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  • Commercial vehicles: wheel maintenance

    Information leaflet on wheel maintenance on commercial vehicles.

    • From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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  • Weighing vehicles for enforcement: consolidated code of practice

    Guidance for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) examiners conducting vehicle weight checks.

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  • Heavy goods vehicles: weight limits

    Maximum weights for different heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) depending on the vehicle type and number of axles.

    • From: Department for Transport and 1 others
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  • MOT inspection manual: HGVs

    Inspection processes and standards for lorry, trailer and other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) MOT tests (annual tests).

    • From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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  • Maximum length of vehicles used in Great Britain

    Guidance and advice about legal requirements relating to the maximum length of vehicles used on public roads in Great Britain.

    • From: Department for Transport and 1 others
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  • Vehicle operator maintenance investigations

    The areas that are looked at during maintenance investigations to check that vehicle operators have suitable systems, facilities and arrangements.

    • From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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  • Carry out HGV daily walkaround checks

    What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.

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  • Tyre defects and damage: HGVs, buses and trailers

    Examples of how tyre defects and damage on heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), buses and trailers will be dealt with at roadside inspections and MOTs (annual tests).

    • From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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  • Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) for light trailers: help to get a pass

    How to avoid the top 10 reasons light trailers don't pass the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection.

    • From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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  • DVSA email alerts

    How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.

    • From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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  • Use of tyres aged more than 10-years on goods vehicles, buses and coaches

    The law on the use of tyres on steering axle or axles of affected goods vehicles, buses, minibuses and coaches on Great Britain's roads.

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  • Using abnormally large or heavy vehicles on the road

    How vehicles which are outside the normal dimensions and weights usually allowed on the road ('special types') can legally be used on the road.

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