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TC trims licence after boss is 'a bit lazy' about repairs
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A North Wales operator who appeared at his second discipli nary inquiry within three years over poor maintenance has lost the use of one of his vehicles for seven days.
PwIlheh-based Jonathan Williams-Ellis, trading as Glasfryn Hire holds a licence for seven vehicles and one trailer. He had been called before the Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon at a Flint disciplinary inquiry having appeared previously in July 2000. Vehicle examiner John Brown said that he had carried out a maintenance investigation in October without prior notice, following the issue of an immediate serious prohibition to a nontestable trailer for a series of brake defects.
He examined three vehicles, issuing one immediate prohibition and two inspection notices. The prohibited vehicle had an air leak from the second axle offside brake chamber, which was plainly audible from the driver's seat.
Brown said that since September 1999 one delayed and four immediate prohibitions had been issued to Williams-Ellis' vehicles and trailers. Three of the immediate prohibitions had been issued since the previous Public Inquiry.
Recent inspection records had been kept by the maintenance contractor without copies being sent to Williams Ellis. The drivers reported defects verbally and no record was kept. He said WilliamsEllis appeared to have been "a bit lazy" and needed to be in control of the vehicle maintenance.
Williams-Ellis said that drivers had now been issued with defect books. The drivers worked a lot on construction sites and the vehicles tended to suffer damage but drivers were instructed to go to the garage and get any problems fixed straight away Over the last 1B months he had upgraded several of the vehicles.
Accepting that there had been a lack of supervision, Williams-Ellis said that the intent had always been to maintain his vehicles and trailers properly.
The TC commented that intent and hard work were not sufficient. He had to judge by results. Cutting the licence to six vehicles and one trailer for a week, the TC said that he felt that there had still not been enough effort put into maintaining the vehicles and trailers in a good condition.