Operators are being urged to check their brakes after more than one in ten lorries stopped by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were mechanically defective and around a quarter of the defects found affected the brakes of the vehicle.
The latest figures published by the Fleet Compliance Checks (FCC) survey gave an idea of the number of unsafe lorries, trailers and buses, both British and foreign, using Britain’s roads. Some of the FCC’s findings include:
More than one in ten vehicles had a defect serious enough to warrant a prohibition (a DVSA order to fix the issue quickly or immediately)
Since 2011, there has been a rise in the number of serious prohibitions for things such as steering and brakes
Brake defects are the most common defect across all types of vehicle, across both foreign and British vehicles.
As a result of the findings, the DVSA is urging all vehicle operators, transport managers and driver to check their brakes, regularly, as part of their overall maintenance programme, to ensure all vehicles are safe to drive.
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The DVSA’s chief executive, Gareth Llewellyn, had this to say: “DVSA is committed to helping you keep your vehicle safe to drive. Brakes that don’t work, particularly in something with the weight and power of a lorry, can devastate families and their communities. So it’s disappointing that a minority of operators are still not performing effective checks. If we catch you with brakes that don’t work we will take your vehicles off the road to ensure the safety of the travelling public.”
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