Transport for London and London Councils are moving forward with plans to improve road safety in London by making changes to London’s pioneering Direct Vision Standard (DVS) based HGV safety permit scheme, following the decision made by London Councils Transport and Environment Committee.
London’s HGV safety permit scheme, first introduced in 2019, requires all operators of HGVs weighing more than 12 tonnes to apply for a free safety permit to operate in London, regardless of its DVS star rating. An HGV’s DVS star rating is based on how much the driver can see directly through the vehicle’s cab windows of the area around the vehicle where collisions are most likely to take place.
