'Moment of madness' leads to 0-licence suspension
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A LANCASHIRE PALLET manufacturer whose sole vehicle was given an S-marked prohibition at annual test has had his 0-licence suspended for two days after being unable to produce any maintenance records.
Andrew Weir,based in St Helens. Merseyside, trades as Carr Mill Pallets with a one-vehicle restricted licence. He had been called to appear before the North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna.
A vehicle examiner reported that he had carried out an investigation after Weir's vehicle had received an S-marked immediate prohibition at annual test for brake defects. He added that there was no driver defect-reporting system and a complete lack of forward planning. Weir said the vehicle examiner had put him right, and everything was now in place. He claimed that if the licence was suspended or revoked, he would be finished completely, as he needed the large vehicle for loads that would not lit on smaller transport.
Assuring the DTC that he would be compliant in future, Weir said it had been a 'moment of madness' and he was doing his best to be back on track.
Suspending the licence over the following weekend, the DTC said in this case the suspension would not be commercially damaging, but it put a marker down in case Weir transgresses again.
Though satisfied that Weir had taken the appropriate action to improve the situation, he warned that unless the problems are properly addressed, commercially damaging action is likely.