Situation improves at livestock haulier
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• Carnforth, Lanes livestock haulier Alan Thompson Haulage escaped with a warning at a Manchester disciplinary inquiry into the company's vehicle maintenance problems.
Vehicle examiner Brian Hayhurst gave evidence before North Western Deputy Licensing Authority John Levin that since 1992 two immediate and three delayed prohibitions had been placed on the company's vehicles and trailers.
For the company, David Rimmer said it had obtained the DOT's Guide to Roadworthiness and had put the recommendations in that booklet into effect.
Thompson said the company operated one artic and two drawbar outfits. The servicing had been tightened up with monthly inspections and his son-in-law did spot checks when he felt it was necessary.
A blackboard in the garage for drivers to report defects had now been replaced with a weekly worksheet which the drivers had to check daily and record.
Thompson said livestock vehicles seemed to get more than their fair share of spot checks. Two vehicles had recently been stopped twice during one journey.
Indicating that he felt that all that was necessary at this stage was to issue a public warning, Levin accepted the situation was improving and that the approved maintenance system had been put in.