http://www.roadtransport.com/News for and about drivers in the road transport industry: truck drivers, lorry drivers, van drivers and driving instructors.en-gbRBI 2009Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135512/mps-call-for-driver-cpc-to-include-cycle-awareness-training.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135512/mps-call-for-driver-cpc-to-include-cycle-awareness-training.htmlA total of 66 MPs have now signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for all HGV drivers to undertake a cycling awareness training course as part of the Driver CPC.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/03/135496/uk-truck-driver-suffers-violent-stowaway-attack-in-france.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/03/135496/uk-truck-driver-suffers-violent-stowaway-attack-in-france.htmlA Stoke-on-Trent-based HGV driver was left hospitalised with a head wound after stowaways brutally attacked him in Dunkirk.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:24:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/01/135469/calling-all-women-drivers.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/01/135469/calling-all-women-drivers.htmlFemale truck drivers wishing to enter the Commercial Driver of the Year category of the MAN Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards have just nine days to get their entries in - the deadline is 5pm on 10 February. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:33:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/01/135468/train-to-gain-slammed-by-mps.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/01/135468/train-to-gain-slammed-by-mps.htmlA government training scheme set up to help hauliers boost the skills of their workers has been savaged by MPs for setting over-ambitious targets and then turning firms away when it went £50m into the red.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:08:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135420/dhl-supply-chain-in-consultation-with-worcester-staff.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135420/dhl-supply-chain-in-consultation-with-worcester-staff.htmlA number of DHL Supply Chain employees could be made redundant at the firm's Worcester site by the end of February.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:43:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135417/haulage-bosses-urge-support-for-carroll.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135417/haulage-bosses-urge-support-for-carroll.htmlTwo haulage bosses are urging operators to support the bid by Peter Carroll (pictured) to become road transport's political champion as he prepares to stand for a seat in Maidstone and the Weald in the next election.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135416/driver-cpc-training-consortium-launched.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135416/driver-cpc-training-consortium-launched.htmlA training company has launched a scheme designed to help medium and large road transport operators implement their in-house Driver CPC training programmes.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135410/hse-hopes-for-overloading-checks-improvement.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135410/hse-hopes-for-overloading-checks-improvement.htmlThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has admitted it is disappointed with the findings of its spot checks on suspected overloaded trucks last year, and says it is hoping for improvements from hauliers this year.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/19/135381/sausage-throwing-trucker-ordered-to-pay-more-than-600.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/19/135381/sausage-throwing-trucker-ordered-to-pay-more-than-600.htmlA sausage-throwing trucker has been ordered to pay more than £600 in fines and costs after failing to pay an initial £75 fine for littering.Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:31:00 GMThttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/19/135380/dhl-jobs-safe-following-maritime-takeover.htmlhttp://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/19/135380/dhl-jobs-safe-following-maritime-takeover.htmlMore than 250 drivers' jobs have been declared safe after Felixstowe-based Maritime Group bought out the loss-making DHL Container Logistics.Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:31:00 GMT