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Restricted licence holder rumbled by ad
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A SCOTTISH operator with a restricted licence was investigated after advertising haulage services in the Yellow Pages. As a result, his one-vehicle licence has been revoked.
The investigation and revocation led Ballater-based Paul Patrick to claim he had been "mugged by Vosa" when he appeared before Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken.
Traffic Examiner Susan Wood told an Aberdeen disciplinary inquiry the investigations followed allegations that Patrick was operating as a haulage contractor, an advertisement having appeared in Yellow Pages.
In addition to his HGV, two light vehicles bore livery publicising light haulage. There was no two-year inspection plaque on the vehicle. The tacho appeared to be faulty, as the clock was 12 hours out between 1 May and 6 June 2007; there were centrefield errors; 335km of missing mileage; duty time was not recorded; and the mode switch was not being used Vehicle Examiner Alec Williams said during a visit in September, Patrick maintained that the authorised vehicle had been taken off the road. Williams imposed an immediate prohibition for two immediate and four delayed defects.
Patrick was unable to produce any maintenance records. The vehicle had yet to be presented for prohibition clearance or any annual test inspection.
Patrick said he used the light vehicles for light haulage and his entry in Yellow Pages was a oneline entry limited to his name, address and telephone number. He did not know how to use tachographs and felt that he kept "getting mugged" by Vosa.
Revoking the licence with imme, diate effect, the TC said what she had to do became clear during the financial evidence in private. There would have to be either a restricted licence in the name of the partnership comprising Patrick and his wife or — in her view, a better longterm solution — a national licence in the name of either partner.