so A haulage firm lost its licence and its directors
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were disqualified from holding an Operator's Licence for a year, when It appeared at Its second inquiry within 18 months because of drivers' hours °fiancees.
KlIsyth-based Mclanachan Transport appeared before Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts last week: it had previously appeared in March 1999 following drivers' hours convictions in relation to its 2(1vehicle/24-trailer fleet.
In last week's inquiry the IC heard that tachograph analysis by the Vehicle Inspectorate had revealed a total of 180 drivers' hours offences and more than 25,000km unaccounted for.
In one case it was found that a driver had worked for 20 consecutive days without taking his weekly rest.
The TC said that last year he was assured that James McLanachan would be taking full responsibility for the company's tachograph charts and would be implementing a new system for ensuring that charts were checked. Yet this week he was hearing the same story over again.
Betts added that there was a complete lack of effective control over drivers' hours. It seemed that all the assurances lie had been given during the previous inquiry were worthless.
Disqualifying the company and directors Matthew and James Mclanachan for one year the IC said the ban was relatively short because he accepted the failure was due to grossly inefficient management rather than deliberate dishonesty.