VOSA Traffic Enforcement

muckybutt

Here's one for you, can / are VOSA Traffic Enforcement vehicles allowed to park up on the hard shoulder or chevrons on a motorway to do camera enforcement ?

Reason im asking ? I have seen on a few occasions now a VOSA T E car pulled up on the M62 J32 west bound, first time I saw it on the chevrons between the hard shoulder and the on slip, today it was on the hard shoulder on slip.

thenudeone

AFAIK only Police Officers can operate speed cameras.

muckybutt

No its not speed camera related (safety camera partnerships arent police but they use camerasas do some village vigilanties), its more the fact they are stopped on the hard shoulders etc, the cars themself's are looking for unsafe / overloaded vehicles etc.

paddedjohn

the hard shoulder is for emergencies only, the only other time it can be used is for maintanence

Kite2010

They might be out with a ANPR camera catching any vehicles being driven without a valid MOT

Nilrem

I believe they are - they'll be covered by similar exemptions (either directly in the RTA etc, or in the traffic orders for the roads/motorways in question), I think HATO's are also exempt.
It would probably be very hard for HATO and VOSA to do parts of their job without being able to park up on the hard shoulder at times (remember these guys will have similar* training and marked vehicles to the police).
VOSA also often work in close co operation with the police which, would I guess cover them in the case that they themselves were not exempt (IE if they have an officer with them).


*Or better than some police (given that many police officers may not actually ever have to stop on the hard shoulder), training in safety on the motorways.

Stigy

paddedjohn wrote: »

the hard shoulder is for emergencies only, the only other time it can be used is for maintanence

I would imagine they'd use the raised standing that sits adjacent to the Hard Shoulder, where Police and HATOs sit.