International Women’s Day: DVSA Director of Enforcement Marian Kitson
To mark International Women's Day, Marian Kitson talks about her time as a woman working in enforcement at DVSA and HMRC.
Enforcement
How our new search app makes enforcement checks quicker
Our frontline enforcement staff have started using an innovative new search app that's set to save you time at enforcement stops.
What do the operators think of earned recognition?
I'm thrilled to announce that DVSA earned recognition has gone live today, Tuesday 24 April 2018. It's been a long, long road to get here (no pun intended) and we'd like to thank everyone who's supported the pilot. We've written a lot about how earned recognition works before, so I won't go over it all again …
Ruth Kyriacos: DVSA vehicle examiner
My name's Ruth Kyriacos and I've been a DVSA vehicle examiner since 2002. Because it's International Women's Day, I wanted to let you know a little bit about my experience of working for DVSA as a woman and how rewarding the past 16 years have been.
Introducing our new Head of Enforcement, Zöe Murray-Ross
Hello there, I’m Zoe Murray-Ross - the new Head of Enforcement for DVSA. I thought I’d introduce myself, to let you know a little bit about me and my background, and to set out what I’ll be doing at DVSA.
Working with operators to improve compliance
In late 2016, DVSA wrote to a serially non-compliant Portuguese operator, and invited them to a meeting with our enforcement staff. As a result of working with us and listening to our advice, the operator was able to avoid serious disruption to their business and continual enforcement stops.
THINK! Put your phone away while driving
Back in March, we told you about a THINK! campaign highlighting new penalties for drivers caught using a handheld mobile phone while driving. Ultimately, you can’t concentrate on the road and use your mobile phone at the same time. So, please THINK! and put your phone away while driving.
Sign up to take part in the earned recognition pilot
We’re piloting the Earned Recognition concept from start to finish so that we can make sure it works before launching the full programme.
Piloting the earned recognition concept
It’s been a while since we last spoke about earned recognition on the blog. So I thought it would be useful to let you know what’s been happening and what we’ve got planned over the next few months.
Failure to stop leads to driving licence suspension
Our stopping officers are authorised to identify and direct vehicles to check sites for further investigation. In most cases, drivers follow the instructions given by DVSA stopping vehicles. However, some choose to ignore them.