'Wrong trailer' fines for J & H Group
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• A York trailer belonging to J and H Transport Group was found not to be plated nor to have a test certificate when examined during a roadside check on A412 near Denham on March 16. Bought new by the company in 1965, it should have been tested and plated before September 1 last year.
A letter from the company's secretary, pleading guilty to two charges, was read to the magistrates at Watford Court on August 27. It explained that in a fleet of over 200 trailers this particular vehicle appeared to have escaped the regulations and should not have been in use. "Somehow, during the previous weekend, one of our drivers had coupled his attic to the wrong trailer." All the group's vehicles were now conforming with the regulations and MoT examiners had been invited to inspect the London and Dunstable dept Fines of 1.10 for the certificate, z E5 for the plating offences were impos
• After many years of operating from Geo Street in central Manchester, Continen Express Ltd has moved its local operations new premises at Trafford Park ROt Manchester 17 (Telephone: 061-872 5721 a 5722).