Invincible fined in its absence
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• Elmesthorpe, Leicestershirebased Invincible Haulage was fined 21,980 by .)aventry Magistrates, when it ailed to appear to answer a ieries of allegations concerning he running of vehicles without in operator's licence, in an unvadworthy condition, without nsurance and without test :ertificates. The magistrates igreed to hear the charges igainst the company, and two if its drivers, John Graham and :olin Byerley.
Statements from police offic!rs and Dip traffic examiners were read to the court. It was iaid that on 7 May 1988, a vehicle was stopped while carTing stone. No 0-licence disc was displayed and the driver was Edward O'Neill.
On 20 March 1987, an ERF iriven by Graham was found oroken down on the M1 motorway. No excise licence or 0Licence identity disc was displayed. The test certificate had expired in January 1987. The vehicle examiner stated that it was in poor condition. The engine could not be started. The recut offside front tyre had not been cut to the manufacturer's recommended pattern. The offside rear parking brake of the tractor unit was inoperative, and the service brake on the third axle of the trailer was maladjusted, it was said. Chassis crossmembers had broken away and the spare wheel carrier bolts were loose.
On 11 August 1988, a broken-down Mercedes artic, driven by Byerley, was discovered in the Watford Gap Service Area. No 0-licence identity disc was displayed. Tachograph charts produced were of the wrong type for the truck's tachograph. Two charts had double traces, having been left in the tachograph for over 24 hours. On 26 November 1988, a Daf artic was found broken down in the nearside lane of the motorway. No 0-licence disc was displayed.
Police went to the registered office of the company at 14 Station Road, where they interviewed company secretary Susan Caroline O'Neill. When asked whether the company had an operator's licence, she said it had been applied for_ Statements were also read concerning a vehicle driven by Graham which was stopped on 31 July 1988. It was said that the vehicle was owned by J & E O'Neill. No excise licence or 0-licence identity disc was displayed and serious defects were found.
Sentence on Graham and Byerley was adjourned until 15 August.