Ensuring commercial vehicles are roadworthy is a vital for operators and transport managers. A key aspect is brake testing, highlighted in the to the “Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness,” effective from April 2025.
To comply with DVSA legislation every safety inspection will include a brake performance assessment, a laden brake test using a calibrated roller brake tester.
The DVSA expect four Laden Brake Tests per year, this means a Laden Brake Test on every safety inspection.
THE VAMAG LOAD SIMULATION HGV BRAKE TESTER CAN TEST ALL
TYPES OF VEHICLE INCLUDING:-
- Unladen Tri-axle Semi-Trailer (ULTAST) – Trailers where under normal operating conditions (more than 70% of the time) run at less than 65% of the permitted axle weights.
- Vehicles where under normal operating conditions (more than 70% of the time) run at less than 65% of the permitted axle weights. i.e. car transporters or where they are designed for that specific task.
- ADR – Only when the load is considered dangerous and specialist facilities are not available.
- Livestock carriers – Where other means of loading are not possible.
- Noxious load carriers – Only when designed and constructed for this purpose.
- Furniture removal vehicles – Only when designed and constructed as a furniture removal vehicle.
- Vehicles operating at 50% or more of permitted axle weights when unladen – This could include fixed plant, mobile libraries, compactor vehicles, exhibition type vehicles, bullion vehicles
- PSV – Includes prisoner transfer vehicles.
- Vehicles where their load compartment consists of racking, the design of the floor compartment cannot withstand the necessary load to be imposed on it, the load compartment is used for carrying food products and simulated loads would cause contamination of the compartment
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