Weekly print out and two year licence
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Richard Tighe (R Tighe Transport of Brierley Hill)
EConvictions have led to the licence held by Brierley Hill haulier Richard Tighe, trading as R Tighe Transport, being renewed for a two-year-period only, by West Midland LA John Mervyn Pugh.
Tighe had sought renewal of his international licence in respect of three vehicles and three trailers. On his behalf, Michael Carless said there had been drivers' hours and records convictions, one against Tighe and two against the drivers. He was instructed that what was recorded as an excise licence offence conviction had been dealt with by way of mitigating penalty.
The records offences had been discovered after three months' records had been checked by traffic examiners. Driver Jones was doing a considerable amount of Continental work, particularly to West Germany, and he had stretched the rules to get to a particular destination that he had wanted to get to on each occasion. Tighe had now taken a contract out for the computer analysis of his tachograph charts, and he was receiving a weekly print out. Any defects were pointed out to the drivers and if they persisted the driver concerned was disciplined. Tighe was prepared to send a monthly certificate to the Traffic Area, saying that charts had been checked and outlining any action taken against drivers. It was Tighe's only fall from grace in five years, The LA said that he also wanted Tighe to send a letter to his drivers pointing out that such offences would not be tolerated, that the licence was at risk if they were committed in the future and the drivers would lose their jobs.
Renewing the licence for two years only, the LA said he wanted good operators who did not become persistent customers of magistrates' courts. If all went well he would grant a five-year licence at the end of two years and withdraw the requirement for a monthly certificate.