The majority of vehicles in the UK are right-hand drive as this is what makes sense for best driver visibility. There are some exceptions that are deliberately left-hand drive – some service lorries and vehicles which stop often with the…

The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 outlines a framework for listing automated (autonomous) vehicles for use on the UK’s roads, when they are ready. To check if your vehicle is self-driving, visit Self-driving vehicles listed for use in Great Britain. An…

Cranes come in lots of configurations. You’ll see tower cranes on construction sites, overhead cranes at ports, crawler cranes where the terrain is soft and truck loader cranes (or lorry loader cranes) where a truck has to unload or load…

Swept path Long HGVs have a wide turning circle. This is the amount of room they need to make a turn at a junction or roundabout. Swept path is the space between the tracking paths of the inside and outside…

The majority of freight that is carried on HGVs is unloaded using a forklift. It consists of palletised goods in packet, bags or boxes that can be easily stored in racking. Obviously there are other types of goods moved by…