Trailer Load Safety Guidance Confirmed By DVSA Conflict about load restraint on curtain-sided trailers and bodies appears to have been resolved by a change in policy at the DVSA. The agency has now accepted that loads carried inside curtainsiders built to the European Standard EN 12642-XL do not need internal load restraint because the body and curtains are strong enough to contain the load. Until…
Truck Brake Test Earlier this year the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) published a revised version of its Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness. Although the guidance advises that a ‘calibrated roller truck brake tester‘ (RBT) is used on each safety inspection, the DVSA also accept the use of an approved and calibrated decelerometer like the aide automotive BrakeCheck to carry out the three additional tests…
Truck Fuel Spillage From 1 September 2014, the DVSA has vowed to take a ‘more robust approach’ to commercial vehicles with defective fuel systems. Following a Highways Agency (HA) report on the effect of diesel fuel spills on the road network, the Department for Transport (DfT) has asked DVSA to review the sanctions issued at the roadside for vehicles with defective fuel tanks and systems.…
Tipper Truck Firm Fined £10,000 Over Tipper Truck Injury Swindon Civil engineering company John O’Flynn Developments has been fined £10,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured by a reversing tipper truck at a building site. Reversing is often the cause of vehicle damage or human injury. Fines have been issued to transport operators for employee injury and high costs in repairs for simple…
Diesel Theft Alarm With GSM Text TankGuard Now Sends A Text Message When Your Fuel Is Not Safe. TankGuard The Ultimate Anti Fuel Theft Alarm for Commercial Vehicle Fuel Tanks. TankGuard is the latest product to protect diesel from aide automotive, this new fuel theft alarm will sound once a filler fuel cap is removed or a Diesel Thief tampers with the tank. The Diesel Theft…
aide automotive promote Truck Fuel Theft Prevention Protecting Truck Fuel Tanks can be as simple as fitting an Anti Siphon Device, anti siphon devices are simple to fit, taking no more than a few minutes, with no drilling or gluing to a fuel tank. Haulage firms across South Tyneside are being warned to be on their guard for diesel thieves. Police have been informed of a…
A lorry driver making deliveries to Marks & Spencer was left red-faced after tearing down part of a wall. He became stuck reversing into the back of the Brighton store yesterday morning and struck the wall. When he moved forward again, it collapsed. Bob Higham, who lives in Regent Hill, where the accident happened, claimed lorries caused numerous accidents in the area’s narrow streets and…
Keep Commercial Vehicles Roadworthy - Truck Brake Test Poor Truck Maintenance A False Economy Figures released by VOSA may show a rise in HGV annual test pass rates, but far too many of the lorries and commercial vans in operation in Britain today are below the general roadworthiness expected by VOSA. That’s the view of Paul Hassall, operations director of Stoke-on-Trent-based commercial vehicle contract hire…
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100 Wheels From Trucks Stolen In Feb 2014!! For commercial vehicle fleet owners and operators, wheel and tyre theft is the one thing they can’t afford! Trucks and their component parts are increasingly being stolen for their value as scrap and recycled materials. UK authorities have warned the road haulage industry that almost any part of a truck from side panels and catalytic converters to wheels…