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'Very ignorant' company wins the return of impounded 17-tanner
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A COMPANYTHAT used an employee's 0-licence illegally for two years has succeeded in its bid to have an impounded vehicle returned.
Wolverhampton-based Ray Hickman sought the return of the vehicle from West Midlands TC David Dixon on the grounds that the company was unaware it had been used without licence authority.
Senior traffic examiner Wilma McGraw said that the 17-tonne vehicle had been detained on 10 August while loaded with scaffolding. It was displaying an 0-licence disc in the name of Mark Aston, which had expired at the end of July. The driver said Aston was Ray Hickman's transport manager, but Ray Hickman did not hold an 0-licence. The traffic examiner was told the vehicle was being used under Aston's licence and that he received payment as part of his wages. The traffic examiner was offered a cheque by Ray Hickman in payment of the outstanding renewal fee.
Hickman director Lee Timmins said his company had bought the vehicle from Aston, thinking his 0-licence would continue, but Aston had not told them it had expired. They had now applied for an 0-licence in the name of Ray Hickman, In reply to the TC, Timmins said Aston had been sacked as a result. Asked why the company had not applied for a licence when it bought the vehicle two years ago,Timmins said they had not understood the niles.They had been very ignorant and had not looked at the expiry date on the disc,