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Public inquiry on hold while Deputy TC considers action

7th June 2007, Page 35
7th June 2007
Page 35
Page 35, 7th June 2007 — Public inquiry on hold while Deputy TC considers action
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WELSH DEPUTY Traffic Commissioner Timothy Hayden has adjourned a public inquiry while he considers what action to take against the licence of a Brecon-based timber haulier.

Roger Jones, trading as Jones Transport, holds a licence for four vehicles and four trailers. He was called before the Deputy TC following a series of convictions and prohibition notices. Evidence was given that several safety inspections had been a few days late and that Jones had failed to notify a change of maintenance contractor. The DTC said he was not too concerned with the prohibitions as he did not regard them as the most serious problem.

Jones said a conviction for insufficient daily rest was due to human error— a simple miscalculation. He had since had equipment fitted to stop this happening. He had also employed a shunter which enabled him to cut down driving hours on the main work, hauling timber to Devon and Cornwall, He was unable to explain a conviction for a missing 24km on the tachograph records, for which he had been finedi2.000, saying this was the only time he had had missing mileage. Another offence had involved an agency driver who had kept his tachograph chart with him. He had been given 21 days to send the chart to Vosa at Exeter, but Vosa had never received it.

The overloading conviction involved the first load of timber the firm had taken out of the forest. To overcome this problem he had moved from two-axle trailers to triaxle trailers fitted with weighing devices.

Asked about a vehicle which should have paid a higher rate of V ED, Jones said he had uprated it and sent the documents to the DVLA;he had been waiting for the tax disc when the offence came to light.

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Locations: Brecon, Exeter

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