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Prohibitions result in cuts for Linked firms

28th January 2010
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The DTC is confident that the firms involved will behave in future now that he has been forced to act.

TWO ASSOCIATED operators have suffered 0-licence cuts after an inquiry heard they had clocked up more than 40 prohibitions for maintenance offences.

However, remedial measures taken meant that the operators managed to hang on to their licences.

Bonnybridge-based Denny Tipper Ti-ansport and Denny Skip Hire appeared before Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane.

The DTC cut the 0-licence held by DennyTipper Transport from 45 vehicles and 20 trailers to 38 vehicles and 20 trailers for four weeks and the 0-licence held by Denny Skip Hire from 14 vehicles to 10 for three. weeks.

Vehicle examiner Graeme Patterson said that 18 immediate and 19 delayed prohibitions and four variation notices were issued to vehicles operated by Denny Tipper Transport, two of which were S'-endorsed.

Four immediate and three delayed prohibition notices had been issued to vehicles operated by Denny Skip Hire, one of which was `S'-endorsed. A recurring feature was loose wheelnuts.

Denny Tipper Transport had an initial annual vehicle test pass rate of 25% and Denny Skip Hire of 33.33% Traffic examiner John Dunlop said that VOSA received intelligence that driver Craig Campbell had been working seven days a week without the necessary breaks, as well as working as a mechanic over the weekends.

A check was made on tachograph records and timeshcets for December 2007 and January and February 2008.

They showed that Campbell had committed a daily rest infringement and that he had been on duty for seven, 17 and 19 continuous days. In addition, 5.218km were unaccounted for.

Four drivers' hours' prohibitions had been issued to drivers employed by Denny Tipper TI-ansport as well as 10 overloading prohibitions.

For the two firms, Michael Whiteford said Denny Tipper Transport had signed a contract with the Freight Transport Association, which stated it would carry out preventative maintenance for 45 vehicles, train 45 drivers in workaround checks and provide HGV inspection standards training for workshop staff.

In addition, transport managerAlistair Blackstock would attend a CPC course.

Campbell said he had hit financial difficulties and undertook as much overtime as a mechanic as was available. He hadn't realised working as a mechanic would affect his drivers' hours.

Making the curtailment orders, the DTC said systems had been allowed to drift. The retention of charts could, at best, be described as "disorganised" and at worst, "shambolie However, the DTC was satisfied that there had been an appropriate response to VOSA's concerns from the firms involved.


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