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LA sceptical of operator's sabotage claim
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• Mr Harvey Bernard, managing director of the Bernard Master Group of Glasgow, told the Scottish LA in Glasgow last week that one of the company's vehicles stopped in Arran and given an immediate GV9 had been tested two weeks previously and had been checked the weekend before use. The considerable number of defects found could only have been the result of sabotage, he said. He produced a letter from the garage in charge of maintenance supporting this view.
The frozen food company had been called to show cause following one immediate GV9 and two delayed prohibitions. Mr Bernard said that the company had spent £2803 on the three vehicles involved during the previous six months.
For the firm it was contended that the attitude of drivers to their employment and to their vehicles had deteriorated sadly in recent years and this had been a factor in their operations.
Mr S. Greer, a vehicle examiner, said that on finding an abnormal record of breakdowns from the company's records he advised them to find an alternative garage. He thought the firm had been unfortunate in their experience.
A second vehicle examiner, Mr Wm Luke, reported a check on a vehicle when light defects were found and an immediate GV9 had been issued. He agreed that it was possible that there had been sabotage.
The LA, Mr A. B. Birnie, said the company had five of 15 vehicles specified. The company had wanted to expand but the record of prohibitions was just too bad. Mr Birnie was bewildered and sceptical about the Arran vehicle and could not understand the suggestion of sabotage. He decided to curtail the licence to five vehicles as from June 1 and he would not grant any more vehicles until November 30.