CAN A PUBLIC INQUIRY PUT OTHER BUSINESS ACCREDITATIONS AND A MAJOR CLIENT AT RISK?
When an Operator finds themselves being called before the Traffic Commissioner to a Public Inquiry they are probably not loooking much further ahead than the Public Inquiry and how they are going to deal with it. However if you have accreditations such as ISO 9001 (2008 or 2015 versions), BAR accreditations to mention but a […]
HOW TO KEEP YOUR OPERATOR LICENCE AT A PUBLIC INQUIRY
How to keep your Operator Licence at a Public Inquiry or Why finger pointing and blame don’t work. So far in 2017 alone we have been to numerous Public Inquiries across the country. Some have been with companies in the passenger carrying sector and some in the freight carrying sector but all have one thing […]
PAPERWORK OLD AND OUT OF DATE?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 […]