A Licence for Car Transporter
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fl Collection application by the Leeds Car Collection Service, Ltd., for a new A
licence, was granted by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, Major F. S. Eastwood, at Leeds, last week. He rejected a strong submission by British Railways that a restricted B licence, similar to those granted in other areas, was all that should be allowed.
Mr. P. Kenny, for the applicants, said They were the only company in and around Leeds transporting new cars and commercial vehicles from manufacturers in London and the Midlands to Yorkshire distributors and agents. They had been in business since 1947, and had used a five-car transporter under trade plates since last May.
Answering Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for the railways, Mr. S. Lancaster, a director, said they had applied for an A licence on the advice of the Road Haulage Association. He had had many, requests to run to Scotland and to carry crated vehicles with the transporter. The carriage of car bodies was also contemplated, and it D4 would soon be necessary to put a second vehicle on the road.
Mr. Atkinson submitted that the application for an A licence Was wrong. The evidence showed that the work under trade plates was into the Yorkshire Area. and the company should be authorized only for work they had been doing. In other areas. B licences had been granted in transporter cases to protect the railways' Scottish and export traffic.
Mr. Kenny replied that the railways' reasoning was confused. If a B licence application had been made, a condition similar to the normal user of " Motor cars and bodies, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Midlands, and as required." would have been asked for. The applicants were among the first in the field as general carriers of cars and should not be restricted.
Maj. Eastwood said Leeds Car Collection Service had no business other than car collection and delivery, and an A licence would be granted. The normal user would be defined in accordance with the evidence.