Hours problems with livestock
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• Western Deputy LA John Robins has suspended eight vehicles and trailers from Gilders Transport's licence for three months, following convictions for hours and tachograph offences and the unauthorised use of vehicles, The Cheltenham-based international livestock carrier holds a licence for 23 vehicles and 30 trailers. Last November Gilders and 11 of its drivers admitted a total of 147 offences before Winchcombe magistrates (CM 15-21 November 1990).
Director Gordon Gilder said that the 21 convictions for unauthorised use had arisen because they had hired in vehicles to replace those off the road when the licence authorisation for 15 vehicles had already been used up. At no time were there more than 15 vehicles on the road.
All but one of the drivers involved in the hours offences had been driving livestock vehicles. The case came to light after a newspaper and an animal rights campaign group followed one of the company's vehicles to Sicily.
Robins said that he appreciated the drivers' difficulties when carrying cattle, but the law had to be enforced.