Defective p.s.v. leads to ban.
Page 30
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• The former head of a Harlow coach company, which took local children to and from school, was ordered to pay over £200 at Harlow magistrates' court on Tuesday after appearing on charges connected with the safety of two of his vehicles.
Before the court was Mr. Gerald St. Clair Goodger. of Harlow, who owned Silver City Coaches when the offences were committed.
Two of his drivers, Mr. B. W. Reynolds and Mr. G. Eastlake. both of Harlow, also appeared on a number of charges, Mr. Goodger was found guilty of having a coach with defective door mechanisms and no warning instrument, and a double-deck bus with defective seats, seat frames and interior lights, defective tyre, defective silencer, steering and brakes, and having no first-aid equipment. He also admitted seven charges of having no p.s.v. licence.
He was ordered to pay fines totalling £121 and £40 witnesses' costs and £10 on each of four offences committed in December and for which he had been given a conditional discharge. He was also disqualified from driving for 18 months.
For their part in the incidents, Mr. Reynolds, the coach driver, was fined £15 with £5 costs and Mr. Eastlake, the bus driver, was fined £45 with £5 costs.