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Director wins a return to ace by showing up for PI
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A firm that had already served a 20-day suspension has escaped further punishment after one of its directors appeared before the North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner.
Manchester-based Welsot Fencing had had its licence suspended over safety issues until one of its directors appeared in front of DTC Tom Macartney, who had threatened licence revocation.
He had previously said that he was disappointed that the directors, the parents of transport manager Richard Butcher, had not attended the Public Inquiry and that documentation that had been specifically requested had not been produced.
Richard Butcher himself had been unable to answer questions about what had occurred before he took over the transport side (CM1-7 May).
When the hearing resumed the TC said that he had received a report from VOSA examiners and frankly the company's maintenance records "had been rubbish".
Director Edward Butcher said that main tenance was now contracted out to Scania main agents, who were inspecting the vehicles every six weeks and undertaking the annual test preparation work. They now had a proper driver defect reporting system. The vehicle examiner had shown his son how to fill the books in and he had passed it on to the company's three drivers.
After the TO had indicated that the vehicle examiner had still found minor problems with the vehicles, Butcher expressed his disquiet given the amount of money they were paying Scania.
However, Butcher gave a series of under takings, including attending a new operator's seminar and having one month's tachograph charts sent for outside analysis to identify whether there was a problem or not.
Butcher said the 20-day suspension had affected their busiest time of the year. Given this the TC said he would lift it with a formal warning.