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IC: "Consider yourself lucky"
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Am:i. A Bedfordshire haulier, who had taken "huge Li risks with his repute" since a previous Public T1 Inquiry In February 2001, has had his licence suspended for a fortnight. Mitten Keynes-based Thomas Inwood had been called before the Eastern Traffic Commissioner Geoffrey Simms at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry. He holds a licence for two vehicles and two trailers.
The inquiry heard that one vehicle had been examined in September and was issued a defect notice for four faults. Inspection periods were not being adhered to, defects were net being signed off by drivers and there was a 50% initial failure rate at annual test.
At the time, the transport manager was listed as Caroline Johnson, although Inwood said he would attempt to pass the CPC himself However, he did not manage this and instead had employed one of his drivers, Lawrence Scott, as transport manager since September.
The IC said that a vehicle examiner had subsequently checked a vehicle in January and apart from four advisory items its condition had been satisfactory.
He had reported that the inspection periods were now being adhered to and defects reported by drivers were being signed off.
Scott said that he worked for Inwood as a driver and had taken on the job of transport manager. He was a qualified fitter and had previously run a transport operation for three years. Things had improved 100% at the firm and the vehicles were new up to scratch he said.
The TO said that Inwood had been given a formal warning at a Public Inquiry two years ago when slippage between kispections was again a problem. To submit a vehicle for annual test with eight defects was disgraceful.
Suspending the licence, the TC said that Inwood had taken huge risks with his repute and he might consider that he had been exceptionally fortunate. Proposals made in February 2001to replace Johnson had not been carried through.