Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2019

David Lowe, Clive Pidgeon

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9780749484217
• Edition: 49
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Transportation & Navigation
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Now in its 49th edition and endorsed by the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2019 is the most comprehensive guide available to the operational rules and guidelines governing the UK, Ireland and the EU's road transport operators. This best-selling, exclusive handbook is an essential reference and explores in detail the most pressing issues in today's road transport industry. It includes details on professional competence, rules on working times and driving hours, licensing and penalties, insurance, road traffic law, maintenance advice and the international road haulage market. This manual includes guidance for drivers in the Republic of Ireland and mainland Europe, along with the rules and penalties governing these regions.

Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2019 is the essential reference source for any transport manager, fleet operator, owner-driver haulier or student involved in the transport industry. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the latest developments, covering changes to emission standards and electric road tolling in Europe, HM Customs, lists of exempted vehicles, company car schemes, developments within the Scottish and Welsh governments and vehicular enforcement changes across Europe.

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Vehicle Registration, HGV Road User Levy, Excise Duty and Trade Licences

Vehicle Registration

New vehicles must be registered with the DVLA at Swansea and a registration number obtained for each. A one-off first registration charge of £55 is made to cover the DVLA’s administrative costs. A list of new vehicle registration marks is also described on pp 410–12.

The registration number must be displayed on plates mounted on the front and rear of the vehicle. These must conform to legal requirements as specified in the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 as amended (see p 411 for full details).

Annual registration prefix changes were replaced by six-monthly changes from 1 March 1999 (prefix ‘T’) until 1 September 2001, when an entirely new format for registration plates was introduced. This comprises two letters representing the place of registration (ie one of 19 areas followed by a letter for the office of registration). Two numbers denote the year of registration. The last three letters are randomly selected.

Form V55/4, which is used for motor vehicle registrations, consists of a single sheet used for first-licensing and registration purposes and a two-sheet section with carbon paper inserts, so that details of the vehicle and the dealer’s name and town (but nothing more) will copy through onto those sheets....

Table of contents

• Lowe’s Transport Manager’s & Operator’s Handbook 2019
• Lowe’s Transport Manager’s & Operator’s Handbook 2019
• Copyright
• Contents
• Biographical Notes
• Acknowledgements
• Preface to the 49th Edition
• Introduction
• 01 Goods Vehicle Operator Licensing
• 02 Professional Competence
• 03 Goods Vehicle Drivers’ Hours and Working Time
• 04 Goods Vehicle Drivers’ Records
• 05 Tachographs – Fitment and Use Requirements
• 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 – Vehicle, Loads and at Work
• 18 Loads – General, Livestock, Food, etc
• 19 Loads – Abnormal and Projecting
• 20 Loads – Dangerous, Explosive and Waste
• 21 Fleet Car and Light Vehicle Operations
• 22 Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
• 23 Mobile Communications and Information Technology in Transport
• 24 Transport and the Environment
• 25 Business Management in Transport
• 26 International Haulage
• 27 Intermodal Freight Transport
• Appendices
• Appendix I Vehicle Operator Licensing System (VOL)
• Appendix II Transport Trade Associations and Professional Bodies
• Appendix III Other Organizations Connected with Transport and Transport Journals
• Appendix IV Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)Weighbridges
• Appendix V Authorities and Police Forces (for Notification of Abnormal Load Movements)
• Appendix VI UK Bridge, Tunnel and Toll Road Tolls
• Appendix VII Dimensions, Weights and Capacities for ISO Containers (Imperial and Metric Units)
• Appendix VIII Permissible Maximum Vehicle Dimensions in Europe
• Appendix IX Permissible Maximum Vehicle Weights in Europe (Tonnes)
• AppendixX Actions for Brexit (Deal or No Deal)
• Further Information
• Index