Roger Dyson is among those leading the industry's response to upcoming EU regulations that will require all new trucks to meet uniform build standards.
To save time and cut costs for its customers, the vehicle recovery trucks manufacturer is now applying to become a registered VOSA-approved Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test facility, so that vehicles it produces will not have to be taken for inspection to Avonmouth – the nearest of the five stations currently operated by the agency.
"We wanted to get an early insight as to what the practical and commercial implications of getting an IVA certificate are going to be, so we built and presented this [vehicle] conversion very early for approval," explains Mike Driver, Roger Dyson's head of engineering.
"There's a fair amount of paperwork to contend with and there will inevitably be additional costs involved, but it proved a very useful exercise in lifting the veil that's surrounded the whole issue," he adds.
"We're now much better prepared than we would otherwise have been, and understand what's required."
Roger Dyson has also played host to a meeting of REMSA – the Recovery Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers Association – at which a VOSA official outlined details of the legislation and took questions from members.
