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vehicles and 14 trailers operated by Crosskeys, Gwent-based G B Transport South Wales were suspended by South Wales Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh on 4 April pending a fleet check.
The company was called to disciplinary proceedings in Cardiff following the issue of three immediate and two delayed prohibitions since January 1988, three of which were endorsed "neglect". Agreeing that it was a serious situation, transport manager William Butcher said the company had got rid of the responsible fitter. It had experienced a lot of trouble with fitting staff over the years, but he believed the company had now got the maintenance situation tight.
Mervyn Pugh said that the Deputy LA had explained the recommended maintenance system to the company at a public inquiry in November 1987, when certain undertakings had been given.
Questioned by the LA, Butcher said that drivers reported defects each night and they were written into a diary. He felt that was a better system than using duplicate books, as had been suggested in November 1987, since it ensured that the defects were repaired. He agreed that the defects listed on the immediate prohibitions were a danger to the public.
Mervyn Pugh said experience had shown that if drivers were merely asked to report all vehicle defects they did not always do so.
The idea of a written daily nil defect reporting system was to get drivers into the habit of reporting.
Suspending the licence with effect from 17:00hrs that day Mervyn Pugh said he would consider lifting the suspension when he had evidence that every vehicle and trailer had been through the MoT test and had passed, or had been certified by an outside contractor to the effect that they were satisfied that if put through an MoT test they would pass.