Mobile compliance device
The Mobile Compliance Device (MCD) is a handheld unit that uses a computer application containing information to enable the selected targeting of Operators, based on a number of factors. It can automatically get information from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) databases including operator and vehicle details, technical records, annual test expiry date, prohibition notices in force at the time of the stop, and also details of vehicles on international journeys from previous encounters.
VOSA Enforcement Officers using the device will be able to record vehicle encounter details at the point of contact and will also be able to support the full range of Enforcement and Prohibition Notices currently issued by VOSA.
Completed encounter details will be sent via a wireless connection to a central database. This will enable encounter information to be available to all VOSA’s active Enforcement Officers
This new enforcement device will have the ability to download Digital Tachograph data from the driver smart card and Vehicle Unit to enable Enforcement Officers to analyse and enforce drivers’ hours regulations. In addition, it will validate the driver smart card by accessing the DVLA’s database of driver information wirelessly.
The MCDs are just a part of a wider scheme by VOSA to target those Operators whose non-compliance is continuous. The information taken by the examiner at the roadside using the MCD is then used to help compile an Operator compliance risk score that is used in assessing if an operator is at risk of continual non-compliance to legislation.
Page last updated: 23/01/2007