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Death of Transport Manager Leads to Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry

This operator, represented at Public Inquiry by barrister Harry Bowyer, suffered the death of their transport manager. The death was unexpected and the transport manager was in continuous and effective control until shortly before he died. The operator had a new CPC holder in place in relatively short order and applied for a period of grace so that he could be authorised by the Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC). The OTC do not hand out periods of grace just upon the asking and a lengthy correspondence ensued which, coupled with a previous history with the OTC and a missed team leader’s meeting (correspondence went astray), led to a call in letter dropping on the operator’s mat.

The Traffic Commissioner accepted that the operator had had a string of bad luck and there was no malice in the missed team leader’s meeting and dealt with the matter by way of a formal warning and undertakings.

Moral: The OTC does not just hand out periods of grace for the asking – when applying for them set out and evidence how the transport side of the business will be brought back to full compliance with the application or they will only ask questions later!

Case Details

Case Name: Death of Transport Manager Leads to Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry
Case Date: January 2025
Case Type (info): Public Inquiry

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