Drivers Admit Orders, But Employers Liable
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KLTH 0 UGH two drivers agreed that ri their employers, D'Arcy and Co, (ColcheSter), Ltd., had instructed them never to exceed'the maximum legal hours of work, the company were fined £10 by Colchester magistrates, last Friday, on charges concerning hours.
The drivers, Brian Carl Taylor, Hythe Hill, Colchester, and Stanley James Palmer, Melbourn Avenue, Chelmsford, admitted driving for longer than 11 hours in 24 . and not taking at least 10 consecutive hours', rest in '24 hours. ..The company pleaded not guilty of permitting_ Taylor was fined £2 and Palmer.P.
Mr. 'John Felt,. prosecuting for, the Ministry of Transport, said there was no question of dishonesty. The drivers' records were correct, but the men had exceeded the *gal working hours. In not' taking adequate steps to ensure . the observance of the regtilations, the Company were permitting the offences.
David Walter Smith, secretary of the company, said drivers had been' instructed never to exceed the legal hours of duty. They were paid 16s. a night subsistence allowance.
Both drivers agreed that they had been given instructions by their employers, but said that they did not fully understand the regulations.
APPLICANTS SHOULD NOTIFY INTENTIONS
REFUSING an application by Mr. S. C. Bryan, Heath, near Chesterfield, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing
Authority, Mr. H. A. Randolph, observed that it was not the first time the applicant had failed to, appear.
Mr. R. Parnham, for the road objectors, said the Road Haulage Association was becoming very concerned with the state of affairs whereby applicants failed to appear at a hearing and all the objectors attended.
The RBA. suggested, with the support of the British Transport Commission, that an applicant should, through his solicitor or himself, notify the Authority 48 hours beforehand whether he intended to follow up his application.
Mr. Randolph entirely agreed with the remarks and said he would mention the matter to the Licensing Authority.
CHANGED NAME TO GET P.S.V. DRIVER'S LICENCE
A MAN who had served a two-month r-t prison sentence for assaulting a policeman and who had later been disqualified from driving—for using a van without insurance—changed his name and obtained a public service vehicle licence in order to take on a job as driver with East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd.
The man, John Pontefract, pleaded guilty to making false statements to obtain a public service vehicle licence, at Leeds City Court last week, and was 'sent to prison for three months.
Pontefract told the court that changing his name and obtaining the licence was his only chance of getting a. job.