The Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2009

by David Lowe (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.39

  The 39th edition of this bestseller is the definitive guide for anyone in the road transport industry. It provides transport managers, fleet operators and drivers with an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the rules, regulations, and best practice of road freight operations. This edition includes information and guidance on all recent changes in the transport industry including; new driving hours rules and the Compulsory Training Directive, as well as a new appendices providing maximum vehicle weights and dimensions in Europe.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.39

  This guide for anyone in the road transport industry presents all the legal requirements, as well as offering operational advice and solutions to many of the problems facing the industry. This edition includes full coverage of all major new EU Directives. The contents include: operating licensing; drivers' hours and tachograph rules; licence penalties; driving tests and training; excise duty; road-traffic law; employment law; vehicle inspections; vehicle plating; MoT testing; vehicle maintenance and records; safety, loads rules; fuel economy; communications and IT; the environment; quality management; the UK road network; services; and also European haulage. New material for this 33rd edition covers: effects of the EU Working Time Directive; introduction of digital tachographs under EU law; proposed changes to existing drivers' hours rules; introduction of new training requirements; proposed corporate manslaughter charges; goods-vehicle exhaust emission standards; the illegal immigrants penalty system; proposed new road and congestion charging in city centres; impounding illegally operated lorries; environmental pressures about noise, air pollution, waste, etc; inclusion of tachographs in LGV driver testing; need to improve training standards; new fees for vehicle-excise duty, driver licensing and light and heavy vehicle testing; and amendments to the Construction and Use of Vehicles regulations.