Pulled By DVSA… AGAIN! But this time it was different | Weight Check & Infringments… 

Good that you work for a company that keeps their trucks well maintained and take driving hours seriously.

When DVSA say you have a clean truck that is credit to you and no defects proves your company keep on top of service schedules and repairs when needed, keep up the good work, really enjoy the content in your video's.

I stumbled across this video but I was very impressed with how polite and helpful you were. Credit to you as a professional driver.

You kept your cool and handled the situation really well, even though you lost a chunk of time. Very professional in my opinion. I'm not a lorry driver myself, but was impressed with your patience and helpful attitude. Nice one

As a transport admin for a small haulier, this was great to see taking place. You just gave me a better understanding of how the process can be for a stop. Well done on having nothing they could pull you on, but I'm not surprised as your cab from the camera looks spotless.

Your manners were impeccable, I can imagine it would be frustrating being stopped but you drive a good safe truck. Fair play to your company too. I'm pleased to see lorries are being checked like this. I often see some that look very questionable to say the least!👍

Honestly just be pleased this happens. It is not harassment if you get inspected every few months. It means that the roads are safer for everyone. The more cowboys they find and punish the better it is for legit operators and the public in general.

I was under the impression, from when I drove coaches, that there's apparently a database of checks and the more green ticks you get the less likely you are to be pulled. The company I worked for had been going for about 50 years and always had green ticks (they took maintenance very seriously) so we almost never got pulled. That's how I understood it anyway. So hopefully they start ignoring you when they see you because they'll know you're all good.

Hi James , we know that you keep your cab clean mate , you are a great example to the trucking industry , have a great week and stay safe and drive carefully , wishes to you and the family 👍👍👍🚛

Never been pulled by the DVSA myself. Probably because I work nights and they're not as active. But it is nice that they treat you with courtesy and vice versa.

my first and only stop with DVLA (?) as it was in those days, was at Carmarthen heading out to Tenby in a 608 Mercedes van. The van was 10 days old for that year in September and they went over it like it was 40 years old, the tyres still had the pips on them as this was it's first trip. Speaking to the copper whilst they checked it, i said to him "have you seen the reg, it's brand new" he looked at the front and spoke to the DVLA guy whose face immediately went bright red, needless to say it passed and i was on my way.

Such responsibilities ! An unknown world to me. I greatly admire the confidence, patience, knowledge. And then, there's the responsibility of driving in very narrow roads which I've been watching, too, which increases my admiration most of all.

This came up in my suggested videos and it was really interesting to watch. So many videos similar to this on RU-vid these days are so negative whereby the RU-vidr is argumentative with an over inflated ego but you’ve shown respect to everyone you’ve come into contact as well as showing ‘behind the scenes’ of something that the general public wouldn’t usually see. Spot on video mate, really informative and a pleasure to watch! Thank you for your service! 🚛 Subscribed 👍🏼

Thanks for your service James, and keeping things moving in these hard times

It was good to see a pleasant exchange by all involved.

As an ex dvsa vehicle inspector and an ex artic driver, nice to witness the polite way in which you handled the vehicle stop, at the DVSA we always said the first rule in the book was drivers attitude, I was always polite and explained things to the driver and was always clear and concise, the only thing that really annoyed me was finding loose wheel nuts, as there is no excuse, the driver can clearly see wheel nuts on their walk round daily check, and when I was working as a driver, whilst the vehicle was unloading I would do another walk around check and never received a prohibition notice or a defect notice on any of the vehicles I drove

All good for you mate, good luck for the future 👍 myself I stopped driving hgvs last year had enough of the hassle. Nice relaxing life now driving open top tour busses, and I love it 😀

Brilliant video mate. It’s good to see they didn’t find anything wrong with your truck. That’s what happens when you look after your truck and have a good employer who fixes things straight away unlike some company’s out there lol 😂. Keep the videos coming. Take care 😊

You handled that well,calm polite and gave them no reason to be cocky with you ...well done your a proper driver!

Nicely handled, you give a good impression of your company.

When I was a young police officer (not traffic, just an ordinary copper) I had an international haulage company on my patch. I got on really well with the owner, who used to encourage me to visit, drink tea and learn about how all the regulations worked etc, as many officers are nervous around HGV's. His point of view was that he ran a very tidy and legal operation and was pee'd off at the many cowboys around in those days, trying to undercut him by skimping on maintenance and cheating on hours etc. He was always happy for his rigs to get stopped by us or the ministry, so long as we'd do the same to his competitors. It was great to see your attitude, although you're always going to be apprehensive.

there doing their job keeping your truck well maintained with regular checks, making safe the the road ways to you and the public, and a good company that makes sure that your truck is 100% fit for the road..

A brilliant demonstration of how to look chilled, while not feeling it: definitely a lesson for me there!

Pleased for u mate handled it like a boss! Safe travels 🙏🏽❤️

True professional and how it should be dealt with. Well done James 🤙🏻 Only been pulled in once and it’s defo a clenchy bum moment 😂

Well done James…..exactly how you should treat the guys, be polite and helpful, and they will make it as painless as possible they are just doing their job at the end of the day…..you got through it with no issues…..👍👌🇮🇲 ps and a complement on how tidy the truck was , bonus 👍

First video I've seen from your channel and very professional and kind to the staff. Very interesting to see how it works behind the scenes having known a few drivers. Earned a sub!

Great videos and can't believe that you got pulled again thanks for up loads James.

Well done. You clearly maintain a clean tachograph and a good vehicle. I did too. I left the industry when I decided the rules were insane. European short haul pilots have less paperwork, a much more pleasant working day & VOSA haven't learnt to fly yet & never will.

What a cracking little video !....thanks

Full credit to your company for their attention to maintaining the vehicle and to you for your professionalism in dealing with the DVSA.

We have the R,S,A here in Ireland and we all hate getting stopped by them because they seem to always pull you at the worst time

Years ago, I was pulled in at the St. Croix scale in Minnesota twice in one week by the same officer. She said the second time you were prepared, I said yes, you pulled me in last week. Oh, she said, "Have a good day, and off I went," no inspection, lol

They are trying to keep you safe , I worked on a site where they were checking the lorries from eu and some of the lorries did not even have a trailer brake working over and over again , good one mate

What a professional. Handled that really well. Top guy. You got yourself a new subscriber

I have heard of a lot of horror stories but most of the time they are friendly people just like you James. Have a good one mate

Great to see these checks being done and even better to see a pass. Good job everyone.

Great to see excellent young drivers hope this encourages more young people to take to the road great video 👍👍👍

Great video, subscribed! Becoming a truck driver was always at the back of my mind, but now I don't need to, I can just watch your videos 😃

As a new pass class 2 driver myself, this is the most worrying part of the job. Thankfully, I only do local driving in a 15t dustcart, so the likelihood of being stopped by DVSA would be very rare. It is still a concern though. Safe travels James and enjoy.

Nice to hear dvsa praising you for a clean lorry,as a mechanic myself for a utility company its always a pleasure to work on a clean vehicle which in my work of line is very rare!! I remember having an incident with vosa many years ago coming back to bristol after collecting a broken down landrover mewp from the m5 at weston in our iveco eurocargo recovery lorry.she explained why i was stopped and that they will check the vehicle over.i replied with " no problem but please checkmit thourerly as its in for plating next week"! She walked away and came back and said " are you plating it then" and a swft yes answer was deployed to which she said " im not doing your job for you so carry on"!! And yes the lorry was in for plating the next week!!

James man I don't even know anything about trucking but I respect the hustle and your enthusiasm, keep at it dude

Credit to you, and credit to your firm, for keeping the vehicle in good order so that IF there was a problem it would be yours. Splendid Throughout.!

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how to deal with the authorities. From an Aussie truck driver I’m giving ALLLL the thumbs up!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Happened to me whilst driving a coach once, although it was a joint DVSA/Police operation, so I got "Follow Me" from a police car into Membury services. The Traffic Sergeant - who I greeted with a polite "How can I help you" - stated they were targeting coach drivers today because the HGV drivers felt that there was an unfair bias away from coaches. My co-driver and I (long days work) helped the officers from both organisations however we could, were consistently polite and helpful, and as a result, I got words of advice for a couple of tacho cock-ups, along with a "and don't let me catch you making those mistakes again", before being sent on our way, the coach having been given a clean bill of safety. With DVSA and the police, you tend to get what you give....

love your videos, not a trucker but your personality is just great such a genuine person.

love your professionalism!

5:00 he's draining the air tanks to see how quickly the compressor builds the pressure back up to, should be 3 minutes until the warning goes off at around 5/6 bar which is plenty of time. 6:25 now he's checking for air leaks. Suppose to really check the lights with the vehicle running since the truck will run electricity straight from the alternator to run the electrics so if the alternator is defective you might get dim, inop or flickering lights

I got pulled in there! 2 tyres needed replacing. I got lucky though as the tread pattern was really weird and it took three of them and alot of internet searching to determine they were not up to scratch. They wouldn't let me go until they got replaced but no fine!!

It’s great keeping people safe and all. But it doesn’t matter where your coming from or going. Fair play for just being chilled though.

Loved the video, gave me a good insight into what they do if you get stopped, just hope I never get stopped that just looked so nerve racking 😬

We couldn't see all of your truck but a clean and tidy cab, sharp haircut, documents in order and a clean hi-vis gets my vote; I often used to assess (correctly) what our sales reps were like by the way they kept their cars.

This is one of the very many reasons I left the HGV industry, too many harsh rules and laws and I worked for a company that didn't take action on the defects I documented, which would have meant my licence was at stake. If only the Gov applied the same gravity of rules to those in Parliament we might be ok but no they weight is put on the shoulders of people like you and I.

interesting video, i am learning to get my class 2 so it's noce to get a glimpse of DVSA patrols and procedure

Very interesting video james👍🏻keep them coming buddy 😊

Doesn’t matter how well maintained your equipment is it’s always nerve wracking.

love how polite you were to them, I expect they get a load of abuse but just doing their job at end of the day.

Hi James, I am quite interested how they do everything lol just saw your channel and my dream job is like driving a truck so its kind of cool to see this keep up the good work and save travels.

Really well done sir, You are a most exellent and polite person.

Nice to see, safety on the road is big priority in UK! they are just doing their job! Safety first!

Think they're ramping up their operation tbh, got pulled by dvsa the other week and I only work in a standard van, took us to a side road and there was about 5 other vans pulled being checked. Crazy

I’m surprised they didn’t do a brake test (the bumpy things at the end) That base used to be the MOT station for HGV’s, got some bad memories of that place 😂

Tamar Bridge is a main point. You have Camborne, Plymouth and Exeter in SW. DVSA often set up mobile check sites at Sourton, Carland Cross, Fraddon and Temple (Bodmin Moor). They are out fairly often in sleepy cornwall. Fair play to you mate, everything smooth and grand. Safe n happy trucking 👍🏽🚛

Its nice to see Agaton Fort still being used for something, and well done for passing everything

I'm doin my cat C+E 95 licence in Austria (I'm a Londoner but live here). It seems like all we do is learn about what we'll get fined for! Not really sure I wanna be a driver anymore. Lorry drivers are literally the lifelines of a country and get treated like sh*t! The police try their best to fine you where they can. Spoke to one guy who's been drivin for 20 years...he pays about 100 - 300€ fines on average a month! They wonder why there's shortages!! Nice vid mate

Looks like they were pulling construction industry vehicles, which lets say , have a reputation.

This was such an insight 😮

Fascinating stuff! My ‘thing’ is steam traction and heavy freight; RU-vid suggested this vid in my feed and I’m really glad it did! It’s got you another subscriber

In 4.5 years, I was never pulled by VOSA once. Still refused to drive anything which could be argued as having a PG9. As others have said, you seem to be in a good position in terms of how your company handles defected vehicles.

Just imagine the outcry if car drivers got subjected to random checks this often.

I'm sure that was nerve-wracking James. I felt nervous for you just viewing! However, you always seem to be so thorough that I'm not surprised that you sailed through, but good for you mate.

The DVSA love you down there mate, congrats on recently hitting 5k Subs,

You treated them with great respect James well done they are only doing there job at the end of the day. This is where a lot of people go wrong there is nothing to be gained by getting shitty with authority

Funny how it’s all the foreign trucks that come over that cause all the accidents!, they never pull them!

Hi James, great video! I felt nervous for you watching the whole thing 😂 Ive subscribed!

Your patience is commendable!

The first two checks they did were the most important. Professional and courteous driver knows what he's doing - check. Nice clean cab, well organized, documentation there and in good order - check, kudos to the James and the company he works for. The one thing I do find surprising is that they don't do routine alcohol and drugs tests on the drivers as part of the inspection.... seems like an obvious thing to do for professional drivers.

Hey James. Really good to see your video and preparing me for if and when I get pulled. How long does it take for them to do all the mechanical and tachograph checks?

Nice to have a positive stop!

Well, this video came up in my recommend - worked at the Tescos near there for many years and never knew about that DVSA site!

In Vietnam the driver of the vehicle does not assist in any part of the vehicle test, and so does not increment his self It the vehicle that's tested in the hand s of the testers. This is because there are so many rogue transport firms who in the past put all the blame on the driver. But if the driver reported a defect, he was told to drive or lose his job.

As a car driver I never knew how you were supposed to know police were flashing their lights for you and not someone else, or just to tell you to get out the way. I've drawn in to the side and slowed down to let them pass and they've been furious I didn't stop. I've said to them I thought they just wanted to get past me quickly to get to some criminals. Btw...I've never had any criminal record for anything, driving or otherwise.

What a wonderful young man, you are a credit to your company

What a nice, happy & positive video 🤘

Well done James on a clean visit again,your a great example for any young drivers watching.😂 you handle being pulled very well. I don’t know what all this bad talk about the dvsa is?🤣they seem nice in your neck of the woods. All this pulling is not going to do your channel any harm, maybe you could get them to sponsor one of your videos 🤣🤣

Interesting to see a different way to do it back in the UK. Norway's road authority have multiple bases along the main routes, and when they go active they turn on big signs indicating that all vehicles over 3.5t MGW have to go through. Most get a weight check, and tacho check (being local they know a lot of the local firms and drivers, so they also have a good idea which forms keep their wagons in top notch condition) Of those picked for a more in depth check (more like you had, although often on a brake test roller too) the reports they post show about a 60-70% rate of infractions meaning a fine/prohibition. It's sometimes scary to read how many trucks come across the border in mid-winter without the legally required winter tyres and chains. You can also guess who it is has to get pulled out the ditches on the mountain roads.

Very professional and courteous by all parties and good to know it is helping to keep dodgy vehicles off our roads.

Great vid James- always wanted to know what it involved and a sneak peak inside the old fort 👍

I used to be a dvsa inspector - glad to see that the hgv community can be positive about the whole thing. I was always fair and kind but got some right shit back from some of them. Whats funny is when he does the inspection, my routine kicks back in lmao! Brain screaming « parkbrake offff Footbrake onnnn And offf Parkbrake on » Fyi, the reason they pulled you is probably the fact it’s scaffolding related. A lot of those companies run ragged things trust me. If these stops continue to go well they should see the o license and reduce stopping activities. « Clean in here for a scaffold truck » I would also suggest removing the camera mounts prior to inspection depending where they are mounted, i’m guessing window sucker near piller? As much as I let people off, it only takes one jobsworth for it to be deemed an obstruction and a failure criteria (although i haven’t read the book in ages, could have changed) this would be why he mentioned the « non standard equipment » I once hopped in a vehicle Hopped right back out and went « anything you wish to remove from the windscreen before i get in? » lmao This was a fun watch for me cheers james

pretty cool how they just give you a free mechanical checkup

I have only been stopped twice ( once in a 7.5 ton and once in a Citroën relay ) . Both times it was lights, weight and a few mechanical checks, tacho on the lorry too. 15kg over weight in the citroen, but they didn't care too much. There were plenty of vans having to remove items before they were allowed to leave and they had to call friends to take their extra load away...

Nice to see you in Plymouth and a Liverpool fan good man

You and your company must be doing something right James twice and twice no issues 👍

This is why i,m a Decorator and not a truck driver ,anybody pulls us and you get a mouthful !

You handled that very well. It's not nice getting pulled but the alternatives are worse in the longrun.

It's good to see this,every country should do it!

I was pulled on my return by ferry after my first trip away but it was a checkpoint not a car. Had one infringement but the guy was extremely reasonable because I was only a Class 1 driver for a few days he let me off with a warning. 2nd time was also a checkpoint but I was shipping and lifting this time and was without a trailer and was only to do with the trucks Ops License, turns out the vehicle wasnt registered so my company got blamed. It's scary because you know you done nothing wrong but if they find something you missed then you yourself are in bother.

I assume the 5 minutes is just, while it is a violation of drive/rest time, it is more within reason if you get caught in the middle of something out of your control, compared to people who actively and purposely break it by several hours. So all in all there will always be some leeway of understanding. Keep up the good work James, lovely seeing out n bout! Just passed my Class 1 final eval yesterday, so I'm takin a day off the celebrate before pushing hard to get a class 1 job somewhere nice. Still haven't figured if I wanna do long hauls yet tho but would be cool to do some eurotrips just for the experience.

Great attitude.. its says a lot about how you tackle life l….it’s gonna happen so why get pissed about it.. make the best of a bad situation..🙏

Well all I can say is yr the calmest trucker out there !! It's a stressful job n so much onus is put on the driver to make time warp to suit the company !!! Those DVSA guys must get some stick .. no banter from the guy with the beard doing checks .. despite you being so courteous