DVSA’s vision to 2030 sets out how we will be keeping Britain moving safely and sustainably.
In the latest blog post, Caroline Hicks, DVSA Head Regulatory Services and Transformation, explains our plans for the future.
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.
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.
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 …
Many of you may already have heard that VOSA and DSA are now merging and will be replaced with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - DVSA.
There’s now less than 8 months left before the 10 September 2014 deadline for lorry drivers with acquired rights to complete their first round of 5 days periodic training.
Tests for diesel cars and heavy vehicles are to be tightened up to ensure vehicles have a critical exhaust filter if one had originally been fitted as standard, Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has announced.