User Breach Vehicle Suspended
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pECAUSE of a departure from the normal user, an A-licensed vehicle belonging to Messrs. Green Bros., Connah's Quay, was suspended until April 1 by Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, at Wrexham on Monday.
An application had been made to amend the normal user of one vehicle to bring it into line with the rest of the fleet. Mr. J. A. Green, a partner in the firm, said that the vehicle had been acquired in 1951. It then had a normal user of "coal and produce for householders and shops, Wrexham and district."
He admitted that the vehicle had been carrying steel, road-making materials and paper. The terms of the user had not been investigated when the vehicle was acquired, he added.
For the British Transport Commission, who objected, Mr. G. H. P. Bearnes said that the licence had been renewed in 1954 with the same normal user. Mr. Green must have known that this was incorrect and be had not been complying with it for three years.
Mr. Green stated that he wanted all his vehicles to have similar normal users, to permit interchanging, and his application was supported by representatives from two industrial undertakings.
Giving his decision, Mr. Jolliffe said that Mr. Green was an experienced haulier and it was his business to know the full details of his normal user. After the period of suspension had been served, the vehicle could be operated on the normal user applying to the rest of the fleet, he added.