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Pugh cuts Jones licence
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• Bridgend haulage firm Ralph Jones Transport has had the duration of its licence cut because of vehicle maintenance problems. South Wales licencing authority John Mervyn Pugh said he was worried about negligence in the upkeep of Jones's five vehicles — something that would not have hap pened if there had been a proper maintenance system.
Asked about a vehicle given an immediate prohibition for a brake defect after it was involved in an accident in Cardiff, owner Ralph Jones said that, because the whole brake drum was cracked all the way round the drum continued to turn, even though the brakes had been applied. He agreed that when his other four vehicles had been examined later the same day, one immediate and three delayed prohibition notices had been issued.
Jones said the five vehicles concerned, all ageing Scammells, had been sold and had been in the process of being replaced.
Curtailing the licence, so that it expires at the end of December 1989, Mervyn Pugh said he wanted a flow chart system introduced to regulate inspection of the vehicles. Drivers should also be taught the importance of reporting defects, and should keep a daily record of any faults, handing it in at the end of each day. The situation would be reviewed at. the end of 1989 and, if the company's maintenance procedures were satisfactory the licence would be renewed for the full five years.