This same topic is also running on link4, someone on there has said they have spoken with a "top guy" at VOSA who and it seems this WTD will only actually be enforced on those drivers with a tacho so presumably they aren't expecting us to carry log books from March 2009. Apparantly you will also hav...

I think most OD's currently are sensible enough to self govern when it comes ensuring fitness to drive after all its your vehicle/your livlihood. Insurance is dear enough as it is I agree, I don't see the need for big brother tactics, I'm sure most of us use some common sense when it comes to knowi...

I have just read that The European Court of Justice dismissed a challenge by Spain and Finland that self-employed drivers should not be included in working time rules. http://www.despatch.co.uk/magazine/dec04/da_news5.shtml It seems that us self employed peeps are going to be bound by the WTD from M...

I started up in June of this year, the last few months seems to have flown by, I can't beleive it's almost Christmas.

Thought I'd revive this topic as it's starting to get cooler now and winter will still be upon us. Anyway on another forum that I use (not a courier one) someone was going about those foil blankets that the emergency services use and I wondered if anyone had one, or where you can get them from? My t...

It pays to shop around, I got mine with Stavely Head, their website is http://www.staveleyhead.co.uk paid £1,394.08 for courier insurance on the van, plus £10,000 GIT & £1m public liability as a packaged deal. It has been mentioned in other topics that some insurers don't cover your van for personal...

Mappy.com looks quite good!

Good advice from JJ I would get a decent sleeping bag too, it's worth paying good money for one thats designed to protect you very cold conditions. I heard a truck driver on the James Whale phone in on Talk Sport a couple of nights ago who was explaining that when he is in Scadanavia the truck stops...

Hi Gary It might be worth having a look around the forum as there are a few previous postings asking the same question. I never used it myself, I understand it's ok for finding backloads but you couldn't use it to keep yourself in work, I beleive most of the folks who advertise on there want their g...