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£467 Fines on Mobile-shop Owners
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'FINES totalling £467, with £52 10s. 1 costs, were imposed on a Reading grocery company by the borough magistrates, on Monday, for offences concerning the operation of their fleet of 15 mobile shops. In addition, 15 drivers were charged and together had to pay fines totalling £138 10s. with a further £73 10s. in advocates' fees.
The company, Baylis the Grocers, Ltd., Broad Street, Reading, pleaded guilty, through Mr. Hugh Jones, to 67 summonses for failing to keep, or cause to be kept, current drivers' records; 51 for permitting, vehicles to be driven for a _continuous period in excess of 5+ hours; 51 for permitting them to be driven for an aggregate of more than 11 hours; and nine for permitting vehicles to be driven so that the drivers did not have at least 10 consecutive hours' rest The drivers faced similar• summonses for the offences. which were said to have occurred during June, July and August last year.
Mr. A. G. Goodeve-Docker, prosecuting, said that the records of one driver showed that he started work at 9.30 a.m.
• and finished at 9.30 p.m., taking an hour for rest between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. When questioned by a traffic examiner, he admitted that he started work at 7 a.m. and took his mobile shop out at 9.30 a.m. after loading it at the depot.
On his own statement the man had driven from 2 p.m. until 9.30 p.m.71 hours—although the maximum should be 5-1 hours. The matter was serious because the records showed, in a number of cases, that no offence was being committed, whereas in fact offences were occurring day after day. It must have been apparent to any competent manager of a transport business that the records were false,. added Mr. Goodeve-Docker.
For Baylis, .Mr. Jones said the drivers were under the impression that their time started when they went out with their vehicles, and not when they actually started work. Some of them drove only 80 or 90 miles in a week. Their basic pay was £12 5s but with commission some earned £20 and £25.
It was apparent that the proceedings had been started because some local trader, who was being beaten by Baylis, had complained, said Mr. Jones. A warning by the Licensing Authority would have been sufficient, instead of summonses. The manager of the company, left the question of records to a supervisor, he added.