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Food wholesaler stomachs licence curtailment
A restricted operator in Ealing only just escaped having its licence revoked after a deputy traffic commissioner heard how its director’s attention was distracted by his brother’s brain tumour.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 12, 2024
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Probe into waste-filled trailers left at roadside
The Environment Agency said it was investigating the dumping of trailers packed with shredded and baled waste in laybys on A roads in the Derby and Nottingham areas.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 7, 2024
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Digital tacho transition sparks monitoring failures
An operator that failed to monitor drivers’ hours for more than three years and undertook no tachograph analysis has had its licence curtailed for a week.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 6, 2024
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Operator’s assurances to TC ring hollow
The traffic commissioner for Wales has revoked the licence of a Milford Haven haulier after hearing how there were very few systems in place to prevent licence compliance failings.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 5, 2024
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Truck driver jailed after blowing more than three-and-a-half times over the limit
A truck driver has been sentenced to four months in prison after he struck a parked vehicle while drunk and then fell asleep at the wheel
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 3, 2024
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Samworth Brothers fined more than £1m for workplace fatality
Samworth Brothers has been fined £1.28m after one of its employees was crushed to death by a reversing lorry at a Ginsters factory
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 29, 2024
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‘Frivolous’ director disqualified indefinitely
A Leicester operator with “little or no idea of the rules” about running trucks has had its licence revoked for long-standing failings.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 28, 2024
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Scrap metal dealer posed significant danger to road users
A scrap metal dealer that demonstrated “a total contempt for the regulatory regime” has been disqualified indefinitely
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 23, 2024
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Recycler failed to separate vehicles from workers
A major metal recycling firm has been hit with a £650,000 fine after it failed to segregate HGVs from pedestrians while waste was being manually sorted
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 22, 2024
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Appeal tribunal unconvinced by operator’s arguments
An Ilford operator whose licence application was refused after a traffic commissioner found that its director was incapable of providing a straight answer, has had its appeal dismissed
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 21, 2024
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Yoghurt-eating lorry driver caught on police camera
An Evri HGV driver appearing to eat a yoghurt with a spoon while behind the wheel on the M5 was caught on video by roads policing officers.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 16, 2024
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Bridge strike advice made available to all
The senior traffic commissioner has made advice about avoiding bridge strikes available to all operators on the TCs’ website after acknowledging it remained a serious industry issue.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 15, 2024
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Licence cut for repeated drivers’ hours failings
An operator with a history of public inquiry appearances for drivers’ hours issues has had its licence curtailed after it allowed the same problems to recur.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 14, 2024
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HGV driver over three times above alcohol limit
Police in Runcorn said they “dread to think” what would have happened had they not stopped and arrested an HGV driver that was more than three times over the alcohol limit
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 9, 2024
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A14 fuel thefts on the rise
HGVs parked along the A14 are being targeted by thieves for fuel with vehicles being damaged in the process, police have warned
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 8, 2024
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DTC rules it’s OK to curtail rather than revoke
A Lancashire operator has escaped having its licence revoked after a deputy traffic commissioner said it had acted swiftly to address its problems
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 7, 2024
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Actros driver lost control of vehicle and killed motorcyclist
A lorry that jack-knifed across both lanes of a road in Lincolnshire caused a collision with a motorbike, killing the rider.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 2, 2024
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Important changes to Driver CPC approved by Parliament
Changes to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) were given Parliamentary approval this week
Compliance News - Carol Millett
November 1, 2024
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‘Extraordinarily drunk’ truck driver stopped with police stinger
Police were forced to use a stinger and their own vehicle in order to stop a drunk lorry driver on the A1M after he put “thousands” of road users at risk.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 1, 2024
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Licence curtailed for serious compliance failings
An HGV driver at a London builders merchants told a public inquiry he did not use his tachograph card at the weekend because he was unsure whether he was allowed to drive on Saturdays.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 31, 2024
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Illegal U-turn manoeuvre led to motorcyclist’s death
A lorry driver has been jailed for nine years after making an “extremely dangerous” U-turn manoeuvre in Mansfield which led to the death of a motorcyclist
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 27, 2024
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Environmental violations result in fine
A Lancashire-based waste haulage operator has been fined £60,046 and its director given a suspended prison sentence for illegally burying tyres and handling asbestos without authorisation.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 25, 2024
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‘Alarming’ absence of brake tests at Warwickshire firm
A Nuneaton operator that broke the law by relying on two unauthorised operating centres and had a “scary” MOT failure rate has had its licence revoked and the transport manager disqualified.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 24, 2024
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What to expect from a public inquiry with the traffic commissioner
A public inquiry is a court hearing with the traffic commissioner presiding, similar to a magistrates’ court. CM recently attended a mock inquiry intended to show operators how such an event could work in reality.
Compliance News - John Kendall
October 22, 2024
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Jail for lorry driver who killed pedestrian
An HGV driver that pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving has been jailed for 12 months after killing a pedestrian in a collision.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 19, 2024
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TCs warn about increasing drivers’ hours offences
Public inquiries that focus on drivers’ hours problems are on the rise, with non-compliance in this area normally representing “the tip of the iceberg”, according to the traffic commissioners.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 18, 2024
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Norfolk operator ‘refused to engage’ with inquiry
A Norwich-based operator that ignored the undertakings it gave at a public inquiry when its licence was curtailed has now had it revoked and the directors disqualified indefinitely.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 17, 2024
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Road barrier damaged by HGV driver that fell asleep at the wheel
An HGV driver that fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his vehicle into a slip road barrier in Essex has been given nine penalty points and fined £600.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 12, 2024
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Police in Yorkshire use truck to spot dangerous driving practices
A lorry driver caught with his feet up on the dashboard while driving on the motorway in Yorkshire told police he was “chilling”.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 11, 2024
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Midlands operator engaged in ‘the very worst’ conduct
The traffic commissioner for the West Midlands has revoked the licence of a Wednesbury operator that was acting as a front for another haulier and disqualified its director for two years.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 10, 2024
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Police disappointed by drivers photographing crash scene
Police in Suffolk have described lorry drivers that took photos of a collision scene in Haverhill while behind the wheel as “particularly thoughtless”.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 5, 2024
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Convictions for illegal waste operation
A father and son have been given suspended prison sentences after pleading guilty to operating an illegal waste site in Northamptonshire.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 4, 2024
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TC drills down into tool firm’s fleet failings
A Wiltshire tool hire business with a “dreadful” MOT history has had its licence revoked after traffic commissioner Kevin Rooney said he’d struggled to find any positives in the case.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 3, 2024
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Police op cracks down on dangerous driving
Police in Cheshire said it was disappointed at the number of trucks it stopped on the M6 that were operating illegally
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 28, 2024
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Relationship to disqualified director arouses suspicions
The director of a haulage firm whose marriage to a disqualified director prompted a public inquiry to find out if her business was a ‘front’ has been given a formal warning.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 27, 2024
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Serious false statements in licence application
A new licence application by a construction company to operate HGVs in Portsmouth has been refused after a traffic commissioner found that it was a “pre-emptive phoenix”.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 26, 2024
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Operator’s HGV posed “significant risk to road safety”
A sole trader in Wales who ignored undertakings he gave at a previous public inquiry about roller brake testing and failed to keep vehicles fit and serviceable has been disqualified and the licence revoked.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 25, 2024
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‘Twitter hack’ not accepted by appeal tribunal
An operator that had its licence revoked after the transport manager was removed without a replacement being specified was “the author of its own misfortune”, according to an appeal tribunal.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 22, 2024
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28-day suspension for maintenance failings
A Walsall skip operator had its licence suspended for almost a month after an insecure load sparked a third public inquiry appearance.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 20, 2024
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HGV thieves caught with thermal imaging drone
Police relied on a drone with a thermal imaging camera to track down and arrest lorry thieves in Nottinghamshire last month.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 14, 2024
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Financial pressures affected maintenance and compliance
A Southampton haulier with an “atrocious” MOT history has had its licence revoked by the traffic commissioner
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 13, 2024
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Full licence grant refused for maintenance failings
A plant hire company has failed in its attempt to obtain an operator licence after the senior traffic commissioner heard how one of its lorries was issued with several prohibitions during its interim authority.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 12, 2024
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Drunk driver jailed after HGV port crash
An HGV driver who blew four times the legal limit for alcohol after he disembarked a ferry in Harwich and crashed his vehicle has been jailed
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 7, 2024
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Appeal dismissed after hearing no-show
An appeal by a scaffolding firm against the revocation of its licence and the disqualification of its director has been dismissed after the operator failed to attend the hearing
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 6, 2024
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Operator received bounce-back loans unlawfully
A Hampshire drainage haulier has had its licence application refused after a traffic commissioner heard how its director illegally obtained bounce-back loans.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
September 5, 2024
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First PI appearance ends in licence revocation
An operator in Chichester that posed a significant risk to road safety has had its licence revoked
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
August 31, 2024
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PI finds drivers had never heard of their transport manager
A recovery firm where drivers’ hours offences was “rampant” has had its licence suspended
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
August 30, 2024
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‘Gross failure’ puts Devon firm out of business
Transport manager was “just a name on the licence” and was relying on drivers with zero hours contracts
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
August 29, 2024
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Jail for truck driver who killed motorist and fled abroad
Driver who fled to Turkey after he drove into the back of a car on the M1 and killed the passenger has been jailed for four years
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
August 24, 2024
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