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Old coaches lose licence
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THE SOUTH Eastern Traffic Area Commissioners last week revoked three of the eight psv licences held by Pandora Holidays and Ch_azon Motors Ltd of St Leonard's on Sea.
The companies were called on to explain why the court should not revoke all their psv licences under action of section 127(7) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 and Section 35 of the Transport Act 1968. This followed the issue of a psv immediate prohibition on one of their coaches in March 1977.
Since March a total of seven immediate prohibitions and six advisory notices had been served on their fleet of seven coaches.
Michael Tilyard, managing director and secretary of both companies, explained that problems had arisen because of pressure of work and the purchase of two second-hand coaches that turned out to be in a very poor mechanical condition.
Although the companies had been operating since 1961, Mr Tilyard said that he had not had any maintenance problems before because the companies had always run new coaches until recently.
Servicing and garaging facilities were available and a full-time mechanic was now employed. But the building had no doors and part of one wall had been blown down during a recent gale. There were no pit or vehicle lift facilities at present.
No accurate servicing and inspection records had previously been kept but Mr Tilyard explained that he had drawn up a suitable set of forms and these would be used in future. As a temporary measure, the local Bedford Service Dealers were willing to carry out a monthly inspection of all the coaches.
Mr Tilyard explained that the coaches had suffered from many major failures and in one period between May and September 1977 had needed six engines, four rear axles and seven clutches plus numerous brake overhauls.
The chairman, R. S. Thornton, said in his summary that the main reasons for the immediate prohibitions being issued were defects in braking, steering and suspension systems.