I can understand why drivers in areas like Oldham would disagree with my stance that councils remain best placed to decide local issues ........... when they encounter decisions like these.
A person is either fit and proper or they are not ............. suspending someones licence achieves nothing but financial hardship on these drivers families ................ after the suspension they are as fit and proper as they were before.
Obviously we don't know the facts surrounding this case and so cannot offer any opinion on it ....................... but the decision of the council should have been fit and proper or not, if you are fit and proper they you should retain their licence and if they are not then they should lose their licence.
A council should not have the power to apply a financial penalty by the way of a suspension, there is no reason for it other than if a licensee has been charged with an offence and they are considered a potential danger to the public whilst they await trial.
B. Lucky
