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PSV Gate Checks: The Passenger Safety Items Your Bus Drivers Are Probably Missing
Here is something that will be familiar to anyone who manages a bus or coach operation. You hand a new PCV driver a walkaround check sheet on their first morning. They look at it, nod, go outside, and come back ten minutes later with everything ticked. You are fairly confident they checked the lights and…
Read MoreMain Differences Between Goods Vehicle (LGV / HGV) and Passenger Licensing (PSV / PCV)
OPERATOR LICENCES The differences in the licences are that there are 4 options with passenger carrying licences, whereas there are only 3 for road transport. PSV / PCV licences also have the ‘special restricted licence’ in addition to restricted, standard national and standard international. Special restricted licences are a specific licence type which allows a…
Read MoreTypes of Licences for Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) and Passenger Service Vehicles (PSV)
Like heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) there are numerous types of licences which Passenger Carrying vehicles (PCV’s) and Public Service Vehicles (PSV’s) can hold for various different reasons. INTERIM Operator Licence The same as HGV’s, an interim licence is granted to a company which allows them to commence trading before a full licence is granted. This…
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