DVS 2024 Ready DAF Tractors

Darren Leeming, National Sales Manager for Dawsongroup truck and trailer, shared some insight into the introduction of the new Direct Vision Standard vehicles.

“Our ambition is to help operators get ready in time,” said Darren. “With any legislation changes there’s always a temptation, given all their other pressures, to leave things until nearer the start date. However, with such a major potential impact on our customers, we wanted to get ahead of the game and demonstrate what we can offer them on contract hire, lease or rental. With these vehicles now ready to go on the road, operators can save the high capital investment costs of outright purchase by using any of our acquisition options, or simply trial the vehicles before making any final decisions. What we refer to as our ‘Try before you buy’ strategy.

“We know everyone is working on this – they have to be! Manufacturers are producing DVS ready trucks and supposedly simple fixes are available in kit form for non-compliant vehicles. However, we foresee genuine business-damaging potential for operators from bottlenecks in supply and fitting: we want our customers to be clear of those dangers.”