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Tough environment for waste vehicles
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A WASTE DISPOSAL firm has been given a formal warning because of the number of prohibitions its vehicles have attracted recently. West Midlands Deputy Traffic Commissioner Lester Maddrell issued the warning to Birmingham-based ISL Waste Services, which holds a licence for 15 vehicles and one trailer.
Vehicle examiner Simon Andrewarthar told the Deputy TC that he had carried out an unannounced maintenance investigation in April because of the company's prohibition history.
He had inspected 10 vehicles, imposing three immediate prohibitions, one delayed prohibition and three defect notices.
A number of inspection records were missing for the period February-August 2006. Andrewarthar agreed that none of the prohibitions were S-marked (indicating a serious lapse in maintenance) and that the MoT pass rate was well above the national average. He accepted that many of the defects were of the type that could occur during the working day. But he added that some of them were obvious and should have been picked up by the drivers Director Arthur Grant said the company had changed several vehicles since the vehicle examiner's visit. Some of the drivers were on final warnings for failing to report defects,some fitters had been replaced and the number employed had been increased.
Inspection records had gone missing after a longserving mechanic left to set up on his own, he added. Vehicles had been stopped in roadside checks since the investigation without any problems. Director and transport manager Terence Grant said he monitored what went on in the yard.
Appearing for the company, Michael Carless said it had been in business for a considerable time and had taken action to ensure its vehicles were safe.
The Deputy TC said that vehicles operating in the waste environment had a hard life — and warned that the company's maintenance system had to be correspondingly robust.