Updated FTA Drivers’ Handbook now available

Latest Freight Transport Association Handbook contains key current compliance information for HGV drivers

THE new edition of the FTA Drivers’ Handbook – which provides key compliance information for HGV operators – is now available.

Subjects covered in the latest reference guide, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Trucks, include: meeting legal requirements; driving best practice, driver care; and what to do when things go wrong and driving abroad.  There is also a section on useful contacts and an HGV driver’s walk-around check pull-out.

The Drivers’ Handbook contains the following key updates and additions:

• Removal of the paper counterpart (driver licence) and how to check licence details
• Changes to speed limits
• Risks and penalties of using handheld devices while driving
• Drug driving (illegal and medicinal) – limits and endorsements
• Drink driving limits in Scotland
• Dartford Crossing - free-flow system payment and operation
• Major update to load security – body types, load types and defect categories
• How to avoid overloading
• Tips for drivers around cyclists
• Stopping illegal migrant entrants to the UK – top tips to avoid penalties
• Updated congestion charges
• Updated fixed penalty charges
• Changes to exemptions from EU Drivers Hours rules.

For copies of the FTA Drivers' Handbook (£6.75 each for FTA members and £8.00 for non-members) visit: www.shop.fta.co.uk