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Company avoids drastic adion after extra authority rescinded
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North-Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney decided not to take any action against a Nottinghamshire company's licence, given that it had lost interim authority for the use of 10 extra vehicles for almost seven weeks,.
Kirby in Ashfield-based PJS Transport had been called before the TC because of concerns over maintenance. It holds a licence for 15 vehicles and 20 trailers. Interim authority to operate an additional 10 vehicles was rescinded on 24 December 2004 and reinstated on 10 February after new financial measures were put in place.
Senior vehicle examiner David Rose said two ve hides and five trailers were examined last October: one immediate and two delayed prohibitions were issued with two defect notices. The investigation followed the issue of an S-marked prohibition at a roadside check.
Since September 2003.Rose reported,15 mechanical prohibitions, three overloading prohibitions and one driver prohibition had been issued to the company's vehicles. A large proportion of the defects were brake related. 'Th e first time pass rate at annual test was well below the national average.
Director and transport manager Mark Scholey said the person who had run the maintenance operation for years without any problems had left and his replacement is no longer in post. The number of qualified personnel in the workshop had since been increased and a fleet administrator had been appointed.
Scholey denied knowing that outside contractors were using the MoT test to find faults. He gave a series of undertakings on vehicle maintenance.
The TC said that in normal circumstances he would have considered suspending the licence.