Fewer trailers for Pheasant Wrigley
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1 • A Lincolnshire haulage company had the number of trailers on its licence cut when it appeared at a Cambridge disciplinary inquiry for the second time within 15 months.
In September 1995 Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd warned Grantham-based Pheasant Wrigley Transport that further problems would be likely to lead to the revocation of its licence.
DOT vehicle examiner Richard Filipczak said that seven prohibitions and two variation notices had been issued since the last public inquiry He said that inspection periods were extended, there had been little improvement in procedures and there seemed to be a state of inertia.
For the company, Ian Rothera said it was accepted that management weakness had lingered. However the company now realised what it should have realised sooner—that it was not good enough to do its own maintenance.
Vehicle maintenance was now being contracted out and the trailers were being sold to a trailer rental company which would be responsible for their maintenance, said Rothera. He added that the company was selling its base and would move to rented accommodation—the money would be used to improve maintenance and update the fleet.
Cutting the authorisation from 12 vehicles and 20 trailers to 12 vehicles and 14 trailers, Fowler said that the failures had been due to weakness rather than a deliberate disregard of the company's responsibilities. He warned that the company's operations would be fully reviewed in 12 months.