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No ban but future licence is unlikely
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• North-Western Traffic Commis sioner Keith Waterworth has told the partners in Sheffield-based Direct Transportation that it is extremely unlikely they will ever be granted another licence, although he did not disqualify them.
13rinsley and Rhondda Hogin, trading as Direct Transportation, with a licence for two vehicles, failed to appear at a Manchester disciplinary inquiry.
Vehicle examiner Thomas Fearns said he had issued an immediate prohibition to a vehicle because the rear tyre had been cut to expose the breaker cords, the braking efficiency was low and a curtain was torn. He
issued a defect notice for a further 13 defects—all would have resulted in a test failure.
Five prohibitions had been issued since March 1994, said Fearns, and the partners had been sent warning letters in January 1993 and August 1995 in relation to maintenance, illegal parking and convictions. He agreed that the prohibitions showed a significant number of brake defects.
Revoking the licence, Waterworth said it was an extraordinarily poor maintenance performance—it seemed the partners were unwilling to cooperate in raising their standards and despite being asked to do so, they had failed to produce any financial information.