One-minute prohibition
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• Another Welsh haulier has accused the Vehicle Inspectorate of issuing delayed prohibition notices unnecessarily.
Herm Owen, MD of OTS in Ruthin, North Wales, was angered by the issue of a prohibition at the French end of the Channel tunnel for a failed headlamp bulb.
"The headlights were working when our driver left Dunkirk and the journey to Coq uelles only took 20 minutes," he reports. "The bulb went on the motorway and rather than stop on the hard shoulder, which everyone knows is dangerous, he carried on to the tunnel."
Owen says the prohibition was lifted within a minute because there was a replacement bulb in the vehicle. But he adds: 1 think they should be concentrating on more important things. For someone with a bulb out, a warning would have done."
Owen is one of several hauliers to contact a Caerwysbased haulier, also called Owen, who has accused the VI of discriminating against his fleet because of its age (CM17-23 Oct).
A VI spokeswoman says its inspectors have no discretion in this: they are required to issue prohibitions if headlights are not working properly.