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Three-year ban for operator who refused entry to VI 'bogeymen'

11th March 2004, Page 32
11th March 2004
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Page 32, 11th March 2004 — Three-year ban for operator who refused entry to VI 'bogeymen'
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LICENCE REVOCATION for three years and a ban on holding an VEHICLE 0-licence for three years INSPECTORATE was the punishment meted out to the Dyfed operator who refused entry to the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) because he regarded them as 'bogey men' (CM 4 March).

Keith Leoline Davies, trading as Davies Commercials. of Aberaeron. who holds a licence for four vehicles and two trailers, appeared before the Welsh Deputy Traffic Commissioner Roger Seymour because of concerns over an 'S' marked prohibition, unsuccessful attempts to carry out maintenance checks, vehicles being used without current test certificates and two convictions under the Environmental Protection Act.

Making the revocation and disqualification orders, the DTC said it was clear Davies had scant regard for his obligations as an operator. He deliberately obstructed the VI in its attempts to carry out an investigation into his maintenance arrangements and the condition of his vehicles. He had operated vehicles for a significant amount of time without current test certificates and without the requisite excise licences. There were no records to demonstrate that safety inspections had been carried out.

Davies had given him no reason to believe that he accepted his operation was unsatisfactory or that he had any intention of fundamentally changing the way he operated. He therefore concluded that any further operation by Davies was likely to constitute a considerable risk to road safety and to other road users. Davies had been fortunate to avoid prosecution in relation to a number of offences.

The DTC's written decision followed a hearing in which Davies' representative, transport consultant Ray Saltiel, said that up to the hearing his client had regarded vehicle examiners as 'bogey men'. The INC concluded that Davies was not a fit person to hold an 0-licence and that it was necessary to protect the public from the potential danger of an operator who had clearly demonstrated a total and continuing disregard for the requirements of an ' 0-licence.


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