First lob led to fine
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BECAUSE he had promised to carry out a transport job, a West Midland ownerdriver undertook to deliver a load of scrap metal without having first acquired the necessary licence, Birmingham magistrates were told last week.
Mr J. Bolton, a DoE traffic examiner, giving evidence on behalf of the West Midland Licensing Authority, said that on October 30 last year Mr Eric Thomas Hickman, of Oldbury, had been stopped on the public highway and his vehicle found to have a defective tyre, for which a delayed prohibition notice was issued. After some diffi culty, the examiner arranged to interview Mr Hickman on February 15 about the second offence, operating a heavy goods vehicle without an 0 licence. On being cautioned, Mr Hickman replied: "That trip was the first day I had used the vehicle. I intended to get an operators' licence."
Mr Hickman was not present in court and the magistrates found the case proved in his absence. After hearing that the defendant had recently been convicted on a similar offence involving another vehicle, the magistrates fined Mr Hickman £40 and ordered him to pay £5 costs.