Banned for five years South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner
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Brigadier Michael Turner also disqualified Betts from holding or obtaining a licence for five years. Holding that neither Betts, nor her transport manager, Ian Huntley, met the requirement to be of good repute, Turner said Huntley bore the blame for "the sorry state of affairs" as much as Betts.
In 1995 Benmajor was convicted of having no test certificate and of overloading. In May 1996 Betts was convicted of permitting an hours offence and of using a vehicle with no lamps, reflectors or rear markers. In October 1996 Betts and one of her drivers were convicted of using a trailer with defective brakes, using a vehicle in a dangerous condition and failing to display a test date disc. A vehicle examiner had reported that the maintenance was still not consistently satisfactory and a traffic examiner had stated that out of 156 tachograph charts examined, 67 showed speeds in excess of 110km/h.
In addition, very little heed seemed to have been taken of the warnings that had been given at the previous public inquiries, particular about speeding.