Driven highway inspections
Driven inspections will be carried out by two officers (a driver and a highway inspector), using a vehicle with industry standard traffic safety markings for slow moving surveys and with a yellow flashing beacon on the vehicle. The vehicle will travel at a speed no faster than 15mph on non-high speed roads in order to observe carriageway defects. When inspecting on high speed roads the driver will travel at the appropriate speed in line with other traffic and without causing any unnecessary delays.
In accordance with the hierarchy or in the absence of a footway, carriageway inspections may be carried out by means of a driven inspection.
An inspector shall proceed along the carriageway identifying defects that meet the investigatory levels set out in Table 4. Any actionable defects will be processed for repair. If no actionable defects are identified on a street this will be recorded.