I wanted to update you on some of the work we’re doing behind the scenes at DVSA in the heavy vehicle testing and approvals world.
This year has seen us invest in upgrading our systems, modernising our services and providing a more efficient service for our customers up and down the country.
Drivers must produce records for the date of travel and the previous 28 days. Drivers who have a digital tachograph driver card must carry it at all times – even if they haven’t yet used it.
Professional drivers know the importance of keeping up-to-date with the Highway Code, and modern technology means that it’s easier than ever to do that.
Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) customers, particularly those involved in volume production, will already know about Privately Owned Testing Facilities – POTFs. We're moving away from this model to a more contractual arrangement.
Roads Minister Stephen Hammond has announced new measures to save motorists and businesses around £54 million in the coming year.
New test certificates for trucks, trailers, buses and coaches - VTG5, VTG5A and VTP20 now record the country of registration, vehicle identification number and odometer reading.
Headlamp aim remains the top fail item for heavy vehicles at annual test. The most likely causes? Well, it has to be either you or the kit.
Many drivers find drivers’ hours and tachographs a complicated subject. If you only drive occasionally, it can be a real struggle to remember the details which help you to stay within the law. Here we provide some advice on what types of activity you should record and what to show to an enforcement officer.
You have told us that the way we process applications for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) can be improved. We have taken a look at the way we work and we agree – we are working to better understand and improve the way we process IVA applications and provide tests for these vehicles.
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.
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.