The DVSA (formerly Vosa and the Driving Standards Agency) is planning to work closely with police in North Wales following an increase in mechanical prohibitions issued to non-UK-registered vehicles in the region last year.
DVSA enforcement figures for the region showed that foreign-registered vehicles were issued with triple the amount of mechanical prohibitions than issued to UK-registered vehicles between December 2012 and December 2013, at a total of 710. British trucks only recieved 215 mechanical prohibitions.
The data also revealed that the DVSA stopped twice as many non-UK-registered vehicles in the region for mechanical offences in December 2012 to December 2013 than British-registered HGVs.
Vehicle enforcement activity also increased slightly in the period, with HGV and trailer inspections totalling 2,647, up from 2,528 the year before.
Inspections by traffic examiners, which look for offences such as drivers’ hours and overloading, rose to 3,441 in the same period, up from 3,142 in same timeframe in 2012. Over 2,000 of these were foreign-registered trucks, with drivers' hours offences the main reason for prohibitions being issued.
A DVSA spokesman said the agency recently set up a second commercial vehicle unit in Flintshire, where it will be working closely with the police.
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