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'Administrative mess' leads to fleet cut
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A WASTE DISPOSAL company in Scotland has had its licence cut from four vehicles to two for three months after its record keeping was described as an "administrative mess".
Alloa-based Walsh Brothers Industrial Services appeared before Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken at a public inquiry.
Cutting the licence, the TC said that the circumstances were familiar to other restricted-licence cases, where there was often an inability to fully appreciate the requirements of holding an 0-licence. There had been a series of administrative failures at Walsh Brothers, including the serious offence of running vehicles without test certificates. This was only mitigated by the fact that the vehicle examiner had found the vehicles to be in good order.
An examination of tachograph charts revealed few breaches of the drivers hours rules but numerous instances of charts being incorrectly completed.There was missing mileage and an administrative mess.
The only matter that aroused real suspicion was the absence of a tachograph chart for the day on which it was alleged that director Mark Walsh drove to Milnathort in Tayside while disqualified.
The TC found it extraordinary that the company could not find exoneration from that allegation,given its seriousness. Someone should have been able to identify who had driven the vehicle if it had not been Walsh. An operator must always be able to prove who drove a vehicle at any given time.
TheTC said she would not allow any increase to the company's licence without being satisfied that proper arrangements existed tocomply with the undertakinp on its 0-licence application.