Covid-19 Questions

GoSafe continues to enforce in key locations and routes to ensure the roads are safe for all essential road users. By ensuring we do not see a rise in collisions or injuries, we can help reduce the pressure on our colleagues in the NHS as they dedicate their time and effort to saving the lives of patients suffering with the Covid-19 virus. 

The process is still in place and if possible you should ask for assistance to get the forms returned. 

If you have any concerns regarding your particular case please contact our Central Ticket Office: 

https://gosafe.org/contact-us/general-enquiries/

Due to the current coronavirus situation, all physical classroom courses remain cancelled/closed and have been replaced by Online/Virtual Classroom Courses.

You can book a virtual course regardless of which police force in the UK offered you a course – just follow this link to the booking site – https://offer.ndors.org.uk and choose a course provider to book online.

The DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) are extending MOTs for 6 months. 

Any vehicles that have an MOT due on or after 30/03/2020 will be automatically extended for 6 months. 

The DVSA will update the MOT on the vehicle record 5 working days before the expiry date. If you have any further questions around MOTs please contact: enquiries@dvsa.gov.uk 

However, as restrictions are eased when safe to do so, all drivers whose car, motorcycle or van is due for an MOT test from 01/08/2020 will be required to get a test certificate to continue driving their vehicle.

Drivers with an MOT due date before 01/08/2020 will still receive a 6-month exemption from testing. However, all vehicles must continue to be properly maintained and kept in a roadworthy condition, and people are able to voluntarily get their MOT sooner should they wish, even if they are exempt from the legal requirement. Motorists can be prosecuted for driving an unsafe vehicle.

For more information please visit the DVSA website.

All across Wales, we have seen speed of traffic increase during lockdown conditions. This has a specific impact on road safety, and causes great concern to the public.  We use intelligence from a manner of sources, including our police and highways authority colleagues in order that we can make sure people are safe on our roads and protect key workers and the NHS.

Since lockdown, all community speed watch activity was stopped in order to comply with social distancing. With the easing of lockdown measures our volunteers were eager to return to their speed monitoring and recording activities in their communities as a result of increased speeding in their communities.

All Community Speed Watch operations must adhere to Welsh Government rules and guidance relating to the prevention and spread of the coronavirus.

All volunteers must also agree to further guidance and requirements set out by their local Police Force relating to social distancing, hygiene and sanitisation and the use of PPE equipment.