£55 Fines for Using Inefficient Brakes
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rINES totalling £55 were imposed by Kendal Ward Magistrates, last week, on a driver of, and partners in, Messrs.
J. and D. Craik and Sons, haulage contractors, 27 Perth Road, New Scone, Perthshire, for using a lorry when the braking system was not in efficient working order.
It was stated that as a lorry drew up behind a car at the traffic lights at the foot of Lawrence Brow, Levens, on June 26, the brakes failed. The lorry crashed into the rear of a stationary motor car, pushing it forward for 20 yards into the rear of a stationary lorry.
The driver of the lorry, Andrew Grieve, 1 Green Road, Balbeggic, Perth, was fined £5 and his driving licence was endorsed. David Mitchell Craik, 25 Perth Road, New Scone, a senior partner of Messrs. J. and D. Craik, was fined £15 and ordered to pay £6 6s, costs; £15 fines were also imposed on junior partners, James Rodger Craik, 38 Douglas Road, New Scone, and George Thomas Craik, 43 Commercial Street, Perth. Another junior partner, Melville Scott Craik, 353 High Street, Perth, was fined £5.
Mr. James R. Parkinson, a Ministry vehicle examiner," who carried out an inspection on the lorry after the collision, said the brakes on the rear wheels were not properly adjusted, and were ineffective.
Pleading .guilty on behalf of . the four partners, Mr. G. E. N. Bargh said that the concern had 15 vehicles which they maintained. They were at a loss to understand how the brake failure had occurred.
B.T.C. CRITICIZED OVER LAKELAND RUMOUR
DISSATISFACTION over the closing of uneconomic railway services and the uncertainty of substitute bus services was expressed by the Friends of the Lake District in their annual report published last week.
The report stated that the British Transport Commission was rumoured to be anxious to stop paying a subsidy to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., on substitute bus services which were known to be uneconomic. It added: "Where a nationalized transport system is involved, it seems a clear requirement both of public service and elementary fair dealing that art existing rail service should never be withdrawn without a firm guarantee that the alternative service provided shall continue to operate— whether or not its costs are met by revenue."
OILERS MOVE IN
REPLACEMENT of petrol driven vehicles by oilers is planned by Galliford and Sons, Ltd., Wolvey, Warwicks, civil engineering contractors. They have just taken delivery of five Dodge diesel tippers fitted with Perkins engines and five-speed gearboxes from
K. and F. (Commercials), Ltd., Athcrstone.