Hauliers have been issued with more than 600 prohibitions by the Industrial HGV Task Force in London for having un-roadworthy vehicles since the unit was launched late last year.
The task force is a joint venture between Transport for London (TfL), the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and the police.
By March of this year the task force had stopped 1,512 vehicles, of which 410 (27%) were deemed to be satisfactory.
Poor vehicle condition and mechanical defects are the biggest problems facing enforcers as they increase their attention on the construction and waste sector.
Drivers hours’ breaches were the second biggest problem, with 450 prohibitions and verbal warnings issued.
Of the 19 vehicles seized by the unit, 15 were HGVs, with 12 involved in construction and waste.
TfL have said that a number of cases have been submitted to the Traffic Commissioner for offences relating to drivers’ hours, insecure loads, roadworthiness infringements and driving without the required Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence).
The task force has prosecuted one haulier after one of its drivers was found working without the required CPC and TfL have commented on the sources of their intelligence which include the use of ANPR data, operator history, Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) work and ad hoc intelligence. The task force’s activities are focused on vehicles involved in the construction and waste industry due to their representation in cyclist fatality and seriously injured statistics.
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