A Wolverhampton haulier's licence has been suspended for a week and he has been told to sack his transport manager after admitting a series of vehicle offences.
Terry Northwood of Featherstone, who runs Terry Northwood Transport, was brought before West Midlands Deputy Traffic Commissioner Tim Hayden after admitting more than a dozen offences of driving without sufficient rest, using tachograph charts for longer than allowed, failing to keep driving records and speeding.
VOSA inspector
Helen Key told the Deputy TC that the offences had been committed over a four-month period, some of them while Northwood was driving abroad.
Hayden said his concern about Northwood's failure to take sufficient rest was tempered by Key's belief that no commercial gain was intended.
He said he was not satisfied with the evidence of Northwood's transport manager, Peter Blackburn, and ordered that he should be replaced within three months.
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