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Five Star loses licence

31st August 1989, Page 18
31st August 1989
Page 18
Page 18, 31st August 1989 — Five Star loses licence
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Keywords : Warrington, Cheshire

• The PSV operators licence held by R S L Carter, trading as Five Star Travel, of Warrington has been revoked by the North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu.

The firm had been called to disciplinary proceedings because of the unsatisfactory maintenance of its vehicles and following complaints from Cheshire County about failures to operate local services in accordance with its registered particulars.

Vehicle examiner George Carmichael said that two vehicles spot-checked in March were both given immediate prohibition notices. And in May, the county council carried out its own maintenance investigation during which two out of three vehicles were found to be unroadworthy. Carmichael said he carried out a maintenance investigation later the same month on three vehicles run by Five Star Travel, with an immediate prohibition placed on one vehicle.

Maintenance was said to be contracted out but it appeared that Carter was doing most of the repair work himself, and maintenance facilities were not adequate, he said.

Evidence was also given by Cheshire's transport coordinator Trevor Dobson, about monitoring exercises carried out in relation to Five Star Travel's two registered services, after receiving complaints from the public. The level of failure to operate was high, said Dobson.

Carter said that he had waybills to prove the company had operated some services which the county council claimed had not run. The trouble had arisen through only having one back-up vehicle.

He accepted that the Saturdays-only service between Warrington and Widnes was not being operated.

There was a verbal contract with a commercial garage round the corner for the inspection of the vehides, said Carter.

He had applied to lease an industrial unit which would incorporate a covered workshop and parking area.

He agreed that the nominated transport manager had left the firm, saying that he had been let down with everything, He intended taking the CPC examination himself in October.

Revoking the licence, Albu said he was left with no option. He would consider granting a new licence once Carter had new premises and a professionally competent transport manager.


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