PAPERWORK OLD AND OUT OF DATE? IT COULD CALL YOU TO A PUBLIC INQUIRY.
In a recent case that resulted in a Public Inquiry in Eastbourne we were asked to carry out an audit on the companies transport operation and then. as we always do, provide our recommendations to improve it. As the result of a very long day we produced our detailed report. Within that we found that […]
HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY PUBLIC INQUIRY!
One of our clients who only came to us when the Traffic Commissioner called them to a Public Inquiry and they had read an article that our MD had written in the Scaffolding Associations Magazine (also see https://asmilesconsulting.com/news/2017-08-08-access-all-area-and-you-still-need-to-do-it-right). They had some issues surrounding their application. So the Traffic Commissioner had decided to call them in for […]
PUBLIC INQUIRY? GETTING ADVICE & TAKING ACTION WILL HELP
At a recent Public Inquiry, an Operator who had fallen below the standards required for maintenance, drivers’ hours infringements and Drivers Daily Inspection had his authorisation reduced permanently by 3 vehicles. The operator had not correctly trained the drivers in the correct procedures for carrying out DDI’s, he had no system for analysing tachographs correctly […]
DVSA INTERVIEWS BEFORE A PUBLIC INQUIRY – DON’T GO IT ALONE AND PROACTIVE
A client of ours referred us to one of his long-term suppliers as they had been stopped at a DVSA roadside check and the DVSA now wanted to interview them. It was very obvious from the first meeting that there were a number (14 in total) of issues that the DVSA would want to talk to […]
CALLED TO A PUBLIC INQUIRY? HAVE AN AUDIT AND START PUTTING IT RIGHT IMMEDIATELY.
A Midlands based PSV operator who was facing a Public Inquiry called us in on the recommendation of his legal team to complete an audit on the Transport Operation. The problems for this operator surround poor maintenance practices, lack of Driver Daily Inspections, an over reliance of pieces of technology to do the job and […]
OCRS – A LACK OF TEAM WORK INCREASES THE CHANCES OF BEING STOPPED BY THE DVSA AND POLICE
An operator who sent his fleet of 11 LGV’s in for their schedules PMI on time and filed the paperwork when the vehicles returned from PMI and MOT was shocked when we checked his OCRS score to find out that he was in the red. This Red OCRS score will greatly increase the chances of […]