A post on Facebook shared over 1,000 times shows two pictures of securing points for HGVs, claiming that they will be “illegal” by September due to a “new VOSA rule”.
VOSA refers to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, which was replaced by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in 2014.
The DVSA told Full Fact that there was no truth to this post whatsoever.
There is lots of guidance on securing loads but legal securing points have not just changed in this way, as the post claims.