10 Road Traffic Law
• 11 Goods Vehicle Dimensions and Weights
• 12 Construction and Use of Vehicles
• 13 Vehicle Lighting and Marking
• 14 Goods Vehicle Plating, Annual Testing and Vehicle Inspections
• 15 Light Vehicle (MOT) Testing
• 16 Vehicle Maintenance and Maintenance Records
• 17 Safety – on the Road and at Work
• 18 Loads – General, Livestock, Food, etc
• 19 Loads – Abnormal and Projecting
• 20 Loads – Dangerous Goods and Waste
• 21 Light Vehicles
• 22 Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
• 23 Digital Communications and Technology
• 24 Transport and the Environment
• 25 International Operations
• Index