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Edward Pargeter, managing director at EP Training Services Pargeter says
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he came to the seminar to find out more about the legislation around CPCs and 0-licences.
"My company is involved in providing courses for the CPC... I can now check that all of our training procedures are up to date.
better management practices.
There were a number of -the same old issues" coming up before the TCs at inquiry, such as drivers' hours, overloading and maintenance, but as we've been reporting over the past few weeks, the TCs took the opportunity to send out a clear message to operators on three main areas the use of handheld mobile phones while driving, the use of foreign drivers, and the education and regulation of maintenance contractors.
AWestern TC Sarah Bell
Mobile concerns All the TCs were extremely animated about vocational drivers ie truck and bus drivers using mobile phones while at the wheel. There is clear evidence that using a handheld mobile phone while driving is a threat to road safety, the new Western TC Sarah Bell told delegates in Bristol. "The police are increasingly informing us or the Vosa regional intelligence unit when this offence is being committed, and we will take regulatory action. As a starting point this will usually mean a 14-day revocation of the driving licence."
Regarding the use of foreign truck drivers, Beverley Bell, North-Western TC, was quick to point out that operators had to be aware of their obligations to ensure they were fit to drive. -Operators must be able to ensure the drivers are able to understand the Highway Code and follow the rules of the road," she explained to delegates at our Haydock event.
Philip Brown, Senior TC and the TC for the South-East and Metropolitan regions. explained how he had been working with the Freight Transport Association to deliver a series of similar seminars to third-party repairers. The aim, he said, was to make it clear they had a responsibility to the industry regarding maintenance."The obligation still resides with the operators, of course," he said. "Operators need to ensure their repairer is carrying out the work according to the maintenance contract. If the contractor isn't performing, then operators have to look to ensure they put the measures in place to rectify the situation." Other TCs outlined how maintenance contractors would he named at public inquiry if they were judged to have let the industry down.