| Label | Content |
|---|---|
| Meeting: | MQT on 22 October 2014 |
| Session name: | MQT on 22/10/2014 between 10:00 and 13:00 |
| Reference: | 2014/4050 |
| Question by: | Darren Johnson |
| Organisation: | City Hall Greens |
| Asked of: | The Mayor |
| Category: | Transport |
Question
Bus defects (1)
In your answer to my question 2014/3136, you state that since the recall date "there have not been any serious bus accidents in which foot brake failure has been a factor according to TfL's monitoring of investigations." Can you confirm that there have not been any VOSA inspections since the 2008 recall where they have required buses to be immediately taken off the road for inspection as they are concerned about this issue?
Answer
There is no link between the recall notice process and the routine practice of bus inspections across the UK by VOSA (now the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency).
Any licensed operator of buses or heavy goods vehicles can be checked in this way and must satisfy the DVSA as to the maintenance standard of its fleet to continue operating.
More importantly, no investigations of serious bus incidents in London have identified foot brake failure as a cause.
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