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“Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness” has major update

As of Monday, 23rd April 2018 there is a new edition to the DVSA's "Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness" which features a number of major changes. A brief summary of the major changes is as follows: The Inspection table in Annex 4 has been updated following feedback to cover a vast range of time-based frequencies for vehicle inspections. Information related to IT systems used in Vehicle Maintenance Systems, as well as information on Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring Systems available in other…
Compliance April 24, 2018 262Views 0Like 0Comment

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The Crackdown on AdBlue Cheating Devices Yields Results

As we mentioned in a previous news post; both the DVSA and the Office of the Traffic Commissioner have been enacting a crackdown on vehicles and operators found to be using AdBlue cheating devices. Recently released figures show that between August 2017 & February 2018, nearly 400 trucks where found to have such a device installed; with the breakdown showing that that UK-registered vehicles are more likely than foreign-registered vehicles to have the devices installed. Of 4339 UK-Registered vehicles checked, 261…
Clean Air, Compliance, Legal Advice April 20, 2018 227Views 0Like 0Comment

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A Clampdown on AdBlue Cheats

In a new push against the use of emulators; devices designed to bypass or disable the AdBlue systems installed on a vehicle, both the DVSA and the office of the Traffic Commissioner have said they will take a 'Dim View' of any operator whose vehicles are found to have the devices installed. In a recent incident, the presence of such a device was the grounds for the revocation of an operators' license and the office of the Traffic Commissioner have warned…
Clean Air, Compliance, Legal Advice April 13, 2018 280Views 0Like 0Comment

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