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TC calls operator to task over previous speeding convidions
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A COMPANY seeking a new 0-licence was called to face the West Midland Traffic Commissioner David Dixon because of speeding offences by a director.
Birmingham-based Paul Scott Transport had applied for a new one-vehicle licence. In the application form director Paul Scott had declared two relevant speeding convictions, Asked about the convictions, Scott said that he was in a photographic society and on the first occasion he had been following other cars going round Wales when he was caught by a camera. On another occasion he had been coming down a steep hill when he was caught by a police officer with a camera gun.
They were not deliberate offences. He felt it was hard to know how fast modern cars were travelling, but he was now more conscious of his speed.
The TC commented that there was abundant evidence that speed was a factor in most road traffic accidents. Ten people were killed every day on Britain's roads.
Operator licensing was about road safety and operators gave an undertaking to make proper arrangements to ensure that vehicles did not exceed speed limits.
Scott said he had been unlucky, but the TC replied there was nothing unlucky about driving at 44mph; it had been Scott's choice. He pointed out that Parliament had made it a criminal offence.
The licence was granted after Scott assured the TC that he would stick to the speed limits when driving the company's 23-tonne vehicle.