vosa

[tranny van man]

set off to work this morning, picked 3 others up set off again and got stoped by vosa, i pulled in the gararge and they started ripping in to my van checking everything and what they found was stuped they got me on a loose battery, oil leak from engine, and load sensingvalve stiff in operation, and not aloud to carry any load or passingers and 30 min to gat home bit harsh i think, all they was pulling was transits? they slaped me with a roadworthiness prohibition notice witch now i have to mot the van get the notice stamped and also take them to the police station what a set of w****rs.

[FredTransit]

Did you get a PG9 or delayed? Yes, that is a bit much, the last thing we had to do with a load sensing valve it was leaking and only 2 months after the test. They gave us a delayed, but wanted a full test (not that it mattered, as we knew the rest was all good, ahhaving just passed). I don't think they give out 'fix it' tickets in the Met area any more.

[tranny van man]

yea a pg9,pg9b, and a pgdn35 all a load of sh*t theres nothing rong with the valve (wd 40), and the oils not an mot failer batterys done steps done mot tomorrow at 12 .

[madmark]

b*stards , they havent got nothing better to do!

[FredTransit]

We had a PG9 for oil leaks (that was ALL they could find too, on a Mk2). I waited a decent 2 days, popped straight down to our favourite Class 7 without doing anything, and the van passed without a problem. I took the new MOT to the police station with the PG9 form, and they knew less that I did about what to do with it.

[Neil]

if your van has a current mot issued by a garage then they stop you and rip you to bits whats the point in having a mot done the fine for driving round with no mot at all is 240 quid tempting eh

[bortaf]

The same happened to me, got stuck with a load on at fleet services
Took the new MOT in along with the pg9 and they didn't know what it was took an hour for the desk jocky to find an on duty officer to find out what to do

[jonnyshag]

set off to work this morning, picked 3 others up set off again and got stoped by vosa, i pulled in the gararge and they started ripping in to my van checking everything and what they found was stuped they got me on a loose battery, oil leak from engine, and load sensingvalve stiff in operation, and not aloud to carry any load or passingers and 30 min to gat home bit harsh i think, all they was pulling was transits? they slaped me with a roadworthiness prohibition notice witch now i have to mot the van get the notice stamped and also take them to the police station what a set of w****rs.

isaw you get pulled inn i was behind you

[Andrew-v4]

And you did'nt stop and help Vosa gave a pg9 on one of our trailier's
at work for defective brakes last month. They told him he could'nt drive it
back so he left it in swindon services, then our company de-hired it

[cad69]

That's disgusting. Do you guys live in a police state or what! What does Vosa stand for anyway? Think I'll stay in Oz.

Cad

[chrisuk]

In all fairness VOSA is a good thing but sadly in life their is those who will abuse this power they think they have, the best bit of all this I have never seen them check wheel bearings when they do spot checks on the roadside, we see trucks loosing complete wheels all the time with devistating results, pity most of them dont really know why they are doing the job, about a year back I took a 8 wheeler tipper in for its MOT, he failed it on a steel air pipe that was slightly dented, he said it could blow, I through my toys out my cote and went ballistic, manager came over and he agreed it was a bit extreme to fail on such a small issue, but yes I do think they are there for a reason, you want to go to africa and see for yourselves what are death traps and then you'll change your mind, also I feel MOTS should be carried out every 2 years like France, Spain, Im not sure on other EU countries, also if the MOT is done every 2 yeras then I feel owners would look after them better as the uncertainty factor sets in, failing you looking after it then you deserve the biggest fine going if they fail it on critcal spot check parts, ball joints, brakes, steering etc

[FredTransit]

I have to say, that if you know you are running a bad/dangerous motor, you deserve all you get. BUT, when they pull a 20 year old motor in, you can SEE they are DESPERATE to find something wrong. I have also been pulled by traffic police and even had them tapping the wheel nuts, only to fing the only thing wrong was a rear tyre at low pressure. The thing is, with a working van, you just don't have the time to argue the toss, you just get on with whatever they say is wrong and get the paperwork done.

[tranny van man]

taken my van in for mot today it passed with fiying colours nothing rong with any of it took my new style mot in to police station along with my vosa crap they didnt no what to do with it finaly after an hour she came back with a pink roadworthey slip and off i went a lot of fannying about, but shows you just how much they no. what van was you in john white transit mine was the blue minibus with blacked out windows.

[jonnyshag]

i was driving an artic blue reault with p+o trailer

[madvanman]

That's disgusting. Do you guys live in a police state or what! What does Vosa stand for anyway? Think I'll stay in Oz.

Cad

VOSA is Vehicle & Operator Standards Agency.