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Heavy haulier loses six vehicles after 10 faults
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A HEAVY haulier has lost six vehicles from its licence after appearing at a second Public Inquiry within five years, with 10 prohibitions issued in that time.
The company blamed its problems, in part, on the death last year of the operation's managing director, Walter Golding.
Western DeputyTraffic CommissionerAlan Bourlet acted against Wotton Bassett-based John Golding Heavy Haulage by cutting its licence from 13 vehicles and 30 trailers to nine vehicles and 25 trailers.
Vehicle examiner Anthony Proctor told a Bristol disciplinary inquiry that he had carried out an investigation following the issue of a serious prohibition after an ISO cable had not been connected. He examined two vehicles and three trailers,issuing one prohibition for a worn tyre and a leaking brake coupling. There was no proper nil driver defect reporting system and there were gaps in the trailer records. Though a roller brake tester had been installed following an undertaking given at a previous Public Inquiry, it was not in working order until December 2002.
For the company, David Cocks said that the driver who had failed to connect the ISO cable had been dis missed. Some of the trailers with missing records had been hired out and others had been off the road.
Director Susan Tarling said that the roller brake tester had been installed within six months but the garage had suffered flood damage.
It was now calibrated and in use. She accepted that the brake tester was not used as regularly as it should have been and that the company had undertaken to use it every eight weeks.
Asked why there had been so many initial failures at annual test, transport manager David Tarling said that headlights were the problem and the company was prepared to purchase headlight testing equipment.
Cocks said that it had been a tragic year for the company, with managing director Walter Golding dying in December 2003. He had lived for the business,concentrating new investment on vehicles rather than procedures.
Cutting the licence, the DTC said that 10 prohibitions since the last Public Inquiry was not good enough. He warned that further problems would place the licence in jeopardy.