Normal User Cannot Be " Universal"
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QTATEMENTS of normal user contain
ing every possible commodity a haulier had carried or hoped to carry, and every conceivable place he had been to or might go to, could not possibly be justified. This was said by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. I. A. T. Hanlon, at Newcastle upon Tyne, on Tuesday. when Spinks Transport Services, Ltd., Darlington, applied to add a vehicle to their A licence on the expiry of a special A licence.
Mr. S. Spinks told the Authority that the large number of destinations and commodities specified in the normal user were an amplification of that already on the A licence. The application had been framed on the advice of the Road Haulage Association.
Mr. Hanlon pointed out that the description of work was that done by the whole fleet, and was unjustifiable. The Transport Tribunal had made it clear on previous occasions that vehicles should be dealt with individually.
Mr. F. Milton, for the applicants, submitted that from a practical point of view it was impossible to work a business in such a manner. The normal user appeared to be 95 per cent. steel and other goods outward for three main customers in London and the Home Counties, continued Mr. Hanlon, with fruit and vegetables on return loads, and occasional loads to Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and elsewhere for regular customers.
Mr. Spinks agreed to amend his statement of normal user in accordance with requirements, and the application was granted.