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Dperator wins licence increase
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,1■1 OPERATOR THAT gave firm undertakings improve its maintenance record was successful in s bid to increase its licence from 11 vehicles and 16 ailers to 12 vehicles and 30 trailers. Hereford-based iammonds Transport appeared before the West alland Traffic Commissioner, David Dixon.
Vehicle examiner Glyn Smith toldTC David Dixon tat since the licence was granted in September 2002 ne immediate and two delayed prohibitions had aen issued, together with two variation notices when !hides were produced for prohibition clearance. Trailer inspection records were haphazard. The trailers were all hired from Hereford Trailer I lire. which was owned by one of Gammonds' directors. David Gammond. The company's initial failure rate at annual test was 66%. compared with the national average of 34.74%.
Hereford Trailer Hire, which did not hold an 0licence, had a failure rate of 40%. The trailers were taken to test by a non-CI-licence shunt vehicle.TheTC pointed out that tractors which took trailers for test needed to be specified on an 0-licence. Gammonds director Christine Bryan said the company was not the only user of the Hereford Trailer Hire trailers.