Vehicle Testing and Driving Hours
The Act made changes to the MOT vehicle test. Previously vehicles had been liable to annual testing ten years after first registration. This was reduced to three years from first registration. The Act also introduced maximum driving hours for goods drivers, and also allowed the introduction of the tachograph to record driving periods, despite the resistance of the trade unions, which called them 'the spy in the cab'!.
Read more about this topic: Transport Act 1968
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