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Fined for dodgy brakes

16th October 2008
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AN ISLE OF ANGLESEY operator of an agricultural tractor has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £454 for brake defects.

JohnWilliams of Llangaffo, Caerwen. pleaded guilty to using a vehicle when the mechanical brake components and actuators were not maintained in a roadworthy condition before the Yns Mon Magistrates.

The Magistrates were told that a John Deere tractor that was coupled to a Moxy trailer was the subject of a roadside check on the A.55 at Dalar Hir, Holyhead.

When the tractor and trailer were examined, it was discovered that the service brake was not operating on a road wheel because it had been disconnected.

The brake actuator rod was also fractured. rendering the brake inoperative at the first offside axle. Additionally, a brake pipe was damaged and had failed, and the brake hoses connection coupling, between the drawing vehicle and the trailer, was missing. On top of that, the brake lining material on the second offside axle was severely contaminated to an extent likely to affect the braking efficiency.

Williams was fined £290 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £164.

Licence bid rejected by DTC A BID FOR A new licence by Birminghambased Anytime Transport has been turned down following the disqualification of its sole director Sukhpal Singh from holding an 0-licence ('Operator flouts tacho and drivers' hours regs' CM 9 October).

The firm had sought a licence for five vehicles and 10 trailers based at lnkerman Street, Nechells, before West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Tim Hayden.

Vehicle maintenance and drivers' hours and tachograph problems had resulted in the revocation of the licence for six vehicles and 11 trailers held by Smethvvick-based Sukhpal Singh, trading as Deep Transport, and his disqualification from holding an 0-licence for 12 months.

Operating centre review delayed A DECISION OVER whether or not HJ Lea Oakes can continue to work from its Congleton operati ngcentre was adjourned until December, after the North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell decided the case should be heard by one of her Deputies, Mark Hinchliffe.

The firm had been called before Bell at the five-yearly licence review stage, following complaints from two local residents, including Thomas Byrne, whose 12-year-old son was killed by a lorry reversing out of the site in 1999.

It holds a licence for 36 vehicles and 15 trailers. In February 2002, the TC revoked the licence, a decision overturned by the Transport Tribunal on appeal.

For the company, James Fiackhouse said that they would be challenging if the residents had a legitimate right to be part of the proceedings.

Following discussions with the parties in private, the TC said she would be directing that a new call-up letter be issued since she felt that the company's repute was at issue.

Adjourning the proceedings, she said it was a case that caused trauma whenever it came up and it was important that all parties felt that they had had a full and fair hearing.


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