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The Unique Safety Challenge of Refuse Collection Waste collection vehicles operate in some of the most difficult environments any commercial vehicle encounters. Narrow residential streets. Parked cars on both sides. Loading crews working directly alongside and behind the truck while it moves. Children. Cyclists. And a driver whose forward view is clear while virtually everything […]

4 August 2026

Why Camera Placement Matters More on a Coach Than Any Other Vehicle A coach or PSV carries the one thing that changes every decision about safety: other people’s passengers. The moment someone steps on board, your legal duty of care begins — and it does not end until they step off again. Camera placement determines […]

In 2019, 203 accidents involving HGVs and cyclists were recorded on UK roads. Twelve cyclists died. Sixty-five were seriously injured. HGVs make up approximately 4% of London’s traffic — but were involved in 70% of cyclist deaths in the capital between 2016 and 2019. The common factor in these collisions is not speed. It is […]

A proximity sensor that has not been calibrated correctly is worse than no sensor at all. An uncalibrated system generates false alarms — and a driver who has learned to ignore a sensor because it beeps at the vehicle’s own towbar is a driver who will not respond when the sensor detects an actual pedestrian. […]

A 90-tonne rigid haul truck has blind spots that extend 15 metres to the rear and several metres to the side. The driver sits three metres above the ground in a cab designed for forward travel on a haul road, not for detecting a banksman standing 10 metres behind the vehicle in a dust cloud. […]

A forklift travelling at 8 mph takes less than 0.4 seconds to cover the two metres in front of it. At that speed, a pedestrian stepping from behind a racking bay has no time to move and the operator has no time to stop. Proximity detection systems exist specifically to extend that warning window — […]

The assumption most fleet managers make about vans is that they are easier to manage than HGVs. Smaller vehicle, shorter blind spot, lower risk. In practice, the rear blind spot on a high-roof panel van is larger relative to driver sightlines than most people expect — and high-roof Sprinters, Crafters, and Transits commonly leave the […]

There is no single UK regulation for safety sensors on commercial vehicles. There are four overlapping schemes — DVS, FORS, CLOCS, and HSE guidance — each with different thresholds, different sensor requirements, and different enforcement mechanisms. Fleet managers frequently ask which applies to their vehicles and what exactly it requires. This guide answers both questions, […]

A proximity sensor and a camera cover the same blind spot. One tells the driver an object is close; the other shows what it is. Fitted separately and wired to separate displays, they divide the driver’s attention at exactly the moment it should be focused. Fitted as an integrated system, they work as a single […]

Your proximity sensor system is beeping when there is nothing there, or staying silent when there is. Either way, something is wrong — and a faulty sensor system on a commercial vehicle is not just an inconvenience. It is a safety system that has stopped working, often at exactly the moment your driver needs it […]