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Director could not remember transport manager's name
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A DIRECTOR who could not remember his transport manager's name has lost an appeal against licence revocation.
The Transport Tribunal upheld the decision by North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Elizabeth Perrett to revoke the licence held by Deighton-based DBS fabrication because of its director's loss of repute.
The DTC had refused to accept that the company had a transport manager, saying if it did then director David Britton would have been able to remember his second name.
She also considered convictions for depositing controlled waste; for driving without due care and attention in a CV; and for vehicle excise offences.
A vehicle was being kept at Goole without authority and she could not ignore drivers' hours infringements committed abroad.
Prohibitions had been issued to the company's vehicles, inspection periods had been exceeded and no driver defect reporting system was in use.
She concluded that Britton seemed to think he could flout the rules. She described his attitude as casual to the point of negligence and she did not believe he could be trusted to run a safe transport operation.
She questioned whether the failures of vehicle and traffic examiners to contact Britton was a further example of his casual attitude or whether he was deliberately trying to avoid them for fear of what they might find.
She was prepared to put it down to his casual attitude but even so she expected a reputable operator to make time to see VOSA staff and to be as co-operative as possible.
Dismissing the appeal, the Tribunal said that the DTC's findings were well supported by the facts. They considered that Britton's conduct justified the inevitable sanction that followed a loss of repute and that the DTC's decision was entirely proportionate.