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Company blames disobedient drivers
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A TEESSIDE READY-MIXED IN concrete contractor has had its licence cut from 10 to five vehicles as a result of a string of prohibitions and failure to carry out daily vehicle checks. The firm blamed some of its problems on its drivers' refusal to obey orders.
Billingham-based Clevecrete Concrete, which held a 10-vehicle licence, had been called before North-Eastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney.
Vehicle examiner Roy Chapman said two immediate and five delayed prohibitions, plus one variation notice, had been issued to the company's vehicles since May 2004.The initial pass rate at annual test was 66 %.There was no written driver defect reporting system and all maintenance work was carried out in the open.
Director Kevin Burgon told the TC that heavy maintenance work was done in a building at his father's farm. Unfortunately, the company's site was on a main road where Vosa ran spot checks. The firm was -only a small fish in a large ocean" but ran as best it could. It did not operate brand new trucks as there was not much profit in the business. The firm had disposed of two of the offending trucks and only kept three trucks now as it was not possible to find responsible drivers.
Burgon's transport manager and father. George, said his son's naivety about transport was caused by his concentration on the concrete operation. It was difficult to get drivers to do anything, he added, as they just gave a load of abuse. It was hard to get them to do what they were told and two had been sacked.
His son and the company's fitter now did the daily checks themselves.
Cutting the licence to five vehicles.the TC said there was insufficient finance for 10. He took account of the fact that there had been a number of satisfactory spot checks. After securing undertakings over daily defect reports and covered maintenance facilities, the TC concluded that the firm was well meaning. But he warned that it must tighten its maintenance procedures.