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LA tells haulier he was 'sloppy'

8th December 1994
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• South Eastern & Metropolitan LA Brigadier Michael Turner has refused to increase the authorisation on Edmonton, north London-based Hollyfield's licence froin one to six vehicles—he felt the company had been "extremely sloppy".

The LA also curtailed the duration of the company's licence to expire at the end of November 1997, instead at the end of November 1998.

Brigadier Turner said the corn pany had been lawfully operating one vehicle and unlawfully operating others. Four prohibitions had been issued to those vehicles.

Hollyfield had applied for a smaller number of vehicles than was intended but then proceeded to operate extra vehicles. When the company was told it had no authority to operate more than one vehicle, and interim authority for the additional vehicles had been refused, it continued to operate outside the law.

The company's sloppiness was also evident by the fact that it appeared to have allowed a vehicle issued with a delayed prohibition to stay on the road without any effort being made to clear the defects. It was not until the vehicle had been stopped and prohibited for the second time that the original prohibition was cleared.

Turner said the company did not have the integrity and capacity required for the increased number of vehicles. He was not satisfied that the company could properly operate a maintenance system for six vehicles.

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People: Michael Turner
Locations: Edmonton, London

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