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INCREASED ROADSIDE FINES FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS

From Monday 5 March 2018, DVSA traffic officers will start issuing on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the last 28 days.

Officers will be able to issue fines for five offences in a single check. With fines of up to £300 for each offence a driver could be liable for £1,500 in a single stop whether the offences were committed in the UK or abroad. DVSA will also have the option to immobilise the vehicle.

To remind your drivers, planners and transport managers of drivers’ hours rules, please download Freight Train’s guidance on drivers hours and the road transport working time directive

Drivers’ hours regulations: https://www.freight-train.co.uk/downloads/Freight-Train-EU-Driver-Hours-Regulations.pdf

Road Transport Working Time Directive: https://www.freight-train.co.uk/downloads/Freight-Train-Working-Time-Directive.pdf

Read the DVSA article: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/drivers-hours-changes-to-fines-for-commercial-drivers?inf_contact_key=1fc14bcb89dc8da38dbaf5d74e956119a82636eaa54036c1c84389e7de07abcf

28th February 2018