DVS Compliance: Direct Vision Standard for London Fleets | Zerity

• DVS Compliance: Direct Vision Standard for London Fleets
• What operators actually have to hold
• What software can and cannot do

# DVS Compliance: Direct Vision Standard for London Fleets

Quick Answer: DVS compliance means an HGV over 12 tonnes has a Transport for London safety permit before it enters most of Greater London. The permit depends on the cab’s star rating or on an approved safe-system kit. A courier van under that weight is outside the scheme.

If you run trucks into London, the permit is an operating condition, not a blog topic. If you run car-derived vans for a DSP, this page is so you do not buy the wrong control.

# What operators actually have to hold

• The vehicle’s DVS star rating, or evidence of the progressive safe system where the rating is too low
• A valid HGV safety permit for the dates the vehicle will be in London
• A way to show which vehicles are in scope, so a 3.5 tonne van is not treated like a 18 tonne rigid

TfL publishes the current rating rules and the permit process. Follow that source when the scheme changes. This note will not stay more current than TfL.

# What software can and cannot do

No driver-compliance platform files the permit for you. Zerity can hold the document expiry next to the vehicle and the driver who is assigned to it, inside the same driver compliance software file as the licence check. The permit application stays with you and TfL.

Truck and workshop systems such as Truckfile publish more of this HGV material because that is their market. If your fleet is last-mile vans, read the Truckfile alternative page before you adopt a workshop suite to solve a van problem. If London HGVs are the fleet, DVS belongs in a maintenance system, and Zerity is the driver file beside it, not a replacement.