Employer and Driver Fined
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FOR failing to keep a current record of work, Gerald Griffin, a lorry driver, of Cholmondeley Street, Widnes, Lanes, was fined £4 by Thames magistrates.
His employers, Davis Brothers (Haulage), Ltd., whose registered office is; c/o Gainsley, Sidney Harrison and Co., Gray's Inn Road, London, were fined a total of £20 and ordered to pay 15 guineas costs in respect of this offence and for failing to display a valid identity certificate. The case was dealt with in their absence,
An examiner for the North Western area said he stopped a lorry carrying scrap metal bars at Bridgefoot, Warrington, Lancashire, on May 31, and noticed that there was no identity disc displayed. He spoke to the driver, Griffin, who said the disc had been lost and that this had been reported to the Lancashire County Police. He was unable to produce a current driving record.
Another traffic examiner gave evidence that the loss of the disc had not been reported to the licensing authorities: