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TRUCKING INDUSTRY CONTROLS * UK - Fleet Suspended unless vehicles pass tests
Selby,N.Yorkshire,England,UK -Commercial Motor/Road Transport, by Michael Jewell -13 December 2009: -- An operator that received 16 prohibitions in four years will have its fleet suspended unless each vehicle has passed an annual vehicle test first time by the end of the year... Fleetbush, which holds an O-licence for 10 vehicles and 16 trailers, had been called before North-Eastern Traffic Commissioner, Tom Macartney... After Managing director, Brian Nalton, said that his vehicles were constantly being stopped by VOSA because of the Operator Compliance Risk Score traffic light system, the TC said the annual vehicle test pass rate showed that the firm's vehicles were unsafe on the road... Nalton gave undertakings to have a systems audit by a reputable body and to put all his vehicles through a fresh vehicle test by the end of the year... The TC felt that if the company could not get its vehicles through their annual test first time, it would be in the last-chance saloon...* UK - Half of trucks illegal in police check
London,UK -Road Transport, by David Harris -12 December 2009: -- A police operation in Devon and Cornwall found nearly half of all trucks inspected were breaking the law... Operation Fatigue saw 368 HGVs stopped, with 162 offences processed by police. These were:● 107 on-the-spot fines for running overweight.
● 10 drivers issued with points on their licences for offences including speeding and using a mobile phone while driving.
● 22 trucks given mechanical prohibitions.
● 9 prohibitions for excessive drivers' hours.
● 14 prohibitions for hazardous cargo infringements.
Police involved in the operation, which ran from November 2-26, say they were surprised at the high number of offences and plan to repeat the crackdown next year... The police explain that one reason they decided to set up Operation Fatigue is that HGVs are involved in 9% of fatal collisions, even though they make up only 3% of road traffic...
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