Opinion

Following changes to the law from 1 March that introduce stricter consequences for phone use while driving, TRL”s head of transport psychology Shaun Helman, says attitudes and behaviours towards using social media when driving need to be changed.

If you asked someone in the transport industry if they had a CPC, their positive response used to indicate that they were qualified as a Transport Manager. Not so simple nowadays as the legislators, in their wisdom, decided that the mandatory continual professional development (CPD) scheme that they introduced for HGV/PCV drivers would also be called a Certificate of Professional Competence, writes Phil Clifford.