Good repute is intact
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alp shire-based
haulier who was death by reckless driving has escaped having his 0-licence revoked.
North Western Licensing Authority Martin Albu said that Peter Sagar, who trades as Sagar Transport of Tarleton, was still of good repute.
Sagar was jailed for six months and disqualified from driving for two years after admitting causing death by reckless driving at Leeds Crown Court last September (CM 29 September-3 October 1990).
Ian Whalley, for Sagar, said that in June 1989 he had been driving an artic from Ipswich to Wakefield. There was a low bridge on the route and the container he was carrying was a foot higher than normal, but he had forgotten to check it.
Sagar hit the bridge, the container came off, the attic jack knifed and a motorist who ran into the tractive unit was killed.
It was accepted that some warning signs were missing and that others were covered by trees.
While Sagar was in prison, William Molyneux took charge of the business. Sagar's main contract was with Alexandra Molyneux carrying valuable loads to France.
Regulations which came into force last October stated that an operator who was convicted of serious offences automatically lost his good repute. However, the regulations spoke in the plural and here the LA was considering one offence.
Albu said that the incident had been referred to as an accident, but accidents did not just happen, they were caused. Sagar had been convicted of a serious offence and other offences had been admitted. However, there were letters testifying to Sagar's good repute and it was clearly not a flyby-night business.