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Tough on maintenance
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• Licensing Authorities are taking a tougher line over the standard and supervision of vehicle maintenance, says North Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Brian Homer.
He made this plain when he refused last week to grant additional vehicles to Sheffield haulier John Paul Haley, trading as John Paul Haulage. Haley had applied to add four vehicles and trailers to his existing international licence for two vehicles, and to move his operating centre to Middlewood Quarry, Mowson Lane, Worral.
The application attracted objections from Sheffield District Council and representations from five local residents. In addition, the DLA was considering taking disciplinary action in the light of an unsatisfactory fleet check.
The council withdrew its objections after Haley reduced his application to two additional vehicles only. The residents complained that access to the quarry was inadequate for heavy vehicles.
Vehicle examiner Ronald Uttley said he had inspected two vehicles and issued two immediate prohibitions. He was told that one of the vehicles had just been inspected, and was shown a list of defects which did not include those listed on the prohibition notice. Haley only had basic tools and equipment, and a major drawback was a lack of an inspection pit. He relied on his father to carry out the maintenance.
John Patrick Haley, Haley's father and transport manager, said he had not completed inspecting the vehicle referred to by Uttley.
He accepted that there had been some lack of commitment to maintenance in the past, but said that would be put right if the new operating centre was authorised.
Haley said that in future, the vehicles would be inspected every two weeks with a full service every four weeks. More tools had been acquired and he did not feel the installation of an inspection pit would be a problem.
Authorising the change of operating centre with conditions restricting the times of operation, Horner cut the duration of the licence so that it now expires at the end of the year. He said that the facilities at the operating centre were clearly in their infancy and considerable improvement was required. Supervision had been lax, and if the situation did not improve, he warned, the licence would be in jeopardy.