Passenger vehicles Archives

‘Periods of grace’ – Goods and passenger licencing

PostedFebruary 14, 2024

Many goods or passenger vehicle operators with operator’s licences stumble over “Periods of Grace”. Some lose their licences by not navigating them correctly. No licence may mean no business. So, what...

Road transport – operator’s licence: when is a lorry ‘in use’?

PostedJanuary 30, 2023

When are vehicles regarded as being used for Operator’s Licence purposes? Is your operator’s licence large enough to cover all the vehicles in possession in use? These issues have been...

Fleet maintenance: trailers – traction-only services

PostedAugust 18, 2022

Question: what is the difference in legal maintenance standards required of a business pulling its own trailers compared to when it is drawing those of third parties? Answer: there is...

Goods & passenger transport in & out of the EU: a safety valve to keep wheels moving

PostedDecember 16, 2020

You will recall from previous articles that if no UK/EU Free Trade Agreement were concluded (i.e. “no deal”) international goods and passenger operators would be left without the ability to...

Goods & Passenger Operators: financial standing levels from 1 Jan 2020

PostedJanuary 7, 2020

The readily accessible amounts required by Standard National and International operator’s licence holders remain unchanged as follows, writes Tim Ridyard of Ashtons Legal: First vehicle: £8,000 Additional vehicles: £4,450 The...

Safer people, safer vehicles and safer roads

PostedJuly 19, 2019

Fleets, HGVs, possible restrictions for new young drivers, older drivers, penalty points for no seatbelts and better drink-drive enforcement are amongst the very wide range of road traffic law issues...

Goods and Passenger Drivers’ Hours: changes relating to rests and fixed penalties

PostedNovember 3, 2017

A change to the enforcement approach relating to weekly rests and where they can be taken came into force on 1 November 2017. Separately, a change in the scope of...