Transport drivers in the UK can now operate for 16 hours within a 24-hour period, up from the previous 14-hour limit, in a regulatory shift aimed at easing supply chain pressure and lowering fuel costs.
Transport drivers in the UK can now operate for 16 hours within a 24-hour period, up from the previous 14-hour limit, in a regulatory shift aimed at easing supply chain pressure and lowering fuel costs.
Sixteen hours behind the wheel. Of course. Anyone watching shelves thin out could have called this months ago — it was written on the wall, and the wall was empty. Deregulation is always the answer until the crash. Fatigue kills quietly and cheaply, so the spreadsheet says yes. Next they’ll brand it a productivity triumph. The lorry doesn’t care who’s asleep at the wheel.