A good section of our work force are dedicated to Enforcement activities, for these we often work with the police. During these enforcement activities we use a stopper car pictured to the left of this image to guide Heavy Goods Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicles and other vehicles types into dedicated stations typically equipped with a weighbridge. We then inspect the driver, vehicle and operators license to ensure there are is no infractions.
We do our enforcement work to ensure that potentially dangerous vehicles are spotted, removed from the road and the operators financially penalized, this ensures that our roads kept safe.
Some of the vehicles we come across are incredibly dangerous and should not be on the road under any condition and pose a serious threat to the public, for example if a lorry fully laden at 44t were to have its breaks fail at the top of a hill nothing can stop it.
What we look for on an enforcement stop is similar in nature to what we look for in an MOT test. Here is highlight of what we look for
If something seriously wrong is found the DVSA have the powers to;