(02 Sep 2015, 4:21 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Did GCT knowingly have too many buses for their licence or was it a mere oversight? If they were found to be knowingly operating illegally then I'd imagine any punishment levied would be more severe. When drivers employed by Howard Snaiths were found to be knowingly fiddling their tachographs, they found themselves in court with sentences handed down deemed appropriate to the offence in question. So, my questions stands, do (or did) GCT knowingly operate illegally?
The incident they were taken to Leeds for wasn't particularly serious - see link below:
http://www.route-one.net/legal/additiona...ral-taxis/
We have previously discussed GCT's drivers going over legal driving hours with no breaks and seemingly exceeding the amount of vehicles on their operating license, which hasn't been picked up on by VOSA. Interestingly, GCT are up to 28 vehicles on our fleet list and have just acquired four(?) more double-decks for Nexus contracts. Don't think the ALX200 is in use any more, which would bring them down to 27. Has been suggested previously that vehicles are registered at the address of employees and they are 'loaned' to Gateshead Central Taxis, but whether this is right or not is another matter.
https://www.tan.gov.uk/tanen/vosa_anonym...tId=238695
Whether or not it's appropriate for us to speculate and discuss all of this is another matter! Certainly not relevant in this thread, like.