RHA challenges need for Driver CPC when taking vehicles to annual test
The Road Haulage Association is contesting the view of VOSA and the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) that mechanics require a Driver CPC if they are taking a vehicle for its annual […]
VOSA clarifies animal waste rules after offal lot of confusion
VOSA has issued guidance clarifying the national derogation that allows hauliers to carry animal waste under domestic, rather than EU, drivers’ hours laws in some circumstances. The Department for Transport, […]
Owens opens Carmarthenshire ATF
Logistics provider Owens Road Services has opened its own VOSA-approved Authorised Testing Facility (ATF), at its Riverside depot in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, following the closure of VOSA’s own test station in […]
Operators will be reported to traffic commissioners for fraudulent fuel use
HMRC has agreed a new protocol with the traffic commissioners and VOSA that should see offenders reported to the industry regulators – the TCs in respect of GB operators and […]
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Illegal trucks purged on Anglesey
Police, VOSA and other government agencies found legal or roadworthiness faults in 80 per cent of trucks they stopped in a targeted operation in Anglesey. Officers from North Wales Police’s […]
