Hi, My driver was pulled by vosa today and received pg9 on a trailer tyre. The severity is D. non- steered axle tyre tread worn, beyond legal limit, nearside, axle 3, bandvulc, 385/65/22.5r, unknown.
It allowed to drive the vehicle until this sunday. I will need to make appointment to official testing station by partial inspection. The driver is a trumper. Does it mean that I will need to change the tyre and show it to vosa to take the prohibition away. Thanks,
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.
Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
Isn’t all the numbers and information you need on the paperwork given to your driver?
Also, why was he allowed to continue until Sunday if it’s illegal? (Or have I misunderstood your post)
bazstan009:
Find an MOT test centre for a heavy goods vehicle (HGV), bus or trailer - GOV.UK
thanks,
m1cks:
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
Isn’t all the numbers and information you need on the paperwork given to your driver?
Also, why was he allowed to continue until Sunday if it’s illegal? (Or have I misunderstood your post)
Hi, There was no number on it. The guy from vosa said that I have exactly 4 days to change the tyre and present it to official testing center.
m1cks:
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
Isn’t all the numbers and information you need on the paperwork given to your driver?
Also, why was he allowed to continue until Sunday if it’s illegal? (Or have I misunderstood your post)
Tyre worn below legal limit is only immediate prohibition on a steer tyre. Delayed prohibition on non-steered (that’s what the D relates to).
Don’t want to have a big finger wagging session at he OP but driver defect reporting needs looking at and something like this ought to be sorted if it doesn’t look like the tyre’s going to last until the next inspection.
Running them down to 1mm is an economy not worth making and suspect this one was nearer 0 than 0.9mm as you’d have had the benefit otherwise.
syva:
m1cks:
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
Isn’t all the numbers and information you need on the paperwork given to your driver?
Also, why was he allowed to continue until Sunday if it’s illegal? (Or have I misunderstood your post)
Hi, There was no number on it. The guy from vosa said that I have exactly 4 days to change the tyre and present it to official testing center.
I undrstand that but I can’t see them allowing a vehicle with an illegal tyre to leave a checkpoint without it being changed. was the tyre actually legal but close to the legal limit?
Tyres would be a fairly black and white area for prohibitions - either they’re legal or they’re not. It they’re not then it shouldn’t be leaving a checkpoint. Also, why is your driver not pushing to get it changed asap? It’s him that gets points and a fine.
syva:
m1cks:
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
Isn’t all the numbers and information you need on the paperwork given to your driver?
Also, why was he allowed to continue until Sunday if it’s illegal? (Or have I misunderstood your post)
Hi, There was no number on it. The guy from vosa said that I have exactly 4 days to change the tyre and present it to official testing center.
You can only go on using the trailer for 4 days after that you must stop unless the PG9 is removed. You need to be ringing ATFs/test stations to arrange an appointment asap though if you can’t risk the trailer being off the road.
Own Account Driver:
m1cks:
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
Isn’t all the numbers and information you need on the paperwork given to your driver?
Also, why was he allowed to continue until Sunday if it’s illegal? (Or have I misunderstood your post)
Tyre worn below legal limit is only immediate prohibition on a steer tyre. Delayed prohibition on non-steered (that’s what the D relates to).
Thanks OAD. Didn’t realise that.
If it were to be pulled by the police and not DVSA then they’d still have the power to issue a fixed penalty/prosecute so why would operator and driver risk it?
m1cks:
I undrstand that but I can’t see them allowing a vehicle with an illegal tyre to leave a checkpoint without it being changed. was the tyre actually legal but close to the legal limit?
Tyres would be a fairly black and white area for prohibitions - either they’re legal or they’re not. It they’re not then it shouldn’t be leaving a checkpoint. Also, why is your driver not pushing to get it changed asap? It’s him that gets points and a fine.
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See my other post they’ll let you go with it on a non-steered.
Yes if the police were present/involved with the roadside check the driver could have got points and fine.
syva:
bazstan009:
Get on the case with booking, may be able to cut it depends on the tyre, else yes change and present.Hi, I will send the driver to tyre fitter tomorrow to change it. Do you know which number I can call to make appointment? I was trying to google Official testing station but nothing really comes out. Thanks,
How involved are you with this ‘transport company’ ? This is pretty noddy stuff for someone who should know about these things. Do you not know who or where you local test station is?
As an ex-driver working in the transport office I received a call from a dustcart driver telling me a policeman had stopped him in the middle of town and told him his n/s rear other tyre was illegal. The driver checked the tyre infront of said PC and it had 7mm across more than two thirds of the tyre but it had some scrubbing along the edge which is the way with dustcarts… PC clueless made the driver call out the tyre company and get the tyre changed. If memory serves he issued a notice which intimated the said driver would be hearing from him, so I collected the tyre and took it to the VOSA testing station along with the paperwork from the friendly plod to be proven right as the nice VOSA man said it was legal and the tread covered more than two thirds of the tyre he also said that he would speak to the police for me.
On a separate occasion I was stopped at a checkpoint and my tachometer was checked by a foreign VOSA inspector to be told I had broken the law, I was three hours into my shift! We proceeded to the hut where three British inspectors were drinking tea to be told it’s ok he’s a trainee so we can talk to the foreigners. Two sides of the coin helpful and not so.
It will need to go to an ATF or a station for either a partial or full inspection not just a case of checking the tyre