Clear vision on London safety proposals

“Whether you operate a single vehicle, or a fleet of trucks, the Transport Manager conference will give you the most up-to-date information about the scheme to help you start planning for the 2020 start date.” Natalie Chapman, FTA’s Head of Policy for London.

The Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager conference is a vital source of information. This year, delegates will benefit from discussions centred around the Mayor of London’s safety proposals for HGVs – the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) – gaining the latest information on the DVS and how best to plan for its introduction.

With safety of paramount importance to all of the capital’s road users, transport managers from businesses of all sizes will have the chance to understand the very latest information on the DVS – at a conference to be held in London on 22nd November.

HGV operators will work under the DVS in the capital from 2020 using a “star rating” from zero to five to rate HGVs based on the level of vision from the cab.  The latest proposals announced by Transport for London (TfL) on 22nd September, brought forward technological solutions such as in-cab cameras and sensors around vehicles, which could be recognised as part of a ‘safe system’ for those that do not meet the one-star rating that will be mandated from 2020 – an approach that FTA has campaigned for.

Natalie Chapman, FTA’s Head of Policy for London, who will be leading the city centre truck restrictions session at the Transport Manager conference says: “Lack of clarity over which vehicles will be permitted to operate under the DVS is creating huge uncertainty for businesses, who need to know which vehicles will be eligible to work in the capital and what equipment will be required in less than three years’ time.  Whether you operate a single vehicle, or a fleet of trucks, the Transport Manager conference will give you the most up-to-date information about the scheme to help you start planning for the 2020 start date.”

The Transport Manager conference will also give delegates the chance to hear direct from the Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East, Sarah Bell, and ask her about her priorities for the region’s road users.  Other sessions during the event will cover a broad range of subjects, including enforcement priorities and roadside stops, apprenticeships and skills, employment law, preventing vehicle use in terrorism activity and vehicle technology and in-cab cameras.

The conference is part of FTA’s Transport Manager series, which is also supported by Brigade Electronics, Goodyear Tyres and Microlise.  The 2017 conference series has broken all previous records for the number of attendees, with over 1,200 delegates already taking the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the very latest operating requirements for their businesses, and five events in the series still to go.

 

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