VOSA inspector - what do they do?
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From: Mrcheerful on 14 Jan 2010 06:54 Tim W wrote: > There's been one down at Johns Cross roundabout on the A21, East > Sussex several days over the last few weeks, on the southbound side. > > He doesn't have a van, so I expect there's one parked 1/2 mile > further along the A21 and he radios ahead with descriptions to pull. > > But what's he likely to be looking for? > > Smokey exhausts - that's a obvious candidate. But as you usually > don't have to slow down below 20mph at that roundabout, it would be > hard for him to see the state of the tyres or much else beyond > extreme decrepidness. > > Not only, but if he does give you the eye, you have a choice to take > the right fork off the A21 roundabout towards Battle and there's not > much space down that road for a van + a pull-over spot. > > Just curious what they do... overloaded are easy to spot, missing lights, broken mirrors/glass, insecure loads, dodgy number plates, pykie trucks running red diesel, anything that pings on the anpr, lots of choice really, people in that job have a 6th sense of vehicles that are dodgy.
From: Kipling on 14 Jan 2010 07:28 >> >> overloaded are easy to spot, missing lights, broken mirrors/glass, >> insecure loads, dodgy number plates, pykie trucks running red diesel, >> anything that pings on the anpr, lots of choice really, people in that >> job >> have a 6th sense of vehicles that are dodgy. > > Yes - I wasn't thinking of the little things, but you're right - there is > a > lot of stuff there. > > Although he didn't appear to have any ANPR gear - in fact he seemed to > have > nothing, prolly a radio under his jacket. > If there are any fixed cameras nearby ANPR could be operating on that, or from a parcel shelf of a nearby car etc, nowadays it is only a small camera that is required.
From: Douglas Payne on 14 Jan 2010 10:45 Tim W wrote: > There's been one down at Johns Cross roundabout on the A21, East Sussex > several days over the last few weeks, on the southbound side. > > He doesn't have a van, so I expect there's one parked 1/2 mile further along > the A21 and he radios ahead with descriptions to pull. > > But what's he likely to be looking for? > > Smokey exhausts - that's a obvious candidate. But as you usually don't have > to slow down below 20mph at that roundabout, it would be hard for him to see > the state of the tyres or much else beyond extreme decrepidness. > > Not only, but if he does give you the eye, you have a choice to take the > right fork off the A21 roundabout towards Battle and there's not much space > down that road for a van + a pull-over spot. > > Just curious what they do... We used to get stopped a fair bit in Glasgow. They checked the lights, cursory emissions, operation of the brakes, obvious balljoint wear, general MOT stuff and would probably have weighed the vans if it looked like we were carrying anything. Never been pulled when in a car. -- Douglas
From: Conor on 14 Jan 2010 14:05 In article <himvg3$cpv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Tim W says... > > There's been one down at Johns Cross roundabout on the A21, East Sussex > several days over the last few weeks, on the southbound side. > > He doesn't have a van, so I expect there's one parked 1/2 mile further along > the A21 and he radios ahead with descriptions to pull. > > But what's he likely to be looking for? > Anything that will fail an MOT. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: johannes on 14 Jan 2010 14:41
Tim W wrote: > > There's been one down at Johns Cross roundabout on the A21, East Sussex > several days over the last few weeks, on the southbound side. > > He doesn't have a van, so I expect there's one parked 1/2 mile further along > the A21 and he radios ahead with descriptions to pull. > > But what's he likely to be looking for? > > Smokey exhausts - that's a obvious candidate. But as you usually don't have > to slow down below 20mph at that roundabout, it would be hard for him to see > the state of the tyres or much else beyond extreme decrepidness. > > Not only, but if he does give you the eye, you have a choice to take the > right fork off the A21 roundabout towards Battle and there's not much space > down that road for a van + a pull-over spot. > > Just curious what they do... Seen one in Slough. A WPC standing on road waving in some older cars, especially dirty ones which shows that the owner don't care. They were directed on the forecourt of a bingo hall. Looked like they checked steering slack, brakes (work or not work) lights and lamps. |