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Remember the inspector

20th February 1976
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

With reference to the article in CM January 23, I would like to discuss in more detail the problems involved with the maintenance of trailers, particularly in an organisation such as BRS (Midlands) where the ratio of trailers to tractors oan be as high as 5 to 1.

I agree that in these circumstances it may be difficult for a trailer to be returned to base at regular intervals.

The traffic manager should, at any given time, know the location of any individual trailer, which could at any time be loading or unloading at a location which should be relatively accessible to base.

It is assumed that the firm under consideration would be of such a size as to be capable of carrying an inspector. The main reason for this letter is to highlight the importance of the inspector, a position which is laid down as part of the requirements for an operator's licence and which often tends to be forgotten, even by the Licensing Authorities themselves. The duties of the inspector are clearly laid down in the Department of the Environment's Booklet G74 entitled A Guide to Operator's Licensing.

It should be possible to arrange a programme between the traffic manager and inspector for three or four trailers, on a particular day, to be made available at chosen sites for an inspection ; at least in depth equivalent to that a a testing. station, except perhaps for the dynamic test on the brake. This should take about one hour per trailer.

The inspector would decide whether : a) the trailer could continue in operation; b) to summon a working party to correct any defects found, on the site ; c) order the vehicle off the road and return it to base for any major work.

All events can be recorded on a block diagram and in this way it is certain that no trailer would be overlooked.

H. J. WEBB, Clevedon.

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