A commercial vehicle, as with any other vehicle, must be roadworthy at all times when being used on the public road. Commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing (CVRT) is only one component of the preventative road safety measures we need to have in place in order to ensure safer vehicles on our roads.
I appreciate the requirements to be met are onerous and should be kept under constant review.
Given that the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the CVRT, I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.
The referred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.