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that the procedure for obtaining temporary substitution of a vehicle under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Act was unsatisfactory, Stated Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, the Deputy Yorkshire Licensing Authority when he refused an application by J. Wright and Sons, Ltd., for a maintenance vehicle, at Sheffield on .Tuesday. Details should also have been produced regarding the length of time the various units have been off the road.
Mr. G. Wright, a director of J. Wright and Sons, stated that he wanted an A licence for one vehicle of 4 tons to be used solely for maintenance purposes. At present their fleet of 31 vehicles was overworked and if a unit needed repairing it could not be withdrawn from the road immediately or else consignments would be delayed. They had availed themselves of Section 14 about six times during the past year, but sometimes this was not practicable.