Will have to be done using a rolling road from April next year. Decelerometer (Bowmonk) testing and 'road tests' will likely no longer be...

As featured in Commercial Motor on 29/08/24, a Devon firm had their operator's license revoked by Western Area Traffic Commissioner Kevin...

The road to public inquiry, and beyond... Goods vehicle operators can find themselves trading as normal one minute, then dealing with a...

Exemptions are available for the CAZ for businesses and SME's based in the Bradford area. Full details are available on the Bradford...

Driver walk-round checks! Important.....why? They can prevent breakdowns and prohibitions.....yes. Also, DVSA have been actively...

I've heard a variety of erroneous impressions of the forthcoming Bradford CAZ recently, including some colourful personal opinions as you...

Once again DVSA will be practicing a relaxation of enforcement from midnight 12th January to midnight 10th February. If you wish to make...

Those who have drivers that have sent licences for renewal or may be doing so shortly here’s the latest regarding Enforcement Vocational...

Let's face it, having a consultant come to your office/yard and pick through every piece of paperwork you have then clamber over your...

A re-torque is standard procedure after wheel removal by a maintenance or tyre fitter. Usually a static re-torque is performed after...

10 year old tyre ban on front steered axles in force from today - 1st Feb 2021 This will be checked at DVSA roadside encounters, with...

Applications for ECMT permits will be accepted until the deadline on 20th November. You will need a permit to move goods to the EU...

DVSA have announced that tyres 10 years or over are to be banned, and classed as an annual test failure. From 21st February 2021 it will...

A review by the EU commission has decreed a change to driver CPC to be approved by JAUPT and monitored by DVSA. This means drivers will...

Today's travels led to Bradford and a couple of restricted operators I look after. Whilst there, I struck up a conversation with another...

More and more companies operating a restricted licence, that is, moving their own goods, are appearing before the Traffic Commissioner....

HGV Annual testing is coming back.....on the 4th July. DVSA are sending in testers to ATF's with social distancing measures in place....

The current Covid-19 crisis has unfortunately given rise to more myths than ancient Greece as far as road transport is concerned! DVSA...

The % of MOT failures due to inadequate brake performance is going down, slowly, because the message is getting across. However, brake...

Anyone visiting the public counter at Leeds Traffic Area office will no doubt have seen the statistics on the wall that over 90% of both...