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Multiple sins cause 5-yr ban
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A St Helens haulier who operated more vehicles than he was licensed for, taxed vehicles at the private HGV rate and was found to have kerosene in one of the tanks has been disqualified from holding or obtaining an 0-licence in any Traffic Area for a period of five years.
The disqualification followed the revocation of the licence he d by James Glynn by the North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell.
Vehicle examiner David Collings told a Huyton disciplinary incuiry that a four-axled tipper belonging to Glynn had been stopped in a check last August. The driver, Stuart Ellis, produced a tachograph chart for that day but was unable to produce any previous records, saying that he had left them in the cab of another vehicle. An examination of the vehicle revealed a number of brake defects and that the rearmost suspension tie bar between axles three and four was insecure. Customs officers took a sample of fuel and on initial examination it appeared to be dark green, a colour similar to that of rebated fuel used in the Irish Republic. When the fuel was analysed it was found to contain 95% kerosene and the vehicle was seized by Customs. Kerosene costs about 19p per litre, compared to around 70p for diesel fuel, thus enabling Glynn to drastically reduce running costs.
Traffic examiner Christopher Haworth said that during a visit to Glynn's premises in August it was found that the drivers of his 7.5-tonne vehicles were not using tachographs or keeping any record of their driving. During a further visit in November tachograph records were produced for nine vehicles, three of which were not specified on Glynn's licence. No charts were produced for a further two vehicles. Six of the vehicles were or had been taxed at the private HGV rate. There were gaps in the tachograph records which suggested that either tachographs had not been used or that the records had not been retained.