2013-07-15 - Rider Down/Fatality, Holborn/Procter Street (London)

Both Alan and Colin Drummond have serious questions to answer about what system for checking driver entitlement they were operating at the time of Mr Meyer’s employment and about why that system, if they had one, failed. Instead, they have sought to evade their responsibilities by refusing to speak to DVSA examiners and refusing to attend the preliminary hearing and public inquiry.

I note that the wish to surrender the licence (Alan Drummond) and the unbearable burden of other responsibilities (Colin Drummond) have both suddenly emerged in the last few weeks, after they received the call-up letters to the preliminary hearing and public inquiry. By contrast, they have had no apparent difficulty in continuing to operate over the past two years, since the fatality caused by Mr Meyer (and, indirectly, by their own failure to fulfil one of the most basic responsibilities of an operator or transport manager – to ensure that a driver of one of their HGVs was qualified to drive it). Four vehicles were operated by Mr Drummond right up to 6 May 2015, with the last vehicle being removed from the licence on 17 May 2015.

Because neither man has attended the public inquiry today, they have been unable to present any mitigating factors which might argue against revocation of the licence and the disqualification of its holder and transport manager.

http://www.roadjustice.org.uk/case-study/lorry-driver-arrested-after-cyclist-dies-london-crash-150713

Much the same as the above but including another grubby chapter wherein it appears that a relative of the brothers Drummond is seeking to set up a haulage business in the very close vicinity of the one which has just been closed down.

http://road.cc/content/news/155627-freight-firm-bosses-banned-after-unlicensed-uninsured-driver-killed-cyclist

That aside, I think this is a good place to recognise the very commendable efforts of those that have pursued this matter beyond the prosecution of the driver including those at the LCC and CTC. These people are an absolute credit to the cycling community and important force in efforts to try and prevent tragedies like this repeating endlessly. They really are deserving of our gratitude and support for the good work they do.

Very much this. It sounds like without their efforts this wouldn't have been pursued.

law fail if these guys can just set another company up in a different name though.

That's probably what they're gonna do.

One for Watchdog.

Is that still on?

They've been banned from holding a directorship of a haulage company, there brother hasn't though...

yeah exactly same guys running the company, just a different name on the documentation. Law fail!

What my brother means is, it would be a shame if ah...
[throws tipper truck to the floor shattering it]