Authorisation is reduce at second public inquiq
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,........ A Yorkshire
haulage firm, called before a _ second public inquiry in less than 12 months for hours and tachograph offences, has had its licence cut by one vehicle and two trailers.
Aldred & Harper, based in Burn, near Selby, appeared before North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe at a Leeds disciplinary
inquiry. Last April the firm's licence was cut to nine vehicles and 11 trailers. (CM 6-12 May 1999.i
Traffic examiner Ian Tucker said an analysis of a month's tacho charts had revealed offences by two drivers, who were subsequently prosecuted for driving for more than 4.5 hours without the required break, exceeding the daily driving limit and taking insufficient daily rest Ben Mackenzie, for the firm, pointed out that the driver, who had been convicted of six of the seven offences. had only been with the firm for a month.
Tucker said the speed limiters and tachographs seemed to be working correctly and there were no difficulties using the mode switch: these were problems at the previous inquiry.
Partner Beverley Aldred said that since the last inquiry steps had been taken to put matters right. The company had been in business for 28 years and only took on experienced drivers.
The tachograph charts were now sent out for analysis by an agency, and all drivers had been given instructions about the hours and tachograph rules. The company was considering holding training sessions every five or six months. He agreed that another driver had been victed of fairing to produc previous day's tacho charts. Mackenzie argued most of the problems tha led to the last public inquir been eliminated.
Curtailing the licence to vehicles and nine traileril Deputy TC said the previou5 fic inquiry had focused on a logue of carelessness lead drivers hours offences, a recalled that one driver wh been involved in a fatal ace had effectively had two job He acknowledged the: offences now before him not been committed witl firm's connivance, but ii failed to discover qi enough that things were wrong with three drivers.
Ordering that the situ should be reviewed in nine months' time, the Depul warned that the spa would be staying on the and its drivers.