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IN LEGAL BRIEFS Activities limited
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DESPITE TAKING no action against the 0-licence of Peterhead-based BNJ Transport after concluding it had not sought to circumvent the suspension of its licence, Scottish TC Joan Aitken suggested BNJ limit its activities to the specified vehicles for six months.
The company holds a licence for 12 vehicles and 18 trailers, and last November, the TC suspended its licence for four weeks for breaches of the drivers' hours and tachograph rules, and thereafter curtailed the licence to eight vehicles and 18 trailers for a further three months.
The TC was told intelligence had been received by VOSA that suggested BNJ was operating in breach of the orders. The TC concluded neither of the other operators had considered they were "lending" 0-licence discs to BNJ and, in most cases, BNJ had engaged in straightforward sub-contracting.
Disciplinary action adjourned
CONSIDERATION of disciplinary action against the 0-licences held in the West Midlands and Eastern Traffic Areas by 24-7 HGV Recruitment Services was adjourned because a vehicle examiner who had suggested maintenance records might be false was unable to attend a Birmingham public inquiry.
The company had been called before Deputy Traffic Commissioner Roger Seymour. It holds a licence in the West Midlands for four vehicles and four trailers, and in the Eastern Area for three vehicles and three trailers.
The DTC said that the vehicle examiner's statement in regard to the company's West Bromwich operation cast doubts over whether the maintenance records were genuine, saying they were pristine and did not show any defects That was a very serious allegation, which he could not consider without the vehicle — — examiner concerned being present. He needed to investigate the allegation thoroughly and the firm be given an opportunity to challenge it.
Driver hit with £407 fine
EXCEEDING the daily driving limit has cost Craigavon lorry driver Alexander Stangoe 1407 in fines and costs Stangoe, of The Square, Tandragee, Craigavon, admitted the offence before Holyhead Magistrates.
The Court heard that in April, the 40-tonne artic driven by Stangoc was checked on the A55 at Dalar Hir. An examination of his tachograph records revealed he had driven for nine hours 36 minutes on 7 April, nine hours 51 minutes on 8 April and 10 hours three minutes on 9 April.
Stangoe was fined £160 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £232, plus a £15 victim surcharge.