An operator who had one of his vehicles impounded by Vosa may not get it back after failing to pay the appropriate fine. The warning was given as Jabbar Abdul Khan of Lozells, Birmingham, who runs Khan Transport, was fined £500 with £115 costs by Solihull magistrates after admitting to having no O-licence.
Khan told the magistrates that his truck was taken from him after the agency discovered the offence in June
during a roadside check in Birmingham. Dominic Green, prosecuting for the agency, told the magistrates the truck had been impounded after Khan had twice been warned for having no O-licence.
Khan offered to pay the fine and costs at the rate of £30 a week, though this was refused by the magistrates, with one saying: "You need to be serious about this. You knew you were going to be fined and you will pay the fine and costs at £100 per week."
A Vosa spokesman says: "Hauliers have 21 days in which to make an appeal to have their vehicle returned and Khan failed to do this. He may now never get his vehicle back." Khan says he did not know he only had 21 days in which to reclaim his vehicle. He is waiting for the truck to be returned as he plans to sell it and run a fleet of vans instead to avoid transport restrictions.
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