Driver regulation consultation

Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) for Great Britain, Beverley Bell, has launched a consultation on the regulation of professional drivers. The eight week consultation invites views on proposed revisions to the STC’s Statutory Document on Vocational Driver Conduct, which was first issued in 2011. It forms part of the Traffic Commissioners’ key strategic objectives for 2014/15 to review and modernise the regulation of bus, coach and lorry drivers. It focuses on a number of areas, including consistent decision-making, serious offending and informing professional drivers of standards.

Beverley Bell said, ‘Professional drivers carry out the frequently challenging work of transporting goods or passengers across Great Britain and on the continent. This consultation is a key part of our work around the regulation of those drivers. I therefore encourage the commercial vehicle industry, stakeholders, safety groups and other interested parties to respond and help inform how traffic commissioners deal with the conduct of professional drivers.’

Visit https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/vocational-driver-conduct-revised-statutory-document for more information.