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Employee tells TAO about centre
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A Cardiff haulier has fallen foul of a whistle-blowing former employee who tipped off the Traffic Area Office that his ex-employer had moved operating centre without authority.
Nell Crompton, who trades as Neil Crompton Transport, was hauled before the Welsh Traffic Commissioner David Dixon. The TG was told that Crompton had operated from premises in the St Fagans area of the city for more than 30 years, but had then moved to an unauthorised centre near the docks.
Vehicle examiner Kevin Gist said that a resultant maintenance investigation had revealed a lack of records and driver defect reports. There was only one maintenance sheet available for one trailer in 2002 and again only one in 2093. The driver defect reporting system seemed to have ceased In December 2001.
Crompton said that he had kept records up to the end of 2001. However, a number of problems caused the paperwork to lapse. These Included moving the yard; the terminal illness of one of his drivers; a driver caught stealing; and the demise of one of his main customers, Allied Wire & Steel.
Crompton said that he had used an unauthorised operating centre for 10 months because he had had to find alternative premises quickly after selling land. He accepted that he should have advised the Traffic Area and advertised It, but said that had now been done.
Cutting the licence from five vehicles and eight trailers to two vehicles and two trailers for two weeks, the IC said that although Crompton had suffered from unusual pressures he could not condone what had occurred and some action had to be taken.