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I CASE ONE

20th March 2008, Page 23
20th March 2008
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Keywords : Car Safety

Company gives undertakings to improve

ALTHOUGH NO action was taken against the licence held by Uttoxeter-based Boulton Skip Hire, Nick Jones, the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner, refused the company's bid to increase its licence from three to five vehicles.

Maintenance problems were the issue. Vehicle examiner Harry Marsh told a Birmingham public inquiry he examined the three vehicles operated during a maintenance investigation in October and issued a delayed prohibition and three inspection notices. Inspection periods varied between two and eight weeks, against a stated period of six weeks. Safety inspection reports noted defects that should have been picked up by the drivers. The initial pass rate at annual test was 25%, compared with the national average of 65.32%. A vehicle that was given a delayed prohibition notice in September received a variation notice when produced for clearance.

There had been similar issues discovered during a maintenance investigation in June 2006. The transport manager. David Hughes, said he had let the company down. The maintenance contractor had been changed because the firm had been unhappy with the previous contractor. The director, Emma Boulton, said she had become a director in February, and was increasingly running the business because she wanted to put things right.

She gave a series of undertakings in relation to future maintenance arrangements after the TC pointed out the nature of the work required robust safety systems.

No action taken

The TC considered the company was focused on getting its act together and, in the light of the undertakings given, decided not to take action against the licence.


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