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• An owner-driver who lost his LGV driving licence because of a heart problem has been granted a new 0licence, enabling him to carry on driving with a 7.5-tonner.
Francis Farrington, of Valpy Avenue. Tong Moor, Bolton, had applied for a new national licence for one vehicle, based at the Bolton 1VIBC Lorry Park, Mill Street, Bolton.
North Western LA Martin Albu pointed out that a previous licence for one vehicle had expired in July 1994. Farrington told him that in 1991 he had been offered a job to drive someone else's truck. When his 0-licence came up for renewal he had thought he did not need it as he was quite happy doing what he was doing. In August 1994, he was diagnosed as suffering from angina; as a result he lost his WV driving licence and his job. Rather than be unemployed, he decided to become an owner-driver again. He was currently operating under interim authority with a 7.5-tonner and did not need an LGV driving licence.
Albu commented that everything now seemed to be in order, but it had been a little naughty to start operating without a licence.
Granting the licence, with a condition restricting the authorised vehicle to no more than 7.5 tonnes, Albu pointed out that Farrington must have known that his licence had expired as the Traffic Area had written to remind him. He warned that unauthorised use must not happen again.