Don’t lend your vehicles to any other Operators. Don’t do any favours.

In one recent case, a Scaffolding firm leant an 18t flatbed for one day to another local firm who needed a larger vehicle for a job. 

The vehicle was stopped by VOSA and the driver was found not to be using a digital card. The side mirror was also damaged and the driver accepted he had done in the yard that morning. As this vehicle was still specified on the other firm’s Operator Licence, the two prohibitions went against its licence and not the firm that was driving it. It also now runs the risk of having VOSA come in and inspect its systems due to the manner in which the vehicle was being operated and possibly. Don’t do anyone any favours.