Company and Drivers are .Fined £397
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DESPITE a defence plea that drivers had .not been asked to work excessive hours, H. Blacker and CO., hauliers, f3ondiate, Selby, were fined a total of £293 at Selby on hours and records• summonses.
They admitted 66 charges of not ensuring that drivers kept records and were fined £3 on each one. Fines of £5 were imposed on each of 19 charges of allowing drivers to have less than ID hours' rest in 24. The company pleaded guilty, and were ordered to pay• £20 costs.
Eleven drivers were fined a total of £104 for committing the offences. In most cases they were fined fl on the records charges and £2 for rest offences, but several heavier penalties were imposed—up to £12 for not having proper rest and up to £7 for not keeping records.
Mr. Ernest Wurzal, prosecuting, said the offences were committed between April 8 and May 14.
Mr. N. Holloway, defending, claimed that it was not a case where drivers were being' " flogged to the hilt." The offences were not deliberate.
Limns TO BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED BY DAY D EPRESENTAT1VE organizations are being consulted by the Minister of Transport on a proposal that lights on vehicles should be maintained in proper condition by day as well as by night. At present a driver can commit a .lighting offence only at -night,' • . • • Vehicles will • be requiredto be fitted at all times With front (side) and rear lamps and reffeCtors such ,as would satisfy the Road Transport Lighting Acts and regulations as to number, size, position and so on. , Headlamps (including fog or spot lamps) which are subject to the anti-dazzle lighting regulation must, according to the Minister's proposals, be at all times in such a condition that, if used at night; they would satisfy
that .regulation. .
.Exemption will he given during daylight journeys where it can be shown that a defect arose "during the :trips or that steps have been taken to remedy it..
Owners of vehicles who can show that they never intend to use them at night will not have to fit lights and reflectors.
DIESEL KNOCK THE oil engine took another knock in the House of Commons on Tuesday, this time from Mr. Gerald Nabarro (Cons., Kidderminster),, who complained of exhaust smoke.
Mr. H. Nicholls, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, emphasized that the greater part of the smoke -from, oil engines could be prevented . by proper adjustment,, running and maintenance. The.Medical,Research Council had no evidence at present to suggest that diesel 'fttineS caused cancer. 1-le Warned operators to give greater care to maintenance.