Applicant criticizes DoE
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• A Lincolnshire operator criticized for failing to keep maintenance and drivers' defects records replied that he had had great difficulty in obtaining suitable forms. "The DoE", said Mr T. P. Dibdin, a director of T. P. Dibdin Ltd, Stallinborough, Lines, "should provide forms or at least advise where they may be obtained. We have had various sets of forms and none has been accepted as suitable."
Mr Dibdin was applying to the East Midland LA at Lincoln on Tuesday for continuation of an operator's licence.
Giving evidence a vehicle examiner, Mr D. Cook, said that the company had incurred two GV9s in September 1971 and he considered that proper preventive maintenance might have avoided the defects found. However, his main criticism was of the lack of proper records.
Reserving his decision the LA, Mr C. M. Sheridan, said he was not satisfied that the operator exercised a proper conviction that regular inspection was necessary. He understood that the operator was in the course of obtaining RHA forms and he wished to see a proper system in operation before giving a decision.