Luke Humble

Luke Humble is the Website manager for The Transport Exchange Group. Their two exchanges, Courier Exchange (<a href="http://www.courierexchange.co.uk" title="http://www.courierexchange.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.courierexchange.co.uk</a>) and Haulage Exchange (<a href="http://www.haulageexchange.co.uk" title="http://www.haulageexchange.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.haulageexchange.co.uk</a>), are two of the UK’s largest and fastest growing independent freight exchanges.
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Avoiding an Accident: The Overworked Lorry Driver’s Guide

Everybody knows that tiredness is a major cause of traffic accidents, and everybody knows that lorry drivers work a huge amount of hours Unsurprisingly, the two often combine with catastrophic results – indeed, a recent report revealed that of all the accidents that involved injuries or deaths on British roads over the last 5 years, 31% of them involved lorry drivers – a figure far worse on the M20 in Kent, where the figure hit 40%

Tips For First Time Lorry Drivers

Make no mistake about it; being behind the wheel of a lorry for the first time is hugely intimidating No matter how many years you have been driving a car for, nothing can prepare you for the sheer number of controls, the view and the responsibility you need to get a handle on when you first climb into your haulage vehicle’s cab

1/6 Lorry Drivers Attacked – Haulage Safety Tips For Owner Operators

With jobs for owner operators often hard to come by, lorry drivers and haulage workers may increasingly find themselves working the less popular anti-social hours involving overnight trouble Not only do the darker conditions make crime more likely, but exhaustion is more likely to set in, and it’s very easy to make the kind of slip up that will add you to the growing pile of haulage crime victims

3 Lorry Stories – Spot The Fake One

Over the years, the truck driver has made for a great series of stories Amidst the standard tales of traffic jams, incredible journeys and more incredible bad driving, when involved with a freight exchange, you hear the type of outlandish tales more commonly associated with fishermen

What To Look For In UK Truck Insurance

The world of HGV insurance has never exactly been the most thrilling, and while I’m aware that writing an article on what to look out for in haulage insurance is enough to put a good deal of my readers into a narcoleptic coma, I nonetheless think it’s an important, and sometimes confusing, issue worth covering

Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Lorry Driver? Facebook, Apparently.

I, like pretty much every man, woman, child, cat, dog and mouse in the country, am something of a Facebook addict Sure, I can deny it – and always claim that time spent on it in the office is invaluable networking time (even when networking involves playing a rip off of Scrabble with old friends) – but there’s something of a compulsive delight in spying on old acquaintances and seeing what they’re up to

Giving Trucking A Bad Name – 3 Lorry Driving Scoundrels

Having been exploring Facebook lately, the reputation of the lorry driving haulage industry is clearly in need of a tune up The number of groups created to slander the profession and express personal dislikes is enormous, and despite a recent survey claiming over half the participants see lorry drivers as unsung heroes of their community, the less then neutral source (Clearstone – a haulage recruitment company) makes me slightly sceptical that attitudes are changing

Tramping & Bun Wagons: The Lingo Of The UK Road Haulage Industry

If you’ve ever heard a couple of truckers chatting between road haulage trips in the UK, you may have found yourself baffled by the assortment of phrases and expressions littered throughout the conversation Well, consider the confusion gone; as I lift the lid on the mystery of haulage company speak: Wagon Wagon’s just a standard term for one’s haulage vehicle

Pimp My Lorry!

When you spend more time in your lorry than you do at home, it’s only natural to want to make it into a comfortable living environment But did you know that some of our country’s lorry drivers have installed stylish portable fridges and cookers and even Christmas trees to make their lorries more lovable

Becoming An Owner Driver: Getting Started As A Courier

Getting started as an owner driver is easy, and has the advantage of potentially becoming profitable pretty quickly due to the lack of overheads However, there are some things to consider as you start, and this guide hopes to show you the kind of things you will need and the pitfalls to avoid when going freelance and becoming an owner driver

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