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Cavalier behaviour from bosses
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• The directors of a Widnes haulier were accused of behaving in a cavalier way when they did not turn up to an 0-licence inquiry because of business commitments.
Transtrack Cheshire won an adjournment of the hearing of its application for a licence for five vehicles and Five trailers, but North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Brian Horner criticised the company for "cavalier" behaviour and said the adjournment could have been avoided.
Horner was concerned about the liquidation of a previous company, Transtrack Warrington and with the financial status of the present company's directors, Harold and Jean Smith, both of whom had been directors of Transtrack Warrington and its predecessors. He also wants to know why the directors had failed to report the liquidation of Tronstrack Warrington and the conviction of that company for vehicle excise duty offences at Wigan and Macclesfield.
Jonathan Canton, for Transtrack, said the directors hod been away on holiday and only just returned. He had not had time to take their instructions and the directors were unable to attend because of prior business commitments.
Horner said he did not accept the directors reasons for not attending. They had chosen not to attend because of business they clearly felt was more important than pursuing their licence application, he added.
Vehice examiner Alfred Carmichael said the company was currently operating under interim authority. Six prohibition notices had been issued to vehicles operated by the company and its predecessors since 1990. In December a vehicle and trailer were given immediate prohibitions for dangerous brakes. Horner said that the company had come within a whisker of having its interim licence cancelled and he wanted the application to be heard as soon as possible. He added that the company had wasted a lot of the court's time and that was something that would not be countenanced in future,