We risk losing the best Vasa inspectors
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MAY I FIRSTLY say how sorry I feel for the people who work for Vosa in the present uncertain conditions (CM 30 November). There is nothing worse than trying to do a good job while being undermined and demoralised by one's own employers.
As a vehicle owner/operator, I think most Vosa employees try hard to do a good job. I've always been treated fairly by them. It takes experience and discretion to be a good vehicle inspector.
But I see disaster on the horizon.The privatisation of the agency along with giving it the power to issue fixed penalties, shows the government has a clear objective of turning Vosa into a pure revenue-raising agency.
These changes will,1 believe, lead to the loss of its most experienced employees who will find themselves unable to carry out their inspection and testing duties as at present and seek other employment or early retirement.
That will leave the way clear for the next generation of'inspectors' who will be no more than the equivalent of our dampers, sent out in the morning with a book of tickets to get rid of by the end of the day James Taylor Willingdon Eastbourne