Encore Drives to Compliance

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) have confirmed that from the 6h June they will be charging £80 for the release of immobilisation devices. The Road Safety (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 2009 granted VOSA the powers to immobilise a vehicle for any reason, but to date VOSA has not requested this payment.

The operating instructions to roadside examiners direct that the vehicle should be immobilised in all instances if the following circumstances prevailed.
• Drivers’ hours prohibition with a fixed penalty severity value of £200. Although this does not include '45 minute break' prohibitions
• Overloading prohibition where the vehicle is overloaded beyond design weights
• An immediate roadworthiness prohibition
• Any prohibition for an unpaid deposit
• Any other prohibited vehicle where either there is intelligence that the operator’s vehicles have previously absconded or the behaviour of the driver lends to a belief that they intend to abscond

Recognising this, Encore Driving has developed an on-line time management system that allows clients remote access to driver’s working time through a web portal providing absolute peace of mind that their contingent workforce is working legally.

“Compliance has to be a priority for transport companies.” states Kim Blackburn, Encore’s Senior Divisional Manager for Transport & Logistics “This innovative approach offers our client’s ‘real time’ access to a detailed working hours report, therefore ensuring compliance and added peace of mind.”

“The system calculates the driver’s working time average including Periods of Availability and any work reported to us by the driver that is completed elsewhere. It then uses a traffic light system to clearly outline where a driver is about to exceed or has exceeded any working averages.”

For further information please contact one of the Driving team on 01162 423604, 02476 238336, or click here to email.