Shorter licence for Jones
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• The imposition of six prohibition notices, on vehicles operated by K W Jones of Newport has led to South Wales Licensing Authority Ronald Jackson prematurely terminating the company's licence so that it expires at the end of October this year, instead of in 1989.
Managing director Kenneth Jones said the company held a licence for 11 vehicles and 22 trailers. Some of the prohibitions had occurred while carrying coal and had involved tyre defects. That traffic had now been discontinued.
A prohibition for a brake defect on a trailer was the result of faulty valves having been fitted by the manufacturer, A hired trailer received a prohibition after the slack adjusters unwound, and tyre and light defects on a Oaf tractive unit happened when the driver was unaware of the procedures — it being his first day with the company. The company undertook its own maintenance on a six weeks or 9,600km basis. Other than vehicles on continental trips the average distance covered was about 965km per week per vehicle. One of the fitters had been off sick during the period in which the prohibitions were imposed.
The only conviction for overloading related to a vehicle not on the operators licence. Sand was being carried and although the bags were marked as 25kg bags, it appeared that the sand must have been damp.
After Jones gave an undertaking to maintain the vehicles on a four-weekly cycle, Jackson said he would be as lenient as he could in view of the evidence. He expressed the hope there would be no more prohibitions or convictions before October.