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Operator broke ban by employing son
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An operator who broke a condition of his / interim authority while his licence was suspended must wait for the TC to decide whether he regains it.
LESLIE INGS, who resigned as a director of Fordingbridge-based lngs Transport in 1997, has to wait to see if a licence application in his own name is successful.
Ings Transport's licence for 14 vehicles and 12 trailers was revoked in May while it was being run by his sons. This followed maintenance problems, hours and tachograph offences and the use of a vehicle when the licence was suspended.
Western Traffic Commissioner Philip Brown also disqualified the company and its three directors, Brian. Alan and Peter Ings, from holding an 0-licence for 12 months.
Interim licence
Leslie Ings was granted interim authority to operate two vehicles on condition that his three sons would not be involved. However, the TC said that condition was omitted when the interim licence was issued and Ings had employed his son Alan as a driver. -Ellis was not good enough, as Ings had known the conditions under which he was being allowed to operate. Appearing for Ings, Doug Sturman said he had been in business since 1962 before handing the company over to his sons. After the business was handed over Ings had no dealings with it. He had not known of the public inquiry until he was told by another operator.
Until 2005 the company had been involved in the haulage of beef cattle and feed. In reply to the TC. Ings said he wanted a licence because it was difficult to control the collection of feed at the right time when relying on other operators. He said he would be happy with one vehicle but would like to have a spare. ■ "`
Driver shortage
Asked why he wanted to employ his son, Ings said his son had done the work in the past and knew the set-up. It was easier than training someone, and drivers were hard to find.
He was adamant that employing his son had not been a back-door method of resurrecting the company. He said his sons had had enough and did not want to go back to operating the number of vehicles it ran in the past.
It would be his business and he would run it. Ings stressed. He said he had stopped using the interim licence on receipt of the call-up letter. so he had not gone against the TC's instructions. He had employed another operator to do the work and had used the interim licence for only two weeks.
The TC said he would announce his decision in writing. •