• Licensing Authorities are inspecting — and failing — more
5th January 1989, Page 6
5th January 1989
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vehicles than ever before, according to their report for the year to 31 March 1988. More than 228,000 HGVs were checked, and 84,000 were weighed at the ports. Nearly 50,000 visits were made to operators' premises and almost 78,000 spot checks were made — a jump of 35%. Some 15% of the vehicles inspected were prohibited, which is a substantial increase over the previous year. The number of licences in use remained constant at around 130,000.