if your fleet of vans is under a "vehicle operators licencee" then your where to have a 6 weekly check of all vehicle that are under the licencee, also a daily check is a must and any defeat must be recorded on a check sheet,a hgv driver would have to show that he taken the time for a inspection at any working day,by other work mode on a tacho(fitting a tacho and driving straight off shows he never done checks"
as must of you dont fall or operate under a "vehicle operators licence" then the above doesnt or didnt effect you,but common sense tell you to do a daily check as a driver is liable if anything wrong,Vosa will not except the boss said its ok to drive
the reason i said doesnt or didnt effect you is that in pass life as transport manger which was how it was over 13years ago.,things may have changed a bit so not 100% but this could be why your all getting cross reference about it all