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A WASTE DISPOSAL operator which acted quickly to raise standards on inspections, maintenance and test passes has avoided action at a Public Inquiry.
Prompt and effective reaction to criticisms made by a vehicle examiner led to North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell deciding not to take any action against Carlisle-based Cumbria Waste Recycling. The company had been called before the TC at a Kendal disciplinary inquiry.
She was also considering whether the company's transport manager, Paul Davidson, had lost his good repute. The company holds a licence for 16 vehicles and five trailers.
The Public Inquiry followed a report from a vehicle examiner that during a maintenance investigation in February the inspection records were very untidy and incomplete, with trailer identification numbers not entered and brake efficiency sections not completed. The records showed that there were gaps of up to 23 weeks between inspections.
Since the grant of the licence one immediate prohibition endorsed IS', two delayed prohibitions and two variation notices had been issued to the firm's vehidi and trailers. A pass rate of only 38% in initial annth tests was reported over the last 12 months.
After reading written representations made on th company's behalf, the TC said she did not intend t take any action.
It was as"plain as a pikestaff" that the company ha acted responsibly as a result of the vehicle examiner visit.She only liked to use her powers when a bsolutel necessary,she said, and the company had clearly had problem but had sorted it out.