VI is wooing private testers
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• The Vehicle Inspectorate is putting forward a number of measures designed to encourage commercial organisations to break into vehicle testing and enforcement work.
The VI's 1993/94 business plan promises to make it more attractive for operators to run their own commercial vehicle testing sites. The plan also invites firms to bid for clerical sections of enforcement work.
But both initiatives are dismissed by industry observers who predict a lack of interest for the projects.
The consultation on testing at operators' sites will focus on reducing the requirements at private sites "with the aim of reducing them to the minimum needed to guarantee a proper test in a safe environment".
It will also look to develop a different fee structure for test. ing at operators' premises. The agency's plan also invites outsiders to bid for several newly tendered sectors, including legal and casework services. This involves putting up for grabs the jobs of 25 staff currently involved in clerical work compiling prosecution files against hauliers.