3etter Prospect for next 0-licence
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UND 50 of the 80 vehicles owned by the Prospect Coach Group, re, were either derelict or out of use, the West Midland Traffic missioners heard last week when they renewed for a year the ,any's psv operator's licence for 25 vehicles only.
st October, the company's small and he felt the brake deication for a licence was fects were caused by the vehicle ted for one year, and it was having been parked up in very n a severe reprimand becold weather. That could be said e of inadequate maintento be "an act of God."
:hide examiner Peter Collins there had been improvets since then. An office had built for the fleet engineer, :et plan system introduced, naintenance staff increased, it appeared that the staff 'e now being properly January and February he mined eight operational des and although no prohims were issued, he did issue defect notices for a total of ems.
April, he examined four des. Two were given defect C8S, and one was immedi
f suspended for poor brakes a fractured rear spring lor bracket. The fracture was Overall, the maintenance was now satisfactory, but he hoped there would be further improvements in the future. He was surprised at the number of derelict and disused vehicles. He saw 15 at Lye and 34 at Stourbridge, Geoff Watts, a director, said that the company purchased other operators in the past, and it tended to keep the vehicles to break up for spares. That was a separate part of the business, and premises for that purpose had now been purchased at Evesham.
The company also reduced its application for licence discs as it had been told it also required an 0-licence in the South Wales area, and some of the spare vehicles would be operated there.
Granting renewal, chairman Arthur Crabtree said the commissioners were delighted to hear of the improvements, but they were never satisfied and did not want the company to let up. A full-term licence would be granted if there was a good report in a year.