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OPERATOR was entitled ly upon the previous good tation when called to disinary proceedings said Midlands LA Arthur Aree when he took no r action than to record a fling aginst Mr E. J. [gain of Coventry at gingham last week.
Mr Mangan who operates et of six vehicles had been !d before the LA following mposition of two vehicles .ibitions during a fleet intion.
?hicle examiner Frederick drick said Mr :Vlangam's ities were responsible, and )ugh there was no inspecpit or hoist neither was immediately essential as the vehicles were tippers.
However he understood a pit was to be constructed. Two part time fitters were on call for emergencys and there was a verbal agreement with a commercial garage in adjacent premises for the regular inspection of the vehicles.
The defect he found on both vehicles upon which it was necessary to impose delayed prohibitions had already been noted by the operator for rectification, One of the prohibitions was cleared within 90 minutes and the other the following morning.
A three month gap in the inspection records appeared to have happened when a fulltime fitter had suffered a heart attack.
Mr Frederick Carter the traffic manager said he had only recently joined the firm and was unable to give any reason for the gap in the records.
He said it was the intention to form a limited company in the near future and he would be one of the directors.
The commercial garage had been responsible for the maintenance of the vehicles since July and he produced a written agreement concerning the arrangements.
Recording a warning and directing that there be a further fleet check in 12 months, Mr Crabtree said there was a history of satisfactory maintenance checks and the firm was entitled to rely on its good records. Matters had gone wrong but he has now been told that the situation had ben put right.