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18th February 2010
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THE ABSENCE OF a planned maintenance system and a high failure rate at annual vehicle test led to an operator having his 0-licence revoked in his absence.

Kingion-hased Hedley Simcock failed to appear at a Birmingham public inquiry after his application for an adjournment was refused.

He had been called before West Midlands Deputy Commissioner Jim Astic.

The DTC refused to adjourn the proceedings, and said Siincock, who held an 0-licence for seven vehicles and two trailers, had failed to put forward convincing reasons.

Vehicle examiner Alan Howells said that he had executed an unannounced maintenance investigation in October following the issue of two immediate prohibitions imposed on a vehicle and trailer in July at Carmarthen.

Only one inspection record was produced for each of the two vehicles in possession, one of which was not of a suitable type. The inspections were not being conducted at the agreed intervals.

There was no forward-planner chart and no formal driver defectreporting system in use.

There was an initial failure rate of 80% at annual test, against a national rate of 31.45%.

That fell to 40% against a national rate of 19.46% when items fixed at the test station were taken into account.

Simcock had said that he had not run any vehicles for two years prior to spring 2009 due to ill health. He had also said that it must have been at least 15 years since he had had a visit from a vehicle examiner.

The prohibitions and the annual test history raised concerns over Simcock's ability to maintain his vehicles in a fit and roadworthy condition. The vehicle prohibited in July was apparently on its way to Ireland when stopped at Carmarthen, despite Simcock only holding a national licence.

In reply to the DTC, Howells said there didn't seem to be any indication that there was a planned maintenance system in place.

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Locations: Birmingham

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