Decision for Bouden Travel Ltd and transport manager Sophie Baugh
Written decision of the Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands for Bouden Travel Ltd and transport manager Sophie Baugh
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SUMMARY OF DECISIONS
The standard international public service vehicle operator’s licence held by Bouden Travel Ltd (the “operator”), reference PD1138814, will have the conditions upon it varied from 2359 hours on 26 April 2024 such that its authorisation is then reduced from 18 vehicles to 14 vehicles on a permanent basis under section 17(3)(aa) of the Act because the general undertakings, detailed below, on the operator’s licence were breached:
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The laws relating to the driving and operation of vehicles used under the licence were observed; and/or
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The rules on drivers hours and tachographs are observed and proper records kept.
No variation application to increase authorisation will be considered unless it is accompanied by a drivers hours, tachograph, missing mileage and working time (Road Transport Working Time Regulations 2005) compliance audit from a competent, accredited and independent provider that is marked as “Satisfactory” in every area of compliance audited.
The operator’s good repute is now marked as “very badly tarnished but not lost.”
Transport manager Sophie Baugh has come as close to losing her good repute as a transport manager as any person could ever come. By the very narrowest of margins have I stepped back from taking her good repute away. Her good repute as a transport manager is now marked as “severely tarnished and hanging by the thinnest of threads”. She is given a “First and Final” written warning that will remain on her file for 5 years. Suffice it to say that if the DVSA investigation that I have requested and/or any audit supplied by the operator (as above) is anything less than “Satisfactory” then she will be called back before me.