Last chance passes for TK
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.% of Cardiff had
its licence its licence revoked, and was disqualified from holding a licence for 28 days, when it appeared for the third time before South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh.
Mervyn Pugh said that when one of the company's two vehicles and trailers was examined in January, immediate prohibitions endorsed neglect were issued to both vehicle and trailer. Two tyres on the vehicle were below the legal limit and the trailer's braking system was defective. The vehicle examiner had been verbally abused by managing director Dennis Kitt, he said.
For the company, it was said that th49 vehicle and trailer were less than 12 months old and they had been lulled into a false sense of security by warranty agreements. A tyre cutting macfline had been delivered that day and the defective tyres were to have been recut before the vehicle went out on the road. The company had been in business for 25 years and it was only in the past two years that there had been any difficulty. The business had expanded and flourished and Kitt had needed to delegate responsibility. Unfortunately, the people concerned had not been up to the job.
Mervyn Pugh said that no operator could expect to come before him three times. It was a very disturbing case. He had always said he would give operators a chance to prove they could maintain their vehicles properly. This company had received two chances.