After many years of use in England, Scotland and Wales the BrakeCheck decelerometer has been approved for use on commercial vehicles in Northern Ireland.
Richard Lee Compliant and Enforcement Manager of the DOE in Northern Ireland has recently accepted the use of a decelerometer for heavy goods inspection sheet brake testing.
Richard stateded: “I can confirm that a decelerometer may be adequate for checking brake efficiency on some vehicles especially if it
is linked to a printer and a record of the brake test can be recorded. This would be consistent with our Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness which has a section (5) detailing safety inspection and repair facilities.”
The DOE is now advising commercial vehicle operators, commercial repairers and in house workshops to complete regular inspection sheet brake test.
BrakeCheck will conduct a service, secondary and parking brake test with ease and store in its memory for later printing via PC or portable printer.
