Topic
Operations
Vehicle checks, multi-depot fleets and the day-to-day of running transport operations.
Load security and weight compliance: what a driver and operator are each responsible for
An insecure or overweight load is a shared offence — both the driver and the operator can be prosecuted, and DVSA issues around 2,000 prohibitions a year for insecure loads alone.
18 August 2026 · 7 min readSetting safety inspection intervals that actually hold up
DVSA doesn't mandate a single fixed interval for preventive maintenance inspections — it expects operators to set one based on evidence, and to actually stick to it, which is where most PMI systems quietly fail.
9 June 2026 · 5 min readFuel and mileage reconciliation: catching the numbers that don't add up
Fuel spend and recorded mileage should broadly track each other — when they quietly stop doing so, it's usually one of a small number of causes, and none of them fix themselves.
12 May 2026 · 4 min readEnd-of-shift driver debriefs: turning a five-minute conversation into compliance data
A quick chat at the end of a shift catches things a form doesn't always draw out — but only if what's said actually gets written down somewhere it can be acted on later.
18 April 2026 · 5 min readVehicle off-road (VOR) tracking: why a defect log is only half the job
A defect logged and a vehicle actually taken off the road aren't automatically the same thing — the gap between the two is where a genuinely unroadworthy vehicle sometimes keeps running.
14 April 2026 · 5 min readWhat a daily vehicle check actually needs to record
A walk-round check that finds nothing is only a useful record if it shows what was actually checked — not just a signature confirming a check happened.
20 March 2026 · 5 min readManaging fleet compliance across multiple depots
A driver or vehicle moving between depots shouldn't mean compliance visibility resets at each site — but that's exactly what happens without a shared, organisation-wide record.
24 February 2026 · 5 min readThe KPIs a transport manager should actually track
The most useful numbers flag a compliance risk before DVSA does — not just confirm, after a stop or an audit, that something was already wrong.