Junction 9 there’s always a Vosa man parked on the hard shoulder (Isn’t that illegal to start with? Hard shoulders are for emergences only? ) Anyways… I have to go past him every time I have to get back to the yard, I seen him a few times take off and grab a lorry. But I have been told you don’t have to follow him? You can carry on and ignore him. And if Mr Vosa man decides he wants you he has to ring the police and they will get you further up the road? Police ■■■■■■ thing.
Is this a Myth or true.
Eagerly awaiting your reply, Cause I know the jumped up “cough c… cough” will pull me 1 day.
forever_cruising:
Eagerly awaiting your reply, Cause I know the jumped up “cough c… cough” will pull me 1 day.
Apart from the link that Rob has given you, I can tell you that VOSA have had the power to stop trucks without the police being present for around five years.
If you fail to stop when ordered to do so by a properly marked VOSA vehicle, the offence is dealt with in a similar fashion to you having failed to stop for the police, ie, it’s fairly serious.
In this case, ignore Rob’s or my advice at your own peril.
forever_cruising:
Eagerly awaiting your reply, Cause I know the jumped up “cough c… cough” will pull me 1 day.
Apart from the link that Rob has given you, I can tell you that VOSA have had the power to stop trucks without the police being present for around five years.
If you fail to stop when ordered to do so by a properly marked VOSA vehicle, the offence is dealt with in a similar fashion to you having failed to stop for the police, ie, it’s fairly serious.
In this case, ignore Rob’s or my advice at your own peril.
From April this year VOSA also have the power to stop vehicles in Scotland & Northern Ireland. They do not need to stop vehicles for a weight check or because of defects, they can randomly stop any vehicle without police presence or an official checkpoint. The reasons for this are to check paperwork discrepancies and cabotage
forever_cruising:
Eagerly awaiting your reply, Cause I know the jumped up “cough c… cough” will pull me 1 day.
Apart from the link that Rob has given you, I can tell you that VOSA have had the power to stop trucks without the police being present for around five years.
If you fail to stop when ordered to do so by a properly marked VOSA vehicle, the offence is dealt with in a similar fashion to you having failed to stop for the police, ie, it’s fairly serious.
In this case, ignore Rob’s or my advice at your own peril.
From April this year VOSA also have the power to stop vehicles in Scotland & Northern Ireland. They do not need to stop vehicles for a weight check or because of defects, they can randomly stop any vehicle without police presence or an official checkpoint. The reasons for this are to check paperwork discrepancies and cabotage
■■■■! Was looking forward to carry on driving whislt waving to them
forever_cruising:
Eagerly awaiting your reply, Cause I know the jumped up “cough c… cough” will pull me 1 day.
Apart from the link that Rob has given you, I can tell you that VOSA have had the power to stop trucks without the police being present for around five years.
If you fail to stop when ordered to do so by a properly marked VOSA vehicle, the offence is dealt with in a similar fashion to you having failed to stop for the police, ie, it’s fairly serious.
In this case, ignore Rob’s or my advice at your own peril.
From April this year VOSA also have the power to stop vehicles in Scotland & Northern Ireland. They do not need to stop vehicles for a weight check or because of defects, they can randomly stop any vehicle without police presence or an official checkpoint. The reasons for this are to check paperwork discrepancies and cabotage
■■■■! Was looking forward to carry on driving whislt waving to them
You’ll just have to save that pleasure for the checkpoints, such as the one on the A55 outside Holyhead or the one at the top of the M6. No need to pull into them if it is only the signs saying ‘Enter Checkpoint’ and not a copper or VOSA officer directing you in.
forever_cruising:
■■■■! Was looking forward to carry on driving whislt waving to them
You’ll just have to save that pleasure for the checkpoints, such as the one on the A55 outside Holyhead or the one at the top of the M6. No need to pull into them if it is only the signs saying ‘Enter Checkpoint’ and not a copper or VOSA officer directing you in.
I wasn’t aware of that but in any case if they’re sat on the bridge over the A55 and you drive past whilst the sign is on you’re likely to get turned round further up the road when they catch up with you
forever_cruising:
■■■■! Was looking forward to carry on driving whislt waving to them
You’ll just have to save that pleasure for the checkpoints, such as the one on the A55 outside Holyhead or the one at the top of the M6. No need to pull into them if it is only the signs saying ‘Enter Checkpoint’ and not a copper or VOSA officer directing you in.
I wasn’t aware of that but in any case if they’re sat on the bridge over the A55 and you drive past whilst the sign is on you’re likely to get turned round further up the road when they catch up with you
Only if they really want you, otherwise you just carry on. Those are pretty targeted checks there so if you don’t fit their target you won’t get bothered. This yellow signs with the black writing on them have about as much legal standing as a sign pointing the way to a Butterfly farm, you don’t commit an offence by ignoring it. If they really want all trucks to leave the A55 they would have to put No Truck signs, the round ones, on the main carriageway or have an officer at the foot of the slip directing you.
The checkpoint was open yesterday and as usual I just carried on, at which point the vehicle on the bridge came after me which was the first time in about 4 years of ignoring the yellow sign, the follow me light came on, and we turned at the next junction and went back to the checkpoint. I had a plain white trailer on with my usual white unit, with the small DHL stickers on the doors. When we got to the checkpoint I was all ready for a nice big argument if he started saying I should have stopped but had the wind swiftly removed from my sails when the first thing he said was - Sorry about that mate, I didn’t realise it was one of you lads, I’m used to seeing you with your liveried trailers on." So no argument, nothing checked, no mention of not following the instruction on the sign and I was on my way in less than a minute.
Last Wednesday I went through, with one of our yellow sign written trailers followed by one of our agency drivers, who is a member and poster on here, who was pulling a plain trailer like I had yesterday. The VOSA vehicle was on the bridge but he just ignored both of us as we continued on to the port. A lot of trucks don’t pull in and they don’t go after them all, usually it’s the foreign ones they chase.
Thats a good job really, because Stirling Cattle market signs are always on, HGV vehicles must pull in. The only time I have gone in is to sleep overnight
) Anyways… I have to go past him every time I have to get back to the yard, I seen him a few times take off and grab a lorry. But I have been told you don’t have to follow him? You can carry on and ignore him. And if Mr Vosa man decides he wants you he has to ring the police and they will get you further up the road? Police ■■■■■■ thing.
Was looking forward to carry on driving whislt waving to them 
