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haulier is waiting to see if he is to be disciplined and whether his new application for a licence will be granted after his heating was adjourned for further checks.
William Nimmo, trading as Ochilmount Transport, had been called before Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane at an EtNnburgh disciplinary Inquiry. The DTC was considering an application by Ochilmount Transport. of which Nimmo was the sole director, for a new national licence for 12 vehicles and eight trailers.
Vehicle examiner Graeme Patterson said Nimmo held a licence for six vehicles and six trailers. He had been given a warning at a public Inquiry in June 2000 after a number of prohibitions had been Issued because DIL switch covers and speed limiters had been tampered with. Since then an immediate prohibition had been imposed on a vehicle at a roadside check for a worn tyre. with a delayed prohibition for an incorrectly fitted DIL switch cover and an unsealed tachograph. However, there was no evidence of any tampering.
Patterson examined two vehicles and two trailers during a maintenance investigation In October at three days' notice. Though the vehicles and trailers were generally in a satisfactory condition he was concerned that they had clearly been worked on the night before and extensive repairs had been carried out to the brakes.
The DTC said there had been considerable concern about brake defects at the previous public inquiry. Chances must not be taken with brakes, which must be maintained in good order at all times, he said.
For Nimmo, Alistair Mackie said that the vehicles had been worked on as their preventive maintenance inspections had been due. He added that prior to the last public inquiry Nimmo had carried out his own maintenance, but this was now being contracted out to a reputable garage. Mackie maintained that the overall picture was not one of woefully inadequate arrangements for the maintenance of this fleet.
NImmo said he had had a vehicle stolen at the weekend and that was one of the reasons he wanted to move to the new site.
The OTC adjourned the proceedings to await a report from the Vehicle Inspectorate about the suitability of the new premises.