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Lorry drivers face tough new penalties if they are caught exceeding time limits on the road. New rules mean the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will be able to issue on-the-spot fines for any drivers’ hours offences committed in the previous…

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s new online system for recording and managing MoT test results has now been rolled out to all 22,700 MoT garages across the country, with over three million tests already conducted using the new service.…

DVSA has confirmed that it will produce a series of guides concerning CV load securement. This follows a consultation with industry earlier in the year, where the Agency noted that respondents ‘were generally very positive about the prospect of some…

The Highways Agency (HA) has joined forces with the DVSA to examine commercial vehicles at the roadside. The current situation has DVSA making routine stops to check for red diesel, tachograph offences and so on, while the HA deals with…

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…

Fleet operators of trucks, buses and trailers using a privately-run Authorised Test Facility (ATF) will benefit from lower annual test fees from 1 October. However, operators that continue to use state-funded DVSA sites will see an average fee increase by an average of…