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Operator blames illness as licence is revoked
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AN OPERATOR WHO filled in inspection sheci,-, without checking the vehicles has had his threevehicle licence revoked and been disqualified from holding or obtaining an 0-licence for two years.
Frederick Askew,based in Bridge of Earn, Scotland, and trading as FP Askew Haulage, had been called before the Scottish Traffic Commissioner JoanAitken at an Edinburgh disciplinary inquiry.
The TC heard that the maintenance records showed discrepancies between the mileages recorded and those on tachograph charts and other documentation. The records appeared clean and showed far fewer defects than would be expected of a tipper operation. Askew had had a heart attack in January 2006 and following that he had filled in inspection sheets without checking the vehides.Two vehicles were available at the maintenance inspection.The third vehicle was being held by a maintenance contractor pending payment.
Cheques for excise licences for two vehicles had been returned to the drawer several times and requests for the return of the discs had been ignored. An examination of six months of tachograph charts revealed more than 14.000km unaccounted for.There were 40 offences of driving for more than 4 1/2 hours without taking the required break and instances of failures to use the mode switch to identify breaks and other work.lbere were two weekly rest offences and others where manual records were not made after charts had been damaged in the tachograph head.
Askew said all the problems had arisen from his being ill. He had had to rely upon his wife and a driver who opened and shut the gates and saw the drivers out and in. The business's paperwork had been put on hold.
The TC said no evidence to satisfy the financial requirement had been produceci.lhe inaccurate maintenance records and the missing mileage were "most serious" matters.