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Light CV sales Eddie Parker, Masterlease
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The environment will play a huge part in almost everything that happens in the light CV market in 2007. This, along with a stronger focus on corporate social responsibility, will mean an increased variety of pressures on fleet and transport managers.
Van-operating companies and organisations should be making changes now, both to reduce their impact on the physical environment and also to improve other aspects of their operations such as driver image.
One way of doing this is going to be enforced by the introduction of speed limiters, which will cause one of the biggest ripples in the marketplace in 2007 It seems too many comp flies have been ignoring the introduction of this law, probably because there are so ma variables, meaning it is hard to work out exactly which vehicles are affected. It is far fr&n straigh orward, but failing to have a speed limiter if required could result in prosecution. I stron ly recommend that all van operators and transport managers seek professional advice whether they need speed limiters installed.
Another change th is likely to reduce the number of vans on the road is the introduction of higher tax bancI for van drivers who use their vans privately from 6 April 2007 — people could f ind themselves subject to benefit-in-kind tax.
Only those wjp use their vans "insignificantly" for private use will be exempt from the
tax and th phasis will be on the driver to prove that this is the case, although it is unc hether a log book or a full breakdown of the van's usage will be necessary his will have knock-on effects for transport managers. If people aren't taking their vans home with them they'll need to leave them at their workplace, raising issues with both storage space and security as far more vehicles will be left unattended at night than before.
And hidden among the better publicised changes are the alterations being made to the ADR regulations In short, even those carrying small amounts of potentially hazardous substances will need ADR trawling, while those who regularly carry larger amounts may need to employ a full-time adviser who specialises in this area Those affected could include small cleaning firms who use corrosive materials, or service engineers transporting jerry cans of fuel