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Inquiry no-show results in revocation
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AN OPERATOR which ignored an order to attend a Public Inquiry to investigate its maintenance regime has had its one-truck licence revoked.
Handimix Barrow Services of Westhaughton. Lancashire,had been called before the North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Patrick Mulvenna but failed to turn up because no one had read the call-up letter.
The DTC decided to hear the case in the firm's absence after a phone call from theTraffic Area Office to the firm confirmed it had received the letter but not read it. The DTC said that no financial evidence had been produced by the firm despite requests.
Vehicle examiner Graham Brock told the inquiry that he had imposed an immediate prohibition on the firm's vehicle because the nearside front tyre bulged in the tread area as a result of a failure of the inner cord structure.
There were no inspection records and no driver defect reporting system whatsoever. The vehicle was not being parked at its authorised operating centre at the premises of JP Food Distribution but on spare land behind a car showroom on Wigan Road.
Revoking the licence, the DTC said that without inspection records there was no evidence that the stated period between inspections of 10 weeks was being adhered to. In the complete absence of any maintenance regime it would be totally unsafe to allow the licence to continue. There was an extreme risk to road safety when there were no maintenance arrangements in place.