Cowboy Operators * UK - TC Brown warns hauliers over law-breaking foreign drivers

STC Brown says it will continue to punish cowboy operators using foreign drivers to break the law...

London,UK -Road Transport, by Chris Tindall -19 May 2010: -- The Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) says operators using drivers of any nationality who flout the law will continue to be hauled to public inquiries, despite an admission by the Scottish TC that it is powerless to act against foreign drivers... Philip Brown's comments come amid growing anger at the lack of action taken against at least four foreign drivers employed by Kilsyth haulier McLanachan Transport... The company has had its licence suspended, its directors have been warned, one driver disqualified and 12 others suspended. The fleet has also been cut from 28 vehicles to 12 following a five-day public inquiry... However, when concerns were raised by the UK drivers' solicitor that foreign drivers had not been called to public inquiry, TC Joan Aitken was forced to acknowledge the legal loophole... (Photo from images.mirror.co.uk: Lorry drivers)