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Skip operator gets second shot after VOSA challenge
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liA Cumbrian skip operator has been given a sec
ond chance to prove himself after VOSA officials were unable to attend a Preston disciplinary inquiry.
The North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna concluded that it would be unfair to adjourn the case against James Liverick, trading as Moredun Garage, of Alston, Cumbria, as it would be sometime before the hearing could be reconvened.
Liverick, who holds a twovehicle restricted licence, wished to challenge some of the vehicle examiner's evidence. He said that he was currently operating one skip vehicle, mainly locally.
He had had the vehicle since the end of January and in the first six months it had done 2,500 to 3,000km. In December, a vehicle examiner visited his premises and imposed an 'S' marked immediate prohibition on a vehicle for an oil leak and a number of loose wheelnuts.
He had not carried out his daily walkaround check that morning, he said, and the wheelnuts were not visibly loose. When the vehicle was taken to the test station clearance was refused and it was subsequently scrapped.
For Liverick, David Chant said that the vehicle examiner had stated that the inspection records showed gaps of approximately 14 weeks when the stated period between inspections was four weeks. Producing the inspection records, Chant said that they showed that the vehicle had been inspected every month since a previous Public Inquiry in July 2002. The only 14-week gap was prior to the last Pl.
In reply to the DTC, Liverick said that he was unaware of any records being missing when they were seen by the vehicle examiner, but they may not have been in the correct order.
Taking no action and closing the PI, the OTC said that there were so many areas that needed exploring. He would ask the vehicle and traffic examiners to carry out an unannounced further review of the maintenance arrangements and tachograph records within the next year.
it seems you may have been caught with your trousers down," he told Liverick. He felt that he should give Liverick an opportunity to demonstrate he could operate satisfactorily, particularly as there had been an adequate maintenance investigation in May 2001.