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Govt plans Star Rating for e-rickshaws, to regulate truck drivers' working hours
25 Apr 2025 08:29 GMT
The government is planning to introduce a "Star Rating" system aimed at enhancing the safety of e-rickshaws by ensuring they operate below 25 kmph while also improving their structural standards. The safety rating initiative will extend to trucks …
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Aadhaar-linked system to track truck drivers’ working hours
08 Jan 2025 07:34 GMT
An Aadhaar-based working hour system for truck drivers is in the pipeline to ensure that heavy commercial vehicle drivers don’t drive beyond mandated work hours.
The ministry of road, transport and highways (MoRTH) is discussing a series of measures for …
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Train Drivers Submit Petition against In-cab Cameras to Transport Ministry
20 Jan 2026 21:17 GMT
Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - Representatives of a petition committee submitted a petition against the installation of camera systems in engine cabs to the Transport Ministry on Tuesday, petition representative Matej Motycka confirmed for TASR on the …
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International Haulers Report Heavy Losses Due to Blockades on Greek Border
14 Jan 2026 13:17 GMT
International haulers are reporting losses of millions of leva due to the blockades on the Greek border, Teodor Vergov, Head of Legal Department at the Bulgarian Union of International Haulers (UIH), told BTA on Wednesday.
He stressed that the exact amount …
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Lorry drivers' working hours extended to fight supermarket shortages
07 Jul 2021 13:16 GMT
The Government has announced a temporary extension to lorry drivers’ hours amid a shortage of workers. The decision was announced in a tweet from a minister in the Department for Transport. Baroness Charlotte Vere, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in …
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Kerala RTC streamlines bus drivers' working hours to ensure less fatigue
20 Dec 2020 21:57 GMT
By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to ensure travel safety amid the expansion of its services, the KSRTC has introduced a comprehensive set of guidelines that focus on the provision of adequate rest to drivers. On Sunday, KSRTC CMD Biju …
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How Thailand’s roads and driving habits haunt foreign tourists
06 Jan 2026 03:25 GMT
… the journey between destinations.
Until driver working hours are strictly enforced, unsafe routes …
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Labour Department urges employers to grant extra leave for New Year break
18 Dec 2025 02:22 GMT
… transport sector to closely manage drivers’ working hours. Authorities said driving schedules must …
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Nograles: Grab drivers' working hours 'slave-like'
07 Jun 2018 17:07 GMT
'No one among Grab parters is being forced to drive long hours. If the congressman is fair, he should also look into other transport sectors whose drivers work even longer hours earning less,' says Grab Philippines head Brian Cu
Published 12:17 AM, …
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Haulage firm punished over breach of rules on drivers’ working hours
31 Jan 2018 07:45 GMT
PUBLISHED: 06:00 31 January 2018
Duncan Brodie
Peter Colby of Peter Colby Commercials. Picture: ANTONY KELLY
Archant Norfolk 2016
Peter Colby Commercials, part of Norwich-based St Vincent Holdings, was called by the East of England Traffic Commissioner to …