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• North-Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe has formally warned a Humberside haulier about his maintenance standards, but has authorised him to operate extra vehicles and trailers.
Clinton Hill, trading as CH Hill Freight, of Withernsea, Hull, appeared before the Deputy TC at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry. Hill wanted to increase the authorisation on his licence from nine
vehicles and uii•
three trailers to "
13 vehicles and been warned about He had been in five trailers, hospital for nine DOT vehicle his maintenenace months in 1996 examiner Pauland there came Rust said he had standards a time when he carried out a maintenance inveswas running the business from tigation in September following hospital. He needed the extra the issue of a number of prohibivehicles and trailers to cover
existing contracts.
The driver involved in tachograph and hours convictions at Withernsea had been dismissed, said Hill. He agreed that he had failed to declare the convictions in the application form.
Hinchliffe said that Hill had a disappointing record of prohibitions and he had previously been warned about his maintenance standards. However, this was not the worst case of its kind and there were a number of positive features.
Calling for a maintenance check within six months, the Deputy TC warned Hill that if he appears at another public inquiry the most severe disciplinary action will be taken. tions at the roadside.
He examined seven vehicles and three trailers, imposing three immediate prohibitions for defects that could have occurred since their previous inspection.
A total of 14 prohibitions and variation notices had been issued in a seven-month period, said Rust. There were a lot of vehicles and trailers where the brake efficiency was below the legal requirement.
Maintenance had been contracted out but Hill was now employing a full-time mechanic and was in the process of converting a building into a workshop, said Rust. He felt that the proposed changes should lead to an improvement.
Hill said he accepted that there was something wrong with the maintenance and it was time that
had previously he did smile
thing about it.