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Pilot scheme to give NSA stop powers
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• VOSA will be given the power to stop vehicles for roadside checks in a pilot scheme taking place across England from September.
The powers will be introduced alongside the agency's Automatic Number Plate (ANPR) technology, which uses video cameras to scan HGV number plates for Illegal operators (CM10-16 July).
Pilot schemes will be run in Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire, and Northumbria, with similar schemes following in North Wales, Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan area.
This is a huge move for VOSA, and is expected to ease the pressure on police and help crack down on unroadworthy vehicles and illegal road-users.
VOSA staff are being trained by the police to ensure public safety, and will drive patrol cars in the distinctive yellow and black Battenburg markings. The scheme has the support of the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Home Office and the trade associations.
Martin Wiles of Peterborough-based BC Wiles says the powers will hopefully remove more cowboy operators from the roads: "VOSA can carry out routine inspections as and when they want to now, rather than as and when the police want to."