No Action Taken Against Operator Following Transport Manager Found Driving with Another’s Card.

Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this Operator and Transport Manager when they were called into a Public Inquiry. The Transport Manager had been stopped whilst using another driver’s card. This is a most serious traffic offence. The Traffic Commissioner accepted that, on the balance of probabilities, this was an accidental use of another’s card. The Operator received no sanction, and the Transport Manager retained his good repute. The driver received a 28-day suspension. The starting point for this offence being a 12-month revocation and disqualification.

The use of another’s card is an extremely serious offence. If the user is an Operator or Transport Manager, this can have considerable consequences for the licence.