Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 26/11/08 at 09:38 PM |
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Who to speak to to clarify SVA / IVA requirements?
What's the best avenue for getting something in the IVA clarified? I'm not convinced that the entry in section 31 RE visibility is very
clear, in fact in my opinion it doesn't make any sense. I've not had much feed back from the members here, so where next?
Should I contact VOSA for an explaination? 
EDIT: This is what I'm struggling with....
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=101182
[Edited on 27/11/08 by Jesus-Ninja]
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wicket
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| posted on 26/11/08 at 11:46 PM |
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There is a technical (engineers not admin staff) help line currently for SVA who may be able to help. Don't have the number to hand at the
moment but I will post it tomorrow morning.
I used them a couple of times during our build and found them very friendly and helpful, they will even fax you details/diagrams if appropriate.
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 06:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wicket
There is a technical (engineers not admin staff) help line currently for SVA who may be able to help. Don't have the number to hand at the
moment but I will post it tomorrow morning.
I used them a couple of times during our build and found them very friendly and helpful, they will even fax you details/diagrams if appropriate.
Many thanks! That would be most helpful 
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 06:31 AM |
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The man to speak to is your local SVA tester. I had several conversations with Byron at Exeter to clarify a number of queries and he not only was very
helpful he encouraged contact on the basis that it saved everybody time. He derived no pleasure in failing a car and so it made sense to be sure of
conformity on as many points as possible before the test.
John
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iank
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 09:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by John Bonnett
The man to speak to is your local SVA tester. I had several conversations with Byron at Exeter to clarify a number of queries and he not only was very
helpful he encouraged contact on the basis that it saved everybody time. He derived no pleasure in failing a car and so it made sense to be sure of
conformity on as many points as possible before the test.
John
Don't think the SVA testers have been trained up in the new IVA requirements yet - there was some kind of shutdown around change-over where that
was going to happen IIRC.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 09:48 AM |
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Anyone point me in the direction of a copy of the SVA doc (draft would probably do), to see what that says about visibility. If it's the
same blurb, then I should be able to get the same advice from a local tester.
Hopefully my visibility issue is not that huge, and can be overcome by temporarily raising the seat though
EDIT: Oh, and has the IVA been set in stone then? If so, is the non draft version available?
[Edited on 27/11/08 by Jesus-Ninja]
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 10:05 AM |
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SVA didn't have a section on Forward Visibility.
To my knowledge although the consultation period is over the final version of the IVA manual has not yet been published. I would wait until it is
before getting too worried about anything as there will almost certainly be changes.
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wicket
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 10:23 AM |
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SVA technical help line 01792 458888
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 11:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
SVA didn't have a section on Forward Visibility.
To my knowledge although the consultation period is over the final version of the IVA manual has not yet been published. I would wait until it is
before getting too worried about anything as there will almost certainly be changes.
Hmm, but I don't want to stop building to wait and see...
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 12:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wicket
SVA technical help line 01792 458888
It might have been when you lst rang it!
"Hello, VOSA"
"Hello, I'd like to speak to someone to clarify something in the IVA"
"The what"
"The IVA"
"No idea what you're talking about"
"The Individual Vehicle Approval"
"Never heard of it"
"Umm.. it's supposed to be replacing the SVA"
"So you want to speak about the SVA?"
"erm... ok..."
And weirdly, if you ring any of the SVA centres they list, they all go through to the same automated switch board!
Still, managed to find out the man who is dealing with the IVA, and left him a voice mail.
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