Failed to report convictions
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• A failure to report convictions led to Norman Road Haulage (Wimbledon) receiving a warning from the South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner when it succeeded in having its licence renewed at an Eastbourne public inquiry Company secretary Peter Griffiths said the company had served the construction industry for 43 years. He admitted that between 1989 and 1992 the company had been convicted of nine offences on six separate occasions, and that it had been fined for overloading three times.
It had never been his intention to conceal the convictions, said Griffiths. He had mistakenly believed that they would be reported to the Commissioner by the courts.
Griffiths added that the overloading arose at places where there were no weighbridge facilities. All the company's drivers were under instructions to dump any load if they had any doubt about weight.
The company's vehicles had been stopped and checked by the police on 40 occasions recently and the two prosecutions that arose had both been dismissed, with costs being awarded to the company.
Letting the company off with a warning, and renewing the licence for the full five years, Brigadier Turner said that the amount of time which elapsed since the offences were committed meant he did not have to revoke the company's licence.