An Oban livestock haulier who knowingly and deliberately broke the law to make false records of his driving duties has been disqualified from running and driving HGVs for four years. Industry regulator Joan Aitken said Donald Mackay had been the author of his own misfortune and that his actions had… Read more »
St Helens HGV driver banned from driving professionally for three years
A St Helens HGV driver has been banned from professional driving for three years after he falsified his records and put other road users at risk. Simon Evans, the region’s Traffic Commissioner, ruled that Christopher Champion, 39, manipulated his driving records in a “dishonest fashion” and “for his own convenience”…. Read more »
Haulage firm director disqualified for two years after admitting use of a magnet to manipulate and conceal driving duties
The North West Traffic Commissioner, Simon Evans, has used his first case as the region’s new regulator to reassure compliant operators and drivers that the most severe action will be considered against those who are caught using magnets to manipulate and conceal driving duties. Mr Evans, who took up his… Read more »
Indefinite driving ban for “reckless” Immingham HGV driver who left hazardous waste spill unattended
An Immingham HGV driver has been banned from professional driving indefinitely and branded reckless after he left a hazardous waste spill from his vehicle unattended. Industry regulator Fiona Harrington said Simon Carrington, 52, had demonstrated a “wilful blindness” to the risks and then failed to take reasonable steps to minimise… Read more »
Traffic Commissioner for Scotland refuses to return detained vehicles to Dyce rental firm
Scotland’s Traffic Commissioner, Joan Aitken, has refused to give two impounded HGVs back to a Dyce rental firm because she was not satisfied the business owned the vehicles. Miss Aitken, the haulage industry regulator, also ruled that Rennie & Nicol Commercials Ltd handed over the vehicles to a person, Ian… Read more »
Owners of Prestatyn waste collection firm handed 25 year transport ban by Welsh industry regulator
The partners in a Prestatyn waste collection business have been banned from running commercial vehicles for 25 years after the Traffic Commissioner for Wales concluded they had been engaged in “sustained and serious dishonesty and total disregard for the law”. Andrew Hughes and Elizabeth Hughes have each been disqualified until… Read more »
Regulator says operators and drivers must understand and respect the role of enforcement staff
Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones has reminded operator licence holders they need to understand and respect the rights of public employees, including those who carry out enforcement activities. His message follows a public inquiry in Birmingham earlier this year which saw a professional driver make unjustified allegations of serious misconduct against… Read more »
Three month transport suspension for Kelso house building firm
Scotland’s Traffic Commissioner has suspended a Kelso building and property business from using commercial vehicles for three months, after its director made false representations about the mandatory position of transport manager. Joan Aitken’s order means that M & J Ballantyne Ltd will not be allowed to run HGVs until 01… Read more »
Disqualification for haulage director after firm failed to adhere to licence undertakings
The director of a Mold haulage firm has been disqualified for 12 months after the Traffic Commissioner for Wales found she had manipulated the system to allow her business to continue without adhering to licence undertakings. Abbeylands Transport Ltd also had its licence revoked from 01 April, following the failure… Read more »
Five year ban for haulier who ran vehicles after company liquidation
A haulier who failed to pick up that drivers were falsifying records and carried on operating vehicles after his company was liquidated has been banned for five years by the West Midlands Traffic Commissioner, Nick Denton. Tony Brookes, the director of TMB International (Haulage) Ltd, was also disqualified indefinitely from… Read more »
