Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced a fundamental shift in its approach that will affect all operators.
At a conference in Coventry back in May the DVSA’s head of enforcement transformation, Caroline Hicks, announced that DVSA has outlined a fundamental shift in its approach, which will see it move from a culture of enforcement towards a focus on compliance.
The proposed actions are to set up an operator recognition scheme where operators will be expected to demonstrate their compliance by providing data, including vehicle maintenance and tachograph/drivers working time data, on a regular basis which will be reviewed by the DVSA. At the same time it was confirmed that the fixed penalty fees will be increased and the DVSA plan to make non compliance too expensive to be an option.
Anyone who does not comply with their new scheme when it is launched can expect to be targeted for roadside inspections with aggressive fines until they either join the scheme or stop operating.
Please let us know what you think of the proposed changes in the comments below.
Shane Crouch
1 thread not random ?
Dont forget 250kg in lads in the cab
Nick Nick Lasseter
This bloke is in every thread with his random 750ft per tonne idea lol
If the axle is flat your over loaded
Angus Norman
He’s alive lol
If I hadnt just eaten a kebab with a side of chips I’d be tempted to make some
A taco Ben, is a Mexican corn crisp that you fill with spicy beef and is great with salsa.
750ft tube per tonne 50 dry boards a tonne and guess the rest in your favour if you are driving lol
750ft of tube per tonne. simples
Lol
The new trucks have a weight per axle on the computer so you can’t blag us anymore sam lol
When they pull me over I’ll just say “alright boys” in a deep voice
Youll have to tell um
Whats a taco?
Ben Olerenshaw John Snow
Sounds like bully tactics to generate more revenue to me!! U0001f621
Peter Lewis
Ross Garnett
Mathew Smith
Makes me laugh to see people with transit flat beds with a load.
It is putting pressure on workers. Who do you answer to. No boss I will take my P45 as that lorry is over weight?
They could make a start by making it law to have a wieght meter in the lorries so you dont have to play the guessing game with the kit and how much wieght is on each axle. errrm 91 21ft tube, 4 packs of boards, 4 bins of fitting, 2 stillages of 5fts, 100 brickguards, pallet of soleboards, 100 8ft tube, 100 13ft tube, 50 10ft tube……. ermmm and all that on the 7.5 tonner….. ” thats only half a load driver” !!
Hitting the workers again!