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11th June 2009, Page 23
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hamboLie maintenance leads to cut

A HAULAGE FIRM has had its i. li ence cut after an investigation r vealed serious faults including I ose wheelnuts, air leaks and d maged tyres.

West Midlands Deputy Traffic dommissioner Roger Seymour ciit the licence of Birminghamed Cannbabest from seven t4 four vehicles for five weeks a er slamming its procedures as "shambolic': Cambabest had been given a formal warning over its vehicle maintenance at a previous public inquiry in November 2005.

Vehicle examiner Simon Andrewartha said he had carried out a maintenance investigation in March following the issue of an S-marked prohibition during a police check. He found that maintenance was contracted out and the safety inspection records and driver defect reports were not endorsed with rectification action. The stated inspection period was six weeks, but periods varied between 1.5 and 20 weeks.

Since April 2006, two immediate and three delayed prohibitions had been issued, the defects ranging from loose wheelnuts and air leaks to cuts in tyres. One vehicle was prohibited for loose wheelnuts not noticed by the driver and a worn track rod end not mentioned on the record of an inspection the previous day. Also, a defective headlamp had been reported on 10 driver defect reports.

The initial pass rate at annual test was 55.56%. However. inspection records produced at the hearing showed an improvement, with periods being adhered to.

Asked about the extended inspection periods, transport manager Davinder Singh Manku said vehicles were often parked up for several weeks. In future they would be marked as off the road.

Director Satbander Singh Pnaiser said the problems had been "robustly" taken up with the maintenance contractor, which had been told to contact him if a vehicle did not turn up for its inspection.

He gave a series of undertakings about the company's future maintenance arrangements.


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