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• A West Yorkshire haulage company lost the use of a vehicle for two weeks when it appeared before a disciplinary inquiry in Leeds.
Bradford-based Nightspeed had been called before North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Keith Waterworth because of concerns over its maintenance standards and financial viability.
The Commissioner was told that since receiving a warning at a public inquiry in 1994, six prohibition notices had been placed on the company's vehicles; two of them since a warning letter in 1996.
Director William Jackson said that the last two prohibitions had both been delayed. He agreed that the company had been fined £1,500 in August after being convicted of failing to have a two-yearly tachograph check on one of its vehicles. He said that the fine had been paid late because an appeal was being considered. He pointed out that the company's bank statements showed there was plenty of money available.
Asked about the alleged unauthorised parking of a vehicle, Jackson said that the vehicle was not spec ified on the licence at the time—it had been lent to a driver for him to move his mother's possessions following her death.
He added that a loss of £2,711 in the previous quarter was because December was only a two-week working month.
Waterworth said that though he was basically satisfied with the bank statements he wanted to see full accounts for 1996 within 28 days and expected to see a continuing improvement in the company's performance.