A driver who asked for her vocational licence back after being
banned for dangerous driving has been disqualified for 10 years by the Traffic
Commissioner for Wales.
Mr Jones said the circumstances of the driving which led to her
conviction demonstrated a “wholesale disregard for road safety and other road
users”.
The driver crashed into a car while driving a HGV, which resulted
in two children being airlifted to hospital. After admitting dangerous driving,
she was jailed for 10 months in 2015 and disqualified from driving for three
years.
Investigations showed she’d been speeding and using mobile phones
leading up to the incident.
The Traffic Commissioner also found several previous endorsements
on her licence for speeding and using a mobile phone whilst in a HGV.
In a written decision issued after a conduct hearing, Mr Jones
said the driver shouldn’t be able to drive HGVs for a very long period of time,
in the interests of road safety.
The driver will be disqualified from holding or obtaining a
vocational licence for 10 years from the date her ordinary driving licence is
returned.
READ: guidance
on vocational driver conduct
SHARE: leaflet for professional drivers - put your phone away
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