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Two absentees lose licences
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• Two operators who failed to attend a public inquiry before Mr H. E. Robson, the Eastern LA, at Cambridge last week, had their licences revoked.
J. A. Watling of WisbeCh lost a licence for one vehicle; the operator had failed to appear before the LA in July when his case was adjourned and failed to appear again at the re-arranged hearing.
Watling was granted a licence in 1969 for five vehicles but the renewal application in October 1972 asked for one vehicle, which had been granted. Following convictions relating to the vehicle the company was called to public inquiry. In giving his decision Mr Robson said that he was not satisfied that proper maintenance facilities existed.
Mr H. J. Symonds of King's Lynn lost his interim licence and had an application for three vehicles refused. He also had failed to attend public inquiry and had failed to supply the LA with the information he required before a grant could be made. The applicant already possesses one of the vehicles which he was applying to have licensed.
A. L. Courtenay of Toddington, Bedfords hire, had its licence suspended indefinitely from September 14 by the LA on the same day. Following a road-side check in April when tyres and brakes were specified as defective, the same vehicle was found still to be defective when presented for clearance. An investigation by a DoE examiner revealed that there was no evidence to support the company's claim that the vehicles were being maintained at a local garage. The examiner told the LA that he understood drivers carried out their own maintenance at fortnightly intervals.
The LA said it was now the responsibility of the operator to satisfy him that the proper maintenance programme was in operation.