Heavy vehicle test exemptions: what you need to know and how we are applying them
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We've launched new guides to help vehicle operators and Authorised Testing Facilities understand exemptions.
Advice and guidance for operators and transport managers of trucks, buses and vans
We've launched new guides to help vehicle operators and Authorised Testing Facilities understand exemptions.
In another of our guest blogs from the traffic commissioners, we find out about the latest developments for online operator licensing services.
The UK is leaving the EU on 29 March 2019 and you should make sure you have a “no deal” Brexit plan for your business.
The new vehicle operator licensing digital services let you apply for vehicle operator licences online, and manage your existing licences - find out how the services are performing, and what improvements are planned.
From today (14 November 2016), you can use the new online services to apply for and manage vehicle operator licences. You should find the redesigned services much easier to use than the old self-service system they replace.
It’s been a while since our last update on Vehicle Operator Licensing the new online system that’s replacing operator licensing self service.
In this blog we look at how we've tested the new service and what you need to do to get ready for it.
...them obey the drivers’ hours and tachograph rules make sure that drivers do a daily walk-round check of the vehicle (recorded in writing) before starting to drive keep vehicle maintenance...
...and operators who break the rules create a significant risk to road safety Using another driver’s card to falsify a tachograph record is a serious offence. This kind of conduct...
...HGV and PSV safety inspection records at Annex 5 of the Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness. Don’t forget to check the latest versions of the inspection manuals Where safety inspection records...
The Public Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (PSVAR) continues to roll out and since January 2016 all single-deck buses have needed to be compliant with schedules 1 and 2 of the regulations. The full implementation of the regulations will be complete in 2020.