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How to avoid downtime

|Date: May 28, 2025

How to avoid downtime

BPW’s drum brakes are here to decrease downtime and keep your fleets on the road. For commercial fleets, ...

BPW’s drum brakes are here to decrease downtime and keep your fleets on the road. For commercial fleets, reliability isn’t optional – it’s essential. Every minute a trailer is off the road directly im ...

May 28, 2025
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Liftmaster helps meet DVSA requirements

|Date: May 27, 2025

Liftmaster helps meet DVSA requirements

A long-standing customer approached Liftmaster with an urgent requirement: to upgrade their ATF and becom ...

A long-standing customer approached Liftmaster with an urgent requirement: to upgrade their ATF and become compliant with the latest DVSA regulations ahead of the fast-approaching deadline – and the c ...

May 27, 2025
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What’s the importance of brake fluid?

|Date: May 23, 2025

What’s the importance of brake fluid?

Witham Group, one of the UK’s leading independent lubricant manufacturers, is highlighting the critical r ...

Witham Group, one of the UK’s leading independent lubricant manufacturers, is highlighting the critical role of regular brake maintenance in ensuring vehicle safety. While many assume brake pads are t ...

May 23, 2025
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How can fleet managers enhance safety?

|Date: May 22, 2025

How can fleet managers enhance safety?

CVW takes a look at how workshops and fleet managers alike can be enhancing safety with Doctor Air-Brake’ ...

CVW takes a look at how workshops and fleet managers alike can be enhancing safety with Doctor Air-Brake’s auto braking systems. Doctor Air Brake is the UK’s leading manufacturer of brake safety syste ...

May 22, 2025
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How to prepare for the ‘meaningful brake test’

|Date: May 21, 2025

How to prepare for the ‘meaningful brake test’

MAHA UK is urging workshops to be prepared for the DVSA’s ‘meaningful brake test’. Starting in April 2025 ...

MAHA UK is urging workshops to be prepared for the DVSA’s ‘meaningful brake test’. Starting in April 2025, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) ‘meaningful brake test’ guidance will emphas ...

May 21, 2025
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How to protect your fleet with radar sensors

|Date: March 10, 2025

How to protect your fleet with radar sensors

Back In June 2024 CVW brought you news of Dr Air Brakes’s Reverse Smart, an HGV auto braking safety syste ...

Back In June 2024 CVW brought you news of Dr Air Brakes’s Reverse Smart, an HGV auto braking safety system that promised to put a stop to reversing accidents. Here we get an update of the system’s pro ...

March 10, 2025
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How can you simplify brake testing compliance?

|Date: March 07, 2025

How can you simplify brake testing compliance?

The DVSA’s 2025 updates to HGV brake testing requirements introduce new challenges, but Stuart Window, ge ...

The DVSA’s 2025 updates to HGV brake testing requirements introduce new challenges, but Stuart Window, general manager at Bowmonk, believes it is a chance for workshops to adopt the tools and processe ...

March 07, 2025
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How to spot problems occurring in brake drums

|Date: January 08, 2025

How to spot problems occurring in brake drums

Drum brakes have a tough life so keeping them in good condition is essential. Here, Fras-le offers some g ...

Drum brakes have a tough life so keeping them in good condition is essential. Here, Fras-le offers some guidance to help identify common problems that may occur in brake drums. A regular and thorough ...

January 08, 2025
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How to comply with the ‘meaningful brake test’

|Date: January 02, 2025

How to comply with the ‘meaningful brake test’

This year sees the introduction of the ‘meaningful brake test’. MAHA UK managing director, Neil Ebbs, off ...

This year sees the introduction of the ‘meaningful brake test’. MAHA UK managing director, Neil Ebbs, offers some guidance in complying with the new guidelines. With the impending introduction of the ...

January 02, 2025
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How to conduct a brake decelerometer test

|Date: September 02, 2024

How to conduct a brake decelerometer test

Chris Bailey, Bowmonk-Tapley, walks through the important stages of conducting a brake decelerometer test ...

Chris Bailey, Bowmonk-Tapley, walks through the important stages of conducting a brake decelerometer test. When checking mechanical and operational procedures there is often the risk of performing the ...

September 02, 2024
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