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'Abusive' operator sees his licence authority doubled
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A SWANSEA skip hire operator succeeded in doubling his licence authority at a Cardiff public inquiry despite the fact that he had been abusive to a vehicle examiner. Deputy Traffic Commissioner Alan Jenkins ruled there was "an element of fault on both sides".
David Whitehorn. trading as DW Skip Hire, had applied to increase the authorisation on his licence from one to two vehicles.
Vehicle examiner Alister Price said he had carried out a maintenance investigation in September 2005 and there were only three safety inspection records for the period from January 2005. Whitehorn said the others had been lost or destroyed when his house was flooded.
Whitehorn's vehicle was subsequently stopped on the roadside. The direction indica tors worked only when tapped by the driver and the brake fluid levels were low. Price issued an immediate S-marked prohibition, showing a serious lapse in maintenance.
Whitehorn said he had been unable to cheek the brake fluid levels as he had gone out in the dark.
Price said he had a recorded telephone conversation in which Whitehorn had been abusive. Whitehorn claimed that he was being jovial.
When stopped,Whitehorn was near his yard, having driven on flooded roads.The indicators were corrected and began working again. At first Price refused to let him drive into the yard but later he let him do so. "He had an attitude," said Whitehorn.