Archive: Driver Conduct Hearings

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 […]

This driver, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, appeared at a driver conduct hearing for striking a bridge to the extent that his load was displaced on the road and trains were slowed pending investigation. The starting point for bridge strikes in the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Guidance is revocation of […]

This driver, represented by Millicent Dooher, faced a Driver Conduct Hearing before the Traffic Commissioner following a mobile telephone (CU80) offence. The starting point for this offence is a 4-week suspension of a driver’s vocational entitlements. Millicent was able to persuade the Traffic Commissioner to come away from the staring […]

Barrister, Millicent Dooher represented this driver before the Traffic Commissioner at a Driver Conduct Hearing following the driver’s guilty plea to having an unsecured load that caused danger of serious injury. Millicent was able to persuade the Traffic Commissioner to deal with the matter by way of a 7-day suspension […]

This driver had driven without a card, driven a truck that was not on an operator’s licence, lied to the DVSA and failed to turn up to the Driver Conduct Hearing at which the Traffic Commissioner was keen to discuss the aforementioned sins. As a result the presiding Traffic Commissioner […]

This driver was not confident in his English and asked SBC to help him respond to a letter from the Office of the Traffic Commissioner. He turned out to have good mitigating circumstances and the Traffic Commissioner having considered all of the circumstances took no further action on the driver’s […]

The driver in this matter, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer, struck a railway bridge causing substantial damage and delays to the train timetable. The starting point for this type of incident is revocation of the vocational licence and disqualification for 6 months. In this case the Traffic Commissioner was persuaded […]

This driver, represented by barrister Harry Bowyer at the driver conduct hearing, was asked to pick up a piece of plant which came off the trailer as the truck negotiated a roundabout. The load was of a type that neither he nor the operator had dealt with before and neither […]

A driver called to a Traffic Commissioner driver conduct hearing in Bristol after it was discovered that he had not been recording period of other work as a mechanic and after being caught pulling his card on one occasion faces a 3 week suspension of his O licence. During the […]

This driver, represented at his driver conduct hearing by barrister Harry Bowyer, hit a bridge in his truck. The starting point for bridge strikes is revocation of the licence and disqualification for 6 months. The Traffic Commissioner took into account the driver’s age and inexperience as well as his limited […]