Director reapplies after licence revocation
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1 A PUBLIC } LIC inquirwillbe held
in Eastbourne 2,..i November al
to consider a new application from South East London business Able Skips, run by director Rufus Mauluka..
Last month, Upper Tribunal Judge Jacqueline Beech upheld the May 2010 ruling by South Eastern and Metropolitan Deputy Traffic Commissioner (DTC) Miles Dorrington to revoke Mauluka's licence as sole director and transport manager at skip hire business Cargo Carriers Transport.
In June 2009, a VOSA analysis of Cargo Carriers Transport's 52 tacho charts for the period between 3 April and 15 June 2009 revealed 126 drivers' hours and tacho infringements.
These included 40 offences of driving in excess of 4.5 hours without taking a qualifying break; 51 offences of failing to enter the correct centre field details, including overwriting into traces; six offences of exceeding 90 hours accumulated driving time in a fortnight; 11 offences of failing to use the mode switch; four offences of failing to take a weekly rest; four offences of driving in excess of 10 hours; four offences of driving in excess of nine hours; one offence of driving in excess of 56 hours weekly driving time; and five offences of using a tachograph chart for longer than 24 hours.
Mauluka had also failed to renew his category C driving licence, and had been driving the three vehicles he was authorised for without the required driving licence for two years.