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IC Bell warns operators: one opportunity
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North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has warned opera tors in her area that she intends to be stricter in the future. Erring operators may be given one opportunity to improve matters, but thereafter she will demand full cornphance with the legislation.
The IC's warning was issued after she revoked Bootle-based Transcarry (UK l's licence following its second appearance before her within 12 months. In November 1998 the company was given a warning about its maintenance by Deputy IC Patrick Mulvenna. Last March the IC suspended the company's threevehicle/three-trailer licence licence for four weeks after it had given a number of undertakings including one that William Sharpies, who was to be employed as transport manager, would become a director and the nominated transport manager within 14 days. Vehicle examiner David Collings said that over the past five years 13 immediate and four delayed prohibitions had been issued to the company's vehicles and trailers. The company had failed to heed the warning given at the last public inquiry and was still operating unroadworthy vehicles, he added. Sharpies was still not a director or the nominated transport manager.; the company's accounts were overdue; and it had entered a voluntary financial arrangement in July.
Vehicle examiner Peter Turner said a vehicle being driven by Sharpies was stopped during "Operation Shed" and given a prohibition notice. The vehicle was displaying an 0-licence disc in the name of Sharpies, trading as WS Transport, which had expired in May 1998. The tax disc on display belonged to another vehicle taxed at the private light goods rate.
Sharpies said that the vehicle had been Impounded by DVLA staff; the owner, JC Commercials, had to pay £800 to get it back. It was nothing to do with Transcarry (UK), he stressed. He had been doing work for JC Commercials at the time. He had put the old 0-licence disc and the excise licence from another vehi de in the windscreen as he knew he should not be using the vehicle concerned on the road as it was only a shunter. Asked what he had to say about his repute, Sharpies said: "I think It's knackered!"
Director Anthony Harrison said they had expanded the business after being promised financial assistance by the bank. That was not forthcoming and they got into difficulties, hence the voluntary arrangement to pay £3,000 a month for three years.
Revoking the licence. the IC said Harrison had been to public inquiry twice before and knew what was expected of him. The TC also found that Sharpies had lost his repute as transport manager.