Lorry Owners and Drivers Association of United Kingdom
By the Truckers, For the Truckers.
Truckers need to unite to get a rule changed, a law passed, a treaty renegotiated or a regulator moved — which is why a Global Network of associations exists.
Driver welfare facilities
National legislationDrivers are routinely refused access to toilets and welfare facilities at the sites they deliver to. Making access a legal condition of delivery requires legislation, not goodwill.
Secure parking capacity
National fundingOvernight capacity falls far short of demand. Cargo crime and driver safety follow from that, and the remedy is public investment and planning consent.
Post-Brexit border procedure
Treaty / nationalCustoms and sanitary checks added cost and hours on movements that were previously frictionless. The rules sit in an international agreement, not in any operator's contract.
Clean air zone fragmentation
Local authorityCharging zones are set city by city with different standards and payment systems. An operator crossing several in a shift complies with each separately.
Diesel HGV phase-out timetable
National legislationThe end-of-sale date for diesel heavy vehicles is fixed in policy. No finance route yet exists for a one- or two-vehicle operator to meet it.
Employment status and self-employment rules
National legislationTax and employment status rules for drivers change the viability of the owner-driver model, and are set without owner-drivers in the room.
HGV levy and road charging
National legislationLevy design and rates are a Treasury decision that operators pay and do not shape.
Driver qualification reform
National regulatorPeriodic training requirements and their content are set by the regulator. Their cost falls on the driver or the smallest employer.
Each of these answers something on the list above. This is the work of moving those decisions, not a catalogue of services.
Campaigns to make driver welfare a condition of delivery
CampaignRefusing a driver a toilet should be unlawful, not merely rude. That requires legislation and the Association argues for it.
Builds the secure parking case from member records
Member evidenceWhere drivers were forced to stop, logged and submitted to the departments that fund provision.
Files with DfT, DVSA and the devolved administrations
Formal submissionFour nations legislating separately, with the owner-driver's case carried through each.
Works toward one route across the clean air zones
CoalitionA day's work crossing several charging zones should not mean several compliance regimes.
Represents members in customs and border disputes
Direct representationIndividual delays pooled into a record that can be put to both sides of the agreement.
Negotiates on fuel, tyres, insurance and maintenance
Collective bargainingTerms a one- or two-vehicle operator cannot obtain alone.
Four Ways for Truckers of the World, Unite!
Associates
Truck owners, drivers, owner-operators, motor carriers, companies and transport workers. The foundation of the Global Network and its chapters.
Enterprise
Organizations in a deeper commercial and operational relationship with the Global Network of Associations, delivering mission-aligned services under its governance.
Affiliates
Providers of resources and services - compliance, insurance, finance, equipment, software and training, delivering benefits to Associates under agreed terms.
Collaborators
Media, influencers, digital creators, researchers, educators, advocacy groups and campaign partners who amplify the work and build it with us.
The Association invites local and regional associations, truck owners, motor carriers and professional drivers to build this with us.
Road freight is carried by the people doing the work, and their expertise is what matters most. Joining means becoming a regional partner in the Global Network of Associations worldwide — what is learned here reaches operators on every other corridor the Global Network covers, and what they have learned comes back.
Let us build a future where the road freight sector is robust, inclusive and forward-thinking.
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