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TC returns impounded vehicle to bank
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THE BANK of Scotland has won the return of an impounded vehicle after giving assurances that it will not be returned to a purchaser who had been running it without an 0-licence.
NorthWesteinTraffic Commissioner Beverley Bell heard that the bank had provided finance for the vehicle, which was operated by Quick Contractors of Manchester, but was unaware that it was being operated without an 0-licence.
Senior traffic examiner Stephen Brougham said the bank's vehicle was one of two vehicles operated by Quick Contractors that had been impounded in Manchester on the same day.
The previous day the other vehicle had been seen by an intelligence officer. It was known that Quick Contractors did not have an 0-licence as one of its vehicles had been impounded some months before.
Consequently, officers went to the same stretch of road the next day to find that the vehicle was still operating, together with the vehicle owned by the bank.
Quick Contractors told the traffic examiner it owned both vehicles, but an hire purchase information check revealed that the Bank of Scotland had an interest in one vehicle.
For the Bank of Scotland, Tim Corfield said the vehicle would be not be returned to the hirer as the agreement had been terminated. Richard Dowell, liaison manager of the bank, said that since the impounding legal advice was being taken about best practice including checking customers' 0-licences.
Returning the impounded vehicle, the TC said she welcomed the proactive approach by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency to impounding in her area, where there was a high level of non-compliance with the law.