Archive: Driver Conduct Hearings
No regulatory action taken against HGV Driver following bridge strike.
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this driver following a call in to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner after the Driver had been involved in a bridge strike. Millicent was able to establish that the driver did not act in any way recklessly or with any disregard to either the route […]
Formal warning for HGV Driver at Driver Conduct Hearing
This driver was called before the Office of the Traffic Commissioner following his conduct at a DVSA stop. The Traffic Commissioner was required to consider his fitness to continue to hold a licence. Here, the Traffic Commissioner was persuaded not to take any regulatory action, but instead give a formal […]
HGV Driver with Mobile Phone Offence Gets 2 Weeks Suspension Rather than Starting Point of 4
This driver, represented by Millicent Dooher, was called before the Office of the Traffic Commissioner following an offence of using a mobile telephone whilst driving an HGV. The starting point for a mobile telephone offence (CU80) in an HGV is a 4 week suspension of your vocational licence. Millicent was […]
No Regulatory Action Taken Against Coach Driver at Conduct Hearing
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this coach driver before the Office of the Traffic Commissioner following a referral from their employer regarding sub-standard driving. Millicent was successfully able to convince the Traffic Commissioner to take no regulatory action against this driver.
‘Totter’ allowed by Traffic Commissioner to reapply for vocational licence after 2 months Instead of 4 Months as Initially Indicated at Driver Conduct Hearing
This driver was represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, at his driver conduct hearing following a ‘totting’ disqualification. This driver had 5 speeding offences, 3 of which occurred in a commercial vehicle. The Traffic Commissioner indicated that usually a period of 4 months would be required before he would allow a […]
Bridge strike driver escapes revocation Dealt with by Way of 21-day suspension Instead
This HGV driver was called before the Office of the Traffic Commissioner following a collision with a bridge in an HGV. The starting point for a bridge strike is 6-month disqualification and revocation of a driver’s vocational licence. Due to the circumstances of this offence, Smith Bowyer Clarke were able […]
Driver with 4 tachograph offences receives only 4-week suspension at Driver Conduct Hearing
Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this driver before the Traffic Commissioner following a conviction for 4 false record offences. The starting point in false record offences is a 4-week suspension for each offence; this driver therefore faced a starting point of a 16-week suspension. Millicent was able to persuade the Traffic […]
Driver Dealt with At Driver Conduct Hearing Called in a Year Later on the Same Facts!
This driver was interested to discover that he had been called into a hearing in July 2025 on the same facts that he was dealt with at a driver conduct hearing in May of 2024. This led to some uncomfortable discussions with his employer and a telephone call to SBC. […]
Driver Imprisoned for Causing Serious Injury by Dangerous Driving (Whilst Drunk) Regains His HGV Entitlement at Driver Conduct Hearing
The driver in this matter, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer at his driver conduct hearing, served a 22 month sentence for causing serious injury by dangerous driving when he had left the road in his car and hit pedestrians after a row with his wife. He passed his extended driving […]
Traffic Commissioner Cuts Starting Point in Half for Mobile Phone Conviction at Driver Conduct Hearing
This driver, represented at his driver conduct hearing by barrister Harry Bowyer, looked at his phone when a text came in. He had an exemplary driving record and was dealing with his terminally ill mother at the time and was expecting bad news. The Traffic Commissioner accepted that this was […]
