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Number crunching
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Far be it from Commercial Motor tc criticise a 26% increase in the number of vehicle examiners and a 13.5% jump in traffic examiners. But before we all get carried away by the percentages let's look at the figures. Divide the 289 vehicle examiners currently employed (according to Transport Minister David Jamieson) by the Vehicle Inspectorate into the 410,200 CVs over 3.5 tonnes operated (according to NOP research) on Britain's roads. The ratio, according to the CM calculator, is one vehicle examiner for every 1,419 trucks. Similarly, divide the 185 traffic examiners into the 52,600 0-licensed companies in Great Britain and you get one TE for every 284 operators. Given those figures, can we ever hope to resolve the problem of illegal operation in the industry? Frankly, we doubt it—because 474 people, no matter how dedicated, simply can't be expected to handle all the roadside checks, site visits and silent checks necessary to remove the "enemy within". If the DoT really believes the VI is fielding a big enough team to deter the industry's bad apples it's deluding itself Once upon a time people thought impounding was too Draconian, but it's generated the biggest rush in 0-licence enquirie5 in years. Effective enforcement is all about resources— pounds and people. We've hardly reached that point yet with the Vehicle Inspectorate.