Safety offences lead to loss of O-licence

摘要

STAFFORDSHIRE HAULIER Clay Transport (Tamworth) has had its O-licence revoked and its sole director, Stephen Clay, has been disqualified for five years after a string of safety-related offences. The firm's transport manager Paul Martin Phillips also lost his good repute. At a public inquiry, traffic commissioner for the West Midlands Nick Denton heard the DVSA had found a number of serious shortcomings. These included a large number of missing safety inspection sheets in 2016, suggesting that the six-week inspection intervals were not being respected; 19 roadworthiness prohibitions since January 2016; a number of 4.5 hours offences for one driver; and a vehicle with a defective tachograph that was stopped again three weeks later with the same fault uncorrected.