Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

Present laden vehicles and trailers at annu...

Sep 23, 2022Comments off

Vehicle Testing and Roadworthiness Policy Specialist Richard Clements, explains what is involved and why vehicles and trailers should be presented for test laden. Testing a

DVSA: Trailers tested in May & June 20...

Aug 18, 2022Comments off

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that some trailers fitted with Knorr Bremse Electronic Braking Systems (EBS) may have been incorrectly tested

Wheely-Safe

Wheely-Safe technology receives DVSA recogn...

Aug 08, 2022Comments off

Wheely-Safe’s latest generation wheel loss detection system, which combines brake and hub temperature monitoring with an intelligent TPMS, has become one of the first products

Truck driver and tachograph

DVSA opens smart tachograph remote interrog...

Aug 05, 2022Comments off

“Game changing” tachograph sensing technology that can identify if an HGV driver is flouting tacho laws without the vehicle being stopped is being trialled by

Driver getting instruction on how to tow a trailer

RED Driver Risk Management is inaugural mem...

May 20, 2022Comments off

RED Driver Risk Management has been made an inaugural member of the Government’s new safe towing scheme, intended to give businesses accredited training for drivers

A pile of paperwork

Essential fleet safety report delays puttin...

May 18, 2022Comments off

Holman is calling on the fleet industry to work together to tackle delays in receiving compliance paperwork for inspection, servicing, maintenance, and repair (SMR) work.

Trucklink EU Secures DVSA Earned Recognition Accreditation

Trucklink EU secures DVSA Earned Recognitio...

May 03, 2022Comments off

Trucklink EU is proud to officially become an ‘exemplary’ operator in the UK’s palletised freight distribution sector having been accredited on the DVSA’s highly prestigious

DVSA Roadside Checkpoint

Revised guidance on categorisation of vehic...

Apr 21, 2022Comments off

Revised guidance on how the DVSA will categorise vehicle defects in roadside checks has been published today, 20 April 2022. This guide outlines the actions

HGV axle

Maintenance investigations assessment guida...

Apr 08, 2022Comments off

Following feedback, the Maintenance Investigation Visit Reports (MIVR), which DVSA carries out to ensure operators have the right systems and facilities in place to maintain

CRS truck

Truckfile lays the foundation for CRS to ac...

Feb 24, 2022Comments off

CRS Building Supplies has joined the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s Earned Recognition scheme, with the help of Truckfile digital fleet management systems. The Somerset-based