Recovery faults
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your interpretation of PC Richard Bratton's press release on the Recovery Campaign carried out in the south of the country (CM9-15 July), suggests that half of the recovery industry's vehicles are running illegally We would suggest otherwise.
PC Bratton said the majority of faults found were "re!. atively minor", relating to lights and some Construction and Use matters. Trucks were overloaded, but by how much? Not enough to warrant prohibition notices being served.
How many haulage contractors would have been found guilty of this offence when stopped? Only one prohibition notice was served, although he doesn't say what for.
Even one driver found to be under the influence of alcohol is unacceptable, but again I would suggest that should the drivers of any vehicles be stopped the morning after the night before, a police officer could find many more under the influence or registering to some degree on the breathalyser equipment.
We believe the recovery industry has fared well in this campaign but it would be interesting to see a breakdown of the faults found, to give us a clearer picture of how well or badly the industry really performed.
Peter Cosby, Chairman, Road Rescue Recovery Association, Boston, Lincohishire