Sunshine ‘Tyres’ Officers at St Clement road check

At a sunny St. Clement road check, in which 272 vehicles passed through, defective tyres were the main problem. One small commercial vehicle was impounded, nine drivers were issued with defect notices, and a further three drivers have to produce their driving documents at St. Clement parish hall.

Between 9:30am and 11:00am on Tuesday 2 June 2009 officers from Driver and Vehicle Standards (DVS), Customs and Immigration and the Honorary Police of St. Clement conducted a road check outside St. Clement parish hall.

A small commercial vehicle with corroded bodywork and oil leaks was impounded. Nine other drivers were issued with defect notices requiring them to present their vehicle at DVS with defects rectified. Three of the vehicles had defective tyres that need to be replaced. Other defects include steering, bodywork and lighting.

Customs and Immigration officers sampled fuel from 33 vehicles. All were found to being running legally.

Two drivers have to notify DVS of a change in the vehicle details and one driver has to notify their parochial authority of a change in driving licence details. Three drivers have to present their driving licence and insurance at St. Clement parish hall.

Inspector of Motor Traffic, Alan Muir commented, “The good weather contributed to a good natured check that highlighted a fairly mixed bag of vehicle defects. Whilst the majority of defects were towards the minor end of the scale, it was concerning to find that three drivers needed to replace worn tyres; such an easy thing to check but so vital to road safety."

A great way to ensure road safety, would be nice to see Guernsey Police doing something like this...

They certainly used to do this and regularly checked over HGV's and goods / commercial vehicles, often down by Mont Cuet or at Bulwer Avenue.


Much cheaper system than introducing the MOT.... What do you think?


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Cheaper Dell but hardly effective.Even if they stop 300 a day 50 weeks a year it still leaves 2/3rds unchecked?

The recent court cases in the press really highlight this. A tractor with only 3 wheels had been circulating for months before it was caught and was found to have many other serious faults when examined closely.

bug1 wrote:Cheaper Dell but hardly effective.Even if they stop 300 a day 50 weeks a year it still leaves 2/3rds unchecked?

Blimey, I didn't realise we had 315,000 vehicles on our roads!!

Are we the only jurisdiction in the world with 5 vehicles for every man, woman and child?

The MOT system is flawed in England. Sell a car and know a garage owner or a garage owner struggeling financialy and pay the man in cash, here is your certificate.

Generally as a regular traveller in the UK I am in favour of the MOT because the speeds are so much greater. On Jersey you will average between 20 to 30 MPH. The cars in daily use, are also seriously newer, and lower mileage due to shorter trips. To bring the MOT to the channel islands would be just another stealth tax.

I can live with the odd road check, it gives non-jobs something to do, they like to go out in the sun, but not the rain, never understood the diesel dipping though, a waste of time.

BB

[quote="boatyboy" never understood the diesel dipping though, a waste of time.

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Using Red Diesel (Duty free) on the roads does the Goverment out of tax,
and it is surrprising how many people like not to pay tax