Compliance handbooks
Practical, ready-to-use handbooks for UK goods vehicle operators and their drivers. Download, add your company details and issue them to your team.
Operator Handbook
Compliance policies, procedures and toolbox talks for UK HGV operators.
What is included
- Fourteen ready-to-adopt policies and procedures, including vehicle off road, safety recalls, mobile devices, vulnerable road users, wheel nuts, tyres, vehicle tax and SORN, PPE, security, walkround checks, drivers' hours, speed limits, bridge strikes and licence checks
- Four complete toolbox talks: avoiding bridge strikes, drivers' hours, adhering to speed limits, and vehicle checks and defects
- Forms: policy sign-off sheet, driving assessment, induction checklist, toolbox talk template, driver declaration and eyesight check
- A monitoring and internal audit schedule
Driver Handbook
A clear guide for HGV drivers to the rules and good practice that keep them safe and legal.
What is included
- Daily walkround checks and defect reporting; drivers' hours and tachograph rules; working time and night work
- Speed limits and limiters; avoiding bridge strikes; mobile devices and distractions; vulnerable road users
- Loads and weights; tyres, wheels, fuel and AdBlue; incidents, breakdowns and security; health and fatigue
- Driver declaration and a one-page quick reference card
Operator Handbook
Compliance policies, procedures and toolbox talks for UK HGV operators.
What is included
- Fourteen ready-to-adopt policies and procedures, including vehicle off road, safety recalls, mobile devices, vulnerable road users, wheel nuts, tyres, vehicle tax and SORN, PPE, security, walkround checks, drivers' hours, speed limits, bridge strikes and licence checks
- Four complete toolbox talks: avoiding bridge strikes, drivers' hours, adhering to speed limits, and vehicle checks and defects
- Forms: policy sign-off sheet, driving assessment, induction checklist, toolbox talk template, driver declaration and eyesight check
- A monitoring and internal audit schedule
Driver Handbook
A clear guide for HGV drivers to the rules and good practice that keep them safe and legal.
What is included
- Daily walkround checks and defect reporting; drivers' hours and tachograph rules; working time and night work
- Speed limits and limiters; avoiding bridge strikes; mobile devices and distractions; vulnerable road users
- Loads and weights; tyres, wheels, fuel and AdBlue; incidents, breakdowns and security; health and fatigue
- Driver declaration and a one-page quick reference card
How it works
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Buy securely online.
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Download your handbook.
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Add your company details and issue it to your team.
Edition 1, November 2026. Handbooks are provided as guidance only and are not legal advice. Rules are summarised for Great Britain. Handbooks are supplied for use within the purchasing operator’s own business.
Operator Handbook
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