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TANWORTH IN ARDEN operator Steve Benton Transport has had its fleet of 54 vehicles slashed by West Midland Traffic Commissioner David Dixon.
Police and VOSA officers raided the company in December 2001 following an accident in which one of its drivers was killed.
Driver Steven Machin's truck ran into the back of a stationary artic on the motorway — his family alleged that Benton's drivers were driving excessive hours, taking insufficient rest and driving without tachograph charts. The resulting investigation led to several drivers being convicted of tachograph and hours offences.
Benton himself was initially convicted of 41 offences of failing to produce tachograph records but those convictions were quashed on a technicality. Following a twoday disciplinary hearing the TC had reserved his decision on action to take against Ber 0-licence.
DixonsaidBentonhadlosto of his drivers by the simmer ol Rather than examining his wc practices following Machin's he applied to increase his flee His drivers' tacho charts wer showing a significant perce of offences almost two years Machin's death.
However,Dixon acknowIr that since the investigation ton had taken steps to imj the safety of his operatior that during the public inqui had promised to make fu improvements.
The TC decided that Br could be allowed to stay in ness, but with a much smaller He decided that 30 vehicles a trailers was the most that Br was capable of managing salt