One of those VOSA peeps?

No Highways agency , civvie RPU they cover minor RTC's broken down vehicles etc , we have them here on the M6 they are pretty busy bee's

Look forward to hearing about the job and how it is similar yet differs from that of a police officer in traffic. By the way, are the highways agency the ones with the 'clear' lightbars which are in fact yellow/amber LED's when illuminated?

Thats right mate

I'will be based on the M25 in Kent

Good luck to you , looks like a decent crack tis about 18k up here so a bit more darn sarf methinks

ahhhh,



so what do VOSA do then? I see them going around a lot in battenburg vehicles with amber lightbars?

Think VOSA is who I was getting confused with then in my earlier post unless of course they both use the same lightbars

VOSA mainly deal with the road work side

Really?

Got this off the VOSA website:

VOSA is the merger of the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) and the Traffic Area Network (TAN) division of the Department for Transport (DfT). We have approximately 2,500 staff, 1,700 of which are based at our operational locations across Great Britain. The aim of the agency is to contribute to the improvement of the road safety and environmental standards, and to the reduction of vehicle crime.

VOSA’s customers include:

* The Road Haulage and Public Service Vehicle (PSV) industries;
* Trade associations;
* Vehicle manufacturers;
* MOT garages; and
* The public.

VOSA works with the Traffic Commissioners to:

* improve road safety and the environment and safeguard fair competition by promoting and enforcing compliance with commercial operator licensing requirements;
* Processing applications for licences to operate lorries and buses;
* Registering bus services;
* Operating and administering -*test*-('")ing schemes for all vehicles, including the supervision of the MOT Testing Scheme;
* Enforcing the law on vehicles to ensure that they comply with legal standards and regulations;
* Enforcing drivers’ hours and licensing requirements;
* Providing training and advice for commercial operators; and
* Investigating vehicle accidents, defects and recalls.

The bits I've put in bold seem to suggest they have a traffic-type role?

VOSA are the Vehicle Operating Standards Agency basically they are the roadside bods who check a vehicle is roadworthy , dip fueltanks to check for red diesel that sort of thing

So they do have a kind-of traffic role then?

Yeah which they do at the roadside in police checkpoints etc , however i believe recently they have been given powers to stop vehicles themselves

The ones you are onna about mate are the staff that acompany the police to do the checks

Ahhh, glad I've got that sorted in ym head now!

PMSL

How do you think I feel, I have to get my head round all this from scratch lol