Vehicle examiners in Scotland are expected to be given powers to stop suspect vehicles for the first time in a bid to cut the number of dangerous trucks and coaches on the roads.
The proposals would give the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) more flexibility in tackling vehicles they suspect are overloaded or breaking operating or driving hours rules.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has been lobbying Westminster to change the law, which says police must accompany vehicle inspectors on the roadside lorry checks, which aim to take dangerous and defective vehicles off the road.
Now it has emerged the Department of Transport (DoT) is proposing to allow VOSA officials to carry out the checks on their own – as they already do in England and Wales.
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