'Slip-ups lead to danger'
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IF a company could "slip up" on the unauthorised use of vehicles, even after a letter of warning, how long would it be before it slipped up over a matter of safety?
Yorkshire Licensing Authority Maj-Gen V. Carpenter put this point to Autogem Auto Components of Leeds when it applied to renew its four-vehicle licence.
Such a situation said the LA, showed a lack of supervision. But, a director of the compa ny, Peter Ashworth, said the conviction in November had related to an offence committed before the issue of the warning letter.
Although he was responsible for transport he had many responsibilities and he had delegated to an assistant who had failed to do the job.
It was intended to appoint a person with the sole responsibility for transport in the near future. There was tremendous competition in the company's trade and that was why it operated its own vehicles.
Renewing the licence, Maj-Gen Carpenter said transport obviously had a key role in the business and any disciplinary action would have very serious consequences.
The company would have to make a big effort to ensure ii had no further problems. He would take a serious view ol any similar conviction in the future.