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by David Crailt • South Eastern Traffic Commissioner Michael Turner has warned hauliers of the importance of getting drivers to complete daily defect sheets. "At roadside checks there are two reasons for checking for defects," he says. "One to find damage caused accidentally on the road, and the other to find vehicles that are not being looked after properly by operators."
The warning comes after a Middlesex tipper operator had his 0-licence curtailed to 14 vehicles and four trailers for not producing daily driver defect records or undertaking regular maintenance inspections.
At a public inquiry in London the Vehicle Inspectorate said five vehicles belonging to Wiggins Transport, based near Staines, were examined on 25 June this year. Two were given delayed prohibitions and three were given defect notices.
The Inspectorate said that maintenance inspection intervals of six weeks for Wiggins had not been followed.
Wiggins Transport explained that regular inspections had not been carried out because the vehicles were not always on the road. When vehicles were not in use it did not realise that it had to take them off its 0-Licence.
Wiggins said that instead of a written defect system they had a verbal system but had recently handed out defect books to all their drivers.
ll Batch Scaffolding from Cricklewood, London was given a formal warning due to "considerable gaps" between maintenance inspections.