Question follow-through · 32504
Heavy Goods Vehicles: Global Navigation Satellite Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to require HGV drivers to use HGV-specific satellite navigation systems.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to require HGV drivers to use HGV-specific satellite navigation systems.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
There is currently no legal requirement for drivers of any vehicle to have or use satellite navigation equipment. It is important that HGV drivers do not use satellite navigation equipment designed for cars as they may be directed on routes that are unsui...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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