Persistent failures hang absent firm
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• A Merseyside haulage company lost its licence when it failed to attend a Trafford disciplinary inquiry before North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna.
Ellesmere Port-based Handleys Transport had been called before the Deputy TC because of concern over its maintenance record and a series of convictions for vehicle excise duty offences. The company held a licence for eight vehicles and eight trailers.
The Deputy IC said that an offer to surrender the licence had been rejected because of the potential threat to roadusers safety.
Vehicle examiner Roger Byron said that during a roadside check in December a trailer was given an immediate prohibition for a significant maintenance failure because a sideguard was about to fall off. The tractor was also given an immediate prohibition for three defects.
Byron imposed an immediate prohibition on one vehicle for a leaking brake valve in January. The inspection records and the driver defect reporting system were ineffective.
Revoking the licence, the Deputy IC said that in the past five years 14 prohibitions had been issued to the company's vehicles and trailers.