Evans told to prove himself
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• A vehicle examiner checked vehicles operated by John Geri Evans of Dolgau, Gwynedd after complaints about unroadworthy vehicles.
Evans appeared at a Manchester disciplinary inquiry at which he was also seeking to increase the authorisation on his licence from two vehicles and three trailers to six vehicles and three trailers.
Vehicle examiner David Rowlands told North Western LA Martin Albu that he had examined two vehicles in February, issuing one immediate prohibition, one delayed prohibition and two defect notices.
Evans handled his own inspection, maintenance and repairs, said Rowlands, but was not skilled enough to meet the required standards.
On 20 June Evans inspected a vehicle, issuing an immediate prohibition for loose wheelnuts and two defective tyres.
For Evans, John Parsons said his accounts showed that he had spent £16,938 on maintenance in 1992 and £23,004 in 1993. After Albu had pointed out that Evans had made a loss in 1993. Parsons said there had been a profit of
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£10,166 in 1992. Evans said the lass was due to depreciation on a truck he had bought for £27,000: otherwise there would have been an £8,000 profit.
Albu commented that it was still not much of a living.
Evans said that was why he was seeking to acquire two brand new vehicles, as he thought it would cost less to run them.
Part of the deal would be for the main agents to undertake the maintenance. Ile had been turning work away for the last two or three months, and that seemed a shame when he could do with the money.
lie realised that the way he had been operating left a lot to be desired and that if he was to continue he needed to get organised. He had arranged for a skilled mechanic to come over every weekend to assist him with the maintenance.
Granting one additional vehicle, but cutting the duration of the licence so that it expires at the end of December 1995, instead of at the end of January 1997, Albu said that at that stage Evans would have to prove he was operating properly.lt seemed to him that Evans had taken on a licence without fully understanding his responsibilities,