Low Cost Vans

If you love dogs, there’s nothing more fun than taking your furry friend on a four-wheeled journey. But, the law is the law – and letting your precious pup bound around in the back seat unrestrained can result in a fine. A fine of £2,500 and nine points on your license is the cost you may face if the police find your four-legged pal not properly restrained in your car. Although this may sound quite extreme, the result of your pet clambering inside your car whilst you are driving can be very dangerous. It’s not surprising that many drivers are not aware of the possibility of being fined for this – research by Confused.com reveals that 34 per cent of pet-owning motorists aren’t buckling up their pets when they drive. Completely disregarding the potential fines and penalties to your license, the most crucial reason for making sure that your pets are properly restrained should be their overall safety. 22 per cent of vets that were interviewed by Direct Line stated th...

Imagine this, you’ve been at your wheel five hours and counting, and you’re approaching a service station. You decide to put off stopping until the following service station because you’re not feeling the need for a break just yet. You may think this is a harmless decision and that no driving rules have been broken, but it is in fact a chargeable offence for a commercial vehicle driver to go longer than 4.5 hours on the road without a break, and recent changes to regulations could result in an even heftier fine than before. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) stipulates that commercial vehicle drivers must take a break of 45 minutes after every 4.5 hours behind the wheel. In the past, those who ignored this law faced a one-time fine of £300, but recent changes mean that individuals could be fined for up to 5 counts of the offence – equating to up to £1500 – if they consistently skipped regular rest periods within the last month. Those caught breaking this...

Everyone loves a good meal deal. If you see me sauntering around my local supermarket, you better believe that I’m nabbing a breakfast triple sandwich, a packet of Doritos and a Twix. Then again, I go to the supermarket quite often and so those meal deals are going to pile up, and by extension, so will the waste. Enter Roofer Stewart Gosling, aged 43, from Hertfordshire. Stewart was driving his white van through Chingford, North East London, when he was pulled over by council workers. Unfortunately for him, these members of Waltham Forest Council were conducting spot checks. Almost immediately upon opening his van, they found a commercial refuse bag filled to the brim with sandwich and crisp packets. They mustn’t have liked the empty crisp packets because they charged Stewart with an on-the-spot fine of £300, for "failure to furnish documentation (waste carriers licence)". According to them, regardless of the contents, carrying a commercial refuse bag in a trader’s van...