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VOSA is to get £24 million extra to help clampdown on foreign goods vehicles operating across Britain illegally - 12th May 2008

Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick announced last week that a further £24 million would be made available for tougher checks on foreign goods vehicles driving across Britain.

This move will be welcomed by road safety campaigners with the high number of foreign goods vehicles which are involved in road accidents on the UK's roads.  The extra funding will be used to open up two more Vehicle and Operator Service Agency (VOSA) enforcement sites along with a 50% increase in the number of checks that are carried out.

HGVs form overseas are more likely to be unroadworthy, overloaded or have a driver who has exceeded his driving time than their UK counterparts according to enforcement figures which puts them at greater risk of being involved in an road accident. VOSA is acquiring better technology with the use of weigh-in-motion sensors which can detect over laden HGVs and number plate recognition to track vehicles that have a poor record of compliance.

Prohibitions where vehicles are prevented from continuing until faults are rectified are expected to double, and with around 97 extra staff being taken onboard, it all points to reductions in road accidents on the UK's roads which involve foreign goods vehicles.  


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