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Noon deadline for Patterson

15th June 1989, Page 25
15th June 1989
Page 25
Page 25, 15th June 1989 — Noon deadline for Patterson
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• A Dumfries haulier has been given until noon on 20 June to produce satisfactory maintenance agreements regarding his vehicles to the Scottish Traffic Area Office, or have his licence revoked.

Samuel H Patterson, who holds a licence for two vehicles and trailers, was called before Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority Ramsay Dalgety following the issue of three immediate prohibitions, endorsed neglect", and a delayed prohibition.

Vehicle examiner John Wilson said that a vehicle and trailer were both given immediate prohibitions for brake defects in a roadside check in January 1987. In October 1988, a vehicle and trailer were stopped by the police, the vehicle was given a delayed prohibition and the trailer an immediate prohibition. Patterson claimed that it was on hire from Scottish Road Services and not his responsibility.

William Patterson, father of the licence holder, said he worked for his son as a driver. The 1987 prohibitions had arisen when he had broken the red air line while reversing in extreme cold. He had been on his way to get it repaired when the vehicle had been stopped.

The tractor given the delayed prohibition in October for an ineffective service brake had just undergone a maintenance check. If a rolling-road braketester was not available, it was difficult to detect whether the service brake was working. The Scottish Road Services trailer had been used in good faith; he had not noticed anything wrong with the brakes.

However, Wilson said the brake actuators required substantial adjustment; the brakes on one wheel were totally ineffective. The excess travel should have been obvious to any competent driver.

Dalgety said that on the production of satisfactory maintenance agreements he would prematurely terminate the licence to expire at the end of the year, to see how the arrangements worked.