New tacho handbook
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A NEW tachograph edition of the Freight Transport Association's Drivers' Handbook has been published and gives goods vehicle drivers a guide to the regulations affecting them and their vehicles in the United Kingdom and overseas.
The revised booklet is divided into four main sections: rules affecting the driver (such as driving offences, hgv driving licence and test); drivers hours, tachographs, drivers' records and vehicle licensing; rules affecting the driver and his vehicle (technicalinformation, lighting, weights and dimensions, and vehicle testing).
The third section of the book concentrates on roadworks, loading and unloading, and motorway driving, while the final section deals with rules, Customs documentation, and speed restrictions when travelling abroad.
The handbook is available to FTA members only at £1.15 a copy. Discounts are available for bulk orders. sary to do 46mph to enc overdrive,said Mr Spamer.
Taking no action other tha issue a warning, Maj-Gen penter said Mr Spamer had virtually "used up all his lives". In a situation where tl were two hgv drivers for e' lorry in Yorkshire,the driver built up a record of convict would lose his job.