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Haulier's repute scarce as new licence denied
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A South Wales haulier has been sad by Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon to be unlikely to gain her repute for years, rather than months, as he refused her licence application at a recent Public Inquiry.
Carol Morris, trading as Starline Express, of liengoed. had applied for an international licence authorising six vehicles and six trailers, but failed to appear at the Public Inquiry. The TO said that Morris had applied for an interim licence in April but there was no response to requests for further information.
Traffic examiner Philip Jones said that in August a vehicle examiner had seen a vehicle being driven erratically on the M4 motorway. The vehicle, which consisted of a Starline tractive unit and an empty Gloystarne trailer, was stopped at the Sam n Services at Bridgend. There was a child in the bunk and the driver's wife was in the passenger seat. The driver seemed to be unsure who employed him, All Star Transport or Starline Transport.
Enquiries with Gloystarne established from a computer print-out that between January and August of this year Morris had undertaken 406 journeys for that company. That equated to 750,000 miles for which Morris was unable to produce any tachograph records.
When interviewed, Morris had agreed that she was not the holder of an 0-licence at the relevant time, but said that she did not think it was an offence as the tractor had an 0-licence disc in the windscreen. She agreed that she had been a director of All Star Transport which had ceased trading last December. She admitted working as a subcontractor for Gloy starne using two Or
ceased trading. three vehicles. She said that Starline Express had ceased trading in August. She could not produce tachograph charts or other records as she rad destroyed them after the business ceased trading.
Gloystarne had acknowledged their genuine mistake, said Jones. The TC said Morris had operated without an 0-licence for a lengthy period, deliberately flouting the law and admitting that she was aware that there was no interim authority in force. "These are all extremely serious," said Dixon. "It all reflects on the good repute of Mrs Morris."