L HANDBRAKE WAS TIED TO THE CHASSIS REPORTS now indicated a
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distinct improvement in maintenance at the firm, said the Metropolitan LA, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, when he called Mr. William Helsdon, a director of Maryon Transport Ltd., of Romford, Essex, before him last week following an examiner's immediate prohibition of one of the concern's vehicles.
Mr. Muir, who decided to make no direction in the case before him, said that during its licence period Maryon had been given one immediate and two delayed prohibitions and had been fined £5 for a defective braking system at Romford Court.
Mr. Helsdon said that the lorry given the immediate prohibition was in fact in the firm's yard being repaired when the Ministry examiner called. It had been off the road for two days. The other two vehicles which were the subject of prohibitions had developed defects which the drivers had neglected to report, and these had gradually got worse.
He said the two drivers concerned were no longer with the company. The firm now had a full-time mechanic on the premises and all vehicles were given a thorough check once a week.
Mr. Helsdon said the conviction for a faulty brake in June this year was on a vehicle he himself had been driving. The brake had been faulty when he had purchased the van. He had not realized at the time that part of the handbrake was tied to the chassis.