Regulations on Hours "Absolutely Essential"
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THE regulations which ensure that drivers have 10 hours' rest in 24 are "absolutely essential" for safety on the roads, according to Mr. Kenneth Wood, Wolverhampton Stipendiary Magistrate. He made this comment last week after a check by West Midland enforcement officers had resulted in a series of prosecutions over hours and records.
• "I am treating these cases as being genuine misapprehensions about the law," said Mr. Wood. "But it is the absolute duty of employers to bring home to all who work for them that the regulations must be minutely observed."
' Samuel Hyde, Ltd., faced 15 summonses and were fined a total of £45, with £12 10s. costs. The partners In another concern, Edith Cooper and • Beryl Dorothy Kay, were fined a total of 115 15s., with £7 5s. costs, and their traffic manager, Anthony StanleyKay, was fined a total of £8.
Eight drivers were fined a total of £46, with £.5 17s. costs At Bilston Stipendiary court, six operators were fined following spot checks of Vehicles at Bilston and Lincoln. Charles B. Pugh (Walsall), Ltd., were fined 17, with 13 3s. costs, for using vehicles on which the steering was not properly maintained, and Frederick Ewart Lester, Sedgley, had to pay a similar fine and costs for having inefficient brakes on a vehicle.
John Leslie Riaards, Coseley, also used a vehicle with defective steering, and was fined 15 with £3 3s. costs, whilst Sidney Davies, Bradley, was fined £7, with similar costs, for having inefficient brakes on a. lorry. For running a vehicle with dangerous parts and accessories,James Norton and Son (Metals), Ltd., Bilston, were fined £10, with £.3 3s. costs. Everitt Bros. (Transport), Ltd., were fined £5, with 17 costs, for not complying with the terms of their carrier's licence.