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• Dalmellington, Ayrshire-based haulier Alexander Anderson has been given a final warning by Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts over convictions and control of his drivers, just days after an earlier suspension of his licence had come to an end.
In December the TC suspended Anderson's 16-vehicle/18-trailer licence for three weeks after wires were found in four of his vehicles which could interfere with their tachographs. This resulted in Anderson and one of his drivers being convicted of using vehicles when the tachograph was not fitted in accordance with the regulations.
Anderson's appeal against that decision was dismissed by the Transport Tribunal.
He was called before the Commissioner again following four more convictions—two for overloading and two for tachograph offences recorded against drivers—and a report from a traffic examiner about a further wire being found in the cab of one of his vehicles.
For Anderson, Michael Whiteford said there was no evidence to suggest he was in any way to blame for the fitting of the earthing wires.
17 A bid for a new eightvehicle/eight-trailer international licence by ER Anderson, a company formed by Anderson's wife Elizabeth, was withdrawn.