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Formal warning for tarnished repute
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NORTH WESTERN Deputy Traffic Commissioner Elizabeth Perrett has described the repute of Workington-based Ian Wilson Haulage as"a little bit grubby with a few linger marks". But the firm escaped with a warning after the DTC decided its repute had not been lost. Eden magistrates had fined the company £2,000 for permitting two weekly rest offences by one driver and three daily rest offences by another.
Director Ian Wilson said the tachograph records were now compared with the drivers' timesheets. If the licence was suspended or curtailed the company would lose business that it would never get back. Wilson would be quite happy to have the tachograph records sent for analysis and to send the drivers on an external training course as soon as possible.
The DTC felt those undertakings should bring the company "up to speed".
For the company, Martin Arthur said it was a typical old Cumbrian family business in which the boys came in at the bottom and worked their way up,leamingfrom their fathers.He felt that Wilson's mistake was in trying to do too much.Taking no action, the DTC commented that there was not one set of rules for Cumbrian family businesses and another set for other operators.
Though the offences were not the most serious she had seen, the company had to get it right.