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Ban lifted on 3 hgv drivers

13th May 1977, Page 55
13th May 1977
Page 55
Page 55, 13th May 1977 — Ban lifted on 3 hgv drivers
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DRIVERS who have held heavy goods vehicle licences prior to conviction and disqualification for driving with an excess of alcohol in the blood, are being refused renewal when re-applying.

Only those who make out a case for a second chance are re-considered.

Three such drivers were successful in applications to Northern Licensing Authority B. J. Foster at Newcastle upon Tyne.

William Drake, of Brook Square, Byker, Newcastle, had been convicted for drinking and driving and refusing a blood specimen, with disqualification for three years.

He told the LA that the offence occurred before he left the Army and driving a private car, as a result of which he was moved to a non-driving job.

The period of disqualification had been shortened, on appeal, and he obtained his ordinary driving licence back in May, 1976. A fitter by trade, he had been offered a job by a Newcastle firm and required a Class III licence. Recently he had been driving cars and light vans.

Making a grant, the LA said he thought Mr Drake had learned his les§on.

James Barrass, of Hallington Drive, Seaton Delavel, had been convicted for drinking and driving with a private car and disqualified for 12 months, getting his ordinary licence back in January, 1977.

He said he had held a Class licence and driving was the only job he knew. He had been out of work since the disqualification.

After evidence that Mr Barrass could obtain work if he got his licence back, the LA said he felt it would be wrong to keep him out of employ ment, particularly as the offence occurred when he was driving a car.

The LA also agreed that a psv driver's licence, formerly held by Barrass, should be renewed.

Arthur Thomas Bowes, of Bek Road, Framwellgate Moor, Co Durham, had also been disqualified for 12 months after a drinking and driving offence with a private car. His ordinary licence was returned" in December, 1976, and he said that since then he had been driving cars and a pick-up truck for Durham County Council. He was now required to drive skip-wagons, but could not do so without a heavy goods licence.

The LA said it was the only conviction recorded against Mr Bowes and the licence would be renewed.


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