Official guide to keeping lorries and trailers roadworthy
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DVSA's guide to maintaining roadworthiness sets the inspection, defect-reporting and record-keeping standard expected of goods vehicle and trailer operators. It remains the reference document behind operator compliance checks.
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- Source organisation
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Original date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Published by us
- 17 Sept 2026
Pallet News publishes a short original summary only. Copyright in the original update remains with the publishing organisation.
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