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0-licence revocation for no-show operator

7th February 2008
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AN ELUSIVE operator with a string of licence offences to his name had his licence revoked when he failed to appear at an Edinburgh public inquiry before Scottish Raffle Commissioner Joan Aitken.

The TC said a traffic examiner had reported having Jillieulty in contacting Leven-based David Grubb, who held a one-vehicle restricted licence. Grubb had -epeatedly failed to attend appointments.

There had been a change of legal entity to a limited :ompany which had not been notified to the Traffic krea Office; no replacement licence had been applied *or. The operating centre was Burnside Industrial krea, Kinglassie, but the vehicle had been kept at 3rubb's home in a communal parking area intended or residential use.

The sole vehicle on the licence was involved in r collision on 4 December 2006. When the police mended it was found that the driver did not hold a driving licence—he had held only a provisional licence prior to a three-year disqualification for drink-driving in April 2002.

Grubb was told to produce tachograph charts;some were found tube missing and the 19 charts that were produced revealed numerous infringements.

On 19 February 2007 a Ford Transit van was found to be overloaded and was prohibited. The driver, the brother of the driver involved in the 4 December incident, had never held a driving licence. On 27 February 2007 the same van, driven by Grubb, was found to be overloaded and was prohibited.

The IC said there were clear breaches of the licence conditions. Grubb had also failed to show that he continued to have the financial resources necessary for a restricted operation of this size. His behaviour in not coming to the public inquiry was consistent with his pattern of failing to meet the traffic examiner.