Company Deceived By Records
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DRIVERS' fraudulent records had not only involved Canterbury Sidecars, Ltd., South Ockendon, Essex, in court proceedings but had also caused the company to pay subsistence allowances to men for nights when they were really at home.
This was stated at Chelmsford, Essex, last week, when the company unsuccessfully appealed to Essex Appeals Committee against fines of 140 imposed at Grays for convictions on eight charges of failing to keep proper records.
Mr. J. Lloyd Eley, for Canterbury Sidecars, told the committee that some drivers worked shorter hours by driving faster. Journeys scheduled to take three or four days in fact took only two days, and the drivers collected lodging allowances for time spent at home.
The company had carried out checks on vehicles so far as possible. Two of the drivers concerned had been dismissed, and the company had done everything to protect their good name, he added.
Mr. J. Purcell, for the respondents, stated that traffic examiners had kept watch on three of the company's vehicles on eight different occasions. A lorry which was seen in South Ockendon one day had left Glasgow the same morning, according to the record. This would have meant that the journey was done in less than I+ hours. said Mr. Purcell. The company had never been convicted before, he added.