road freight security

Road freight resources

• Crimestoppers is an independent UK-wide charity working to stop crime. Crimestoppers works for you, your family and your community. Call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
• The International Road Transport Union assists bus and coach as well as taxi and truck operators throughout the world and briefs them on developments affecting their business. Through its national associations on every continent, the IRU speaks for the entire road transport industry.
  This guide is designed to set out answers to some of the questions about the road freight vehicle licensing system. It explains how to apply for a Road Freight Operator's Licence and describes how the licensing system works.
• haulNET is a multi-lingual and free to use solution specifically designed to promote safer journey planning within the UK. Their site provides a dynamic, on-line reference point for members to identify safer truck parking locations. haulNET also identifies crime hotspots with help from UK police forces.
• The Department for Transport contains information on projects supported by the Government to help modernise the road haulage industry; information on the working time directives and how they affect the transport industry; and information about the Governments policy to introduce a lorry road-user charge in the UK.
• TruckPol is a national intelligence unit which forms part of the national ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service, collating and disseminating statistical data and intelligence on road freight crime within the UK.
• The Road Haulage Association (RHA), which represents haulage firms across the UK.