Improve your compliance rating using your OCRS report
You can order a new OCRS report for each of your operator licences that will help you to find out where you can make changes that will improve your compliance rating.
Operator licence
Advice and guidance for operators and transport managers of trucks, buses and vans
Progress with HGV Road User Levy
Since 1 April 2014, HGVs weighing 12 tonnes or more have had to pay a HGV Levy to use UK roads. Last year, we checked over 33,000 non-GB vehicles outside of a port boundary. This year, these checks will now include one to make sure the HGV Levy has been paid.
Updated sporting event transport guidance online
Extra measures have been introduced to the voluntary code of practice for coach operators taking passengers to designated sporting events. This guidance is part of the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s statutory document on Good repute and fitness.
Self service licensing to improve
Self service operator licensing will be extended next year and you will be able to make new applications online and submit electronic paperwork for the first time. Here we discuss the new services we have already started to develop.
Do you use a digital tachograph?
We have seen several recent cases at Public Inquiry where operators have been running vehicles fitted with digital tachographs, but with no idea how to use them. These are usually operators who hold restricted licences, who may not have a transport manager, and so the responsibility to make sure that the rules are followed sits with them. So, to help operators – particularly those without transport managers – stay on the right side of the law, here’s a checklist of your responsibilities around digital tachographs.
Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness - 2014 revision
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We have this year updated the Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness – essential reading for anyone whose responsibilities include vehicle roadworthiness.
Remote Enforcement Office trial
The Remote Enforcement Office (REO) trial aims to provide more streamlined enforcement that poses less of a burden to compliant operators and frees up our resources to target serious and serial law-breakers. Since the trial started, we have done a lot of work to map our old and new processes so that we can measure the improvements that the REO brings.
OCRS update
Originally designed as an enforcement tool, OCRS is now described as ‘VOSA’s voice in the boardroom’ and is increasingly used by operators to monitor your own performance, often at board level. In October 2012 we made some changes to the system. Here we explain more about the changes OCRS has undergone in recent times.
HGV Road User Levy less than 100 days away
The HGV Road User Levy will be introduced from 1 April 2014. This time-based user charge must be paid by both UK and foreign operators of vehicles at or above 12 tonnes gross vehicle weight using UK roads. UK operators pay to use many roads abroad, but foreign hauliers have not had to pay to use roads here. The levy will make the system fairer.
Van operator
There are more than 3.2 million vans registered in the UK. Our data shows that half of these vehicles fail their MOT test, many are driven in an unsafe condition and that we find them to be overloaded 90% of …