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Digital Tachos – Unique new services from FTA

The Freight Transport Association is delighted to announce the availability of significant new digital tachograph service products together with major enhancements to its range of analysis products. FTA's new services provide unique automated analysis software in order to deal with the application of the new drivers' hours regulations. FTA has …

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Lorry driver CPC – Coming soon – Help for managers

The Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) for lorry drivers will be introduced in 2009 and will mean that existing heavy goods vehicle licence holders will need to complete a minimum of 35 hours of periodic training during a five year period, updating skills in the areas of legal compliance, energy …

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Road pricing for lorries_ Only if it saves money, says industry

The Freight Transport Association says that road pricing can only be acceptable to industry if the benefits it delivers in terms of reduced journey times and improved journey time reliability exceed the cost to operators. The Association's latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey (QTAS) for July 2007 set out a possible …

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